In 1996, then-Gov. George W. Bush shocked his Public Utility Commission chairman by endorsing wind power. A decade later, Texas would become the nation's top wind-energy producer. An excerpt from The Great Texas Wind Rush. Full Story
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San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro introduced himself over the weekend to one of the most coveted voting blocs in American politics: Iowans. Full Story
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In their successful push for new abortion regulations, abortion opponents said conditions at existing facilities were unsafe. But a Texas Tribune review of recent state records showed little evidence to suggest the facilities were putting patients in imminent danger. Full Story
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In his latest attempt to lure out-of-state companies to Texas, Gov. Rick Perry has his sights set on the Old Line State — so we start this week's news-inspired playlist with "Going to Maryland," by The Mountain Goats. Full Story
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This week in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: The Texas Supreme Court gets a new chief justice, Gov. Rick Perry is headed to Maryland and a former Texas attorney general thinks the state might be entitled to billions more in tobacco settlement money. Full Story
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At our 9/11 Hot Seat conversation at the University of Texas at Dallas, state Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, and state Sen. Ken Paxton, R-McKinney, talked about public education, water, transportation and other issues in play in the 83rd session. Full Story
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Aaronson on the state's Affordable Care Act grants, Aguilar and Root on Ted Cruz and immigration, Batheja on gravel roads, Grissom on a mentally ill death row inmate who can't be medicated, Hamilton on a new plotline in the UT-Austin vs. UT System drama, Malewitz on oilfield battery thefts, Ramsey on the Texas Supreme Court's new chief justice, Rocha on the Guadalupe River's low flows, Root on guns and the governor's race, Satija on threatened species and M. Smith on the demographic future of Texas schools: The best of our best for the week of Sept. 9 to 12, 2013. Full Story
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Your evening reading: Staples hits Dewhurst over U.S. Senate race; Cruz advocating middle ground on immigration reform; legal group taking on Texas National Guard's same-sex benefits decision Full Story
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Texas driver’s license offices are expanding hours of operation, offering voters a weekend chance to apply for free photo ID certificates required if they don't have other acceptable forms of identitification. Full Story
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A mistake that left a man unable to re-enter the United States for weeks should serve as a warning for those with a sensitive immigration status, a leading immigration attorney said this week. Full Story
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Allison Castle, the governor's communications director, is leaving for a job at the Texas Department of Insurance. Full Story
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In energy-guzzling Texas, a group of environmental advocates and business leaders is calling a for new statewide energy building code. Full Story
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The state's proposal to convert some paved roads back to gravel has invisible counterparts in other areas of the state budget. But it's apparently safer to talk about transportation problems. Full Story
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has been an ardent and highly visible opponent of giving undocumented immigrants a way to become U.S. citizens. He is advocating a middle ground — legalization and more visas without citizenship. Full Story
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As the Texas Department of Transportation blames a funding shortfall for its plans to convert some rural roads to gravel, South Texans argue they are being unfairly punished for the region’s drilling boom. Full Story
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As the debut of a federal health insurance exchange approaches, some Texans say they've been left with a number of key questions, like how much plans on the marketplace will cost and what they'll cover. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry's latest jobs pitch has yet another Democratic governor crying foul. Full Story
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Your evening reading: Democrats slam tweet from Abbott adviser; FreedomWorks endorses Sessions' Tea Party opponent; Cornyn opposes Summers for Fed post Full Story
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A former supporter — Tea Party activist Katrina Pierson — of U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Dallas, has decided to challenge the incumbent in next year's Republican primary. Full Story
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While the Hispanic vote has been the focus of much of the analysis of Democrats’ prospects for turning the Republican tide, in the short term, they will almost certainly need to look to suburban women — especially if Wendy Davis is at the top of the ticket. Full Story
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