Texans to Decide on Transportation Funding with Prop 7
As Texas' transportation needs multiply, voters in the rapidly growing state will be asked Nov. 3 to consider a way to pay for those needs. Full Story
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Analysis: Shooting First, Asking Questions Later
If Planned Parenthood has been billing Texas Medicaid for services it hasn’t been rendering, it makes sense to cut off the money and go after the organization for whatever it stole, but it does seem like you would do the investigation first. Full Story
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2015 Tribune Festival: Audio From the National Keynote Track
The National Keynote track at the 2015 Texas Tribune Festival featured several one-on-one interviews and panel discussions. Listen to audio from those sessions. Full Story
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Texas Part of Coalition Suing EPA Over Clean Power Plan
As promised, Texas is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over President Obama’s plan to combat climate change, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday, just after the new regulation had been finalized. Full Story
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New in TribTalk: Undocumented Immigrants and Birth Certificates
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution makes clear that Texas has an obligation to make sure all children who are born in this state have a birth certificate issued shortly after birth — even those of undocumented immigrants — writes lawyer Jim George. Full Story
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Revisit Starstruck, a Project on Texas' Newest Space Race
SpaceX and Blue Origin have big — and sometimes secretive — plans for commercial space flight from South and West Texas. While some of the companies’ new neighbors are hopeful, others fear the effects on wildlife and small-town life. Full Story
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New in Texas Weekly: Latino Leaders and the GOP Field
Hispanic conservative leaders meet ahead of next week's GOP debate to hold candidates' feet to the fire, Abbott not yet ready to endorse in the presidential contest and a recap of last week's SD-24 forum — all that and more in the latest issue of our subscriber-only newsletter for political insiders ($). Full Story
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Roundup: Planned Parenthood, Cruz-Bush, Death Row
In the Roundup: Planned Parenthood gets the boot from Texas Medicaid, tensions between George W. Bush and Ted Cruz emerge in news reports, and the state is on track to see a lower number of death sentences handed down in 2015 than it has in decades. Full Story
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Faces of Death Row App Updated
Gabriel Hall and James Calvert have joined the 251 other inmates living with death sentences in Texas. See our updated database of these men and women, which you can filter by age, race, sex and length of stay on death row. Full Story
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Gallego Mounts Campaign Against Incumbent Hurd
Democrat Pete Gallego is determined to take back the 23rd congressional district from Will Hurd. But his rival is leveraging the benefits of incumbency and mounting a stronger campaign than last time around. Full Story
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Analysis: When Apathy Becomes a Political Tactic
Election turnout surged the last time Texas votes really mattered in a presidential primary, but the 2008 runoffs a month later were marked by a full relapse of electoral anemia. It could happen again next year, and some challengers are counting on it. Full Story
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The Brief: Oct. 23, 2015
Texas health officials on Thursday ratcheted up the pressure on Planned Parenthood affiliates in Texas, making visits to facilities in four cities. Full Story
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Campus Carry Advocates Make Their Case at TCU
Students and guest speakers at a Thursday evening forum lamented what they saw as misperceptions of firearms as they advocated for Texas Christian University to allow concealed firearms on campus. Full Story
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Teacher Groups Ask For Health Care Help — Again
Teacher groups on Thursday renewed their call for the Legislature to put more money into a health insurance plan that has seen school employees foot an increasing share of the premiums as the state contribution has remained the same. Full Story
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Texas Delegation Mostly Backs Paul Ryan
Texas' Republican congressional delegation endorsed U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan Thursday for the speakership, giving the Wisconsin lawmaker the largest GOP state voting bloc in the House. Full Story
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New in TribTalk: A Texas Abortion Provider on Denial of Access
Texas politicians will go great lengths to make a necessary, legal, and constitutionally protected medical procedure nearly impossible to access in our state, writes Marva Sadler, director of clinical services at Whole Woman's Health. Full Story
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In Washington, Texans Continue to Question Ozone Science
As evidenced Thursday during a U.S. House committee hearing, Texas officials and lawmakers are continuing to fight against tougher federal ground-level ozone standards implemented recently by the Environmental Protection Agency. Full Story
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Texas Files New Obamacare Suit Over Health Insurer Fee
In Texas' latest salvo against Obamacare, Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit over a fee states must help cover to pay for the sweeping federal health reform law. Full Story
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State Investigators Visit Planned Parenthood Facilities
Days after Texas health officials announced they want to kick Planned Parenthood out of the state Medicaid program, state investigators on Thursday visited Planned Parenthood facilities in San Antonio, Houston Dallas and Brownsville. Full Story
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T-Squared: Stars in our Eyes
Today we launch Starstruck, the Trib’s first fully immersive multimedia experience. It combines breathtaking timelapse video, sweeping photography and take-you-there audio — and represents a seismic shift in our storytelling. Full Story
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