After losing his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court this week, Robert Roberson III’s last hope to escape his June 21 execution date is the state Board of Pardons and Parole.
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Health care
Family and Protective Services Commissioner to Retire in May
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Commissioner John Specia announced Friday he would retire from the agency on May 31.
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Politics
Cruz Keeps Hammering Trump, Clinton
Speaking to a gathering of the nation’s most passionate conservatives, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz unloaded anew on the front-runners for the presidency from both parties.
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Health care
SCOTUS Blocks Louisiana Abortion Clinic Law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked Louisiana from enforcing a law that threatened to close all but one of the state’s abortion clinics, an action that abortion rights supporters treated as a positive sign for the fate of a law in Texas.
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Transportation
North Carolina Sending Top Official to Texas Over Toll Road Bankruptcy
In the wake of a recent bankruptcy filingfrom a private company that operates a Texas toll road, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has dispatched his top transportation official to Texas as his state begins work on a similar project.
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The Ticket
The Ticket: Super Tuesday and a Surprise Trump Endorsement
This week on The Ticket: Jay Root and Ben Philpott give their takes on the March 1st Super Tuesday elections. And we talk about Chris Christie’s endorsement of Donald Trump with WNYC’s Matt Katz.
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Higher Education
Senate Republican Leaders Express Concern Over Tuition Hikes
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Senate Higher Education Committee Chairman Kel Seliger expressed frustration Friday with Texas university presidents over recent decisions to raise tuition again this year.
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Politics
Ted Cruz Counts on Rivals’ Home-State Struggles
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s campaign is hoping that March 15 will be a day of reckoning for Republican presidential rivals John Kasich and Marco Rubio, whose respective home states of Ohio and Florida head to the polls then.
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Hell and High Water: Houston’s Perfect Storm
Houston is the nation’s fourth-largest city and home to the largest refining and petrochemical complex in the United States. But many worry it’s a sitting duck when the next big hurricane comes. This multimedia project, done in partnership with ProPublica, looks at the dangers for the region.
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Politics
Analysis: Notes on a Texas Primary Election
This year’s political upheaval is nearly complete, at least in Texas. Most of what the state’s voters were going to get done in this election cycle got done on Tuesday.