Texas House Speaker Joe Straus previewed the next legislative session on Tuesday, saying it should focus on making sure children and other vulnerable Texans are not left behind as the state grows. Full Story
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State lawmakers on Tuesday explored what should be done about the spiraling costs of a veterans tuition program known as Hazlewood. Full Story
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Texas' rate of uninsured people fell to 17.1 percent in 2015 as part of a steady decline in the share of uninsured residents following the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, according to new Census estimates released this week. Full Story
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In this week's edition of the Trib+Health newsletter: Congressional negotiators will try again to break an impasse on funding Zika prevention efforts, the White House "moonshot" effort against cancer comes into focus and an interview with Andrew Smiley of the Sustainable Food Center. Full Story
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Former Gov. Rick Perry brought some Texas flair to the Season 23 premiere of "Dancing With The Stars," but his footwork brought few plaudits from the judges. Full Story
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Prairie View lost 67-0 to Texas A&M University on Saturday, but the defeat helped pay for the school's athletic programs. What will those schools do if those payouts go away? Full Story
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Rice University, SMU, Baylor University and Dallas Baptist University all climbed in the U.S. News and World Report college rankings this year. All of the state's top public universities fell. Full Story
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The publisher of a proposed Mexican-American studies textbook that scholars, elected officials and Hispanic activists have decried as racist and inaccurate is defending the high school text ahead of a public hearing. Full Story
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Ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal settlements to former clients of his personal injury law firm, state Rep. Ron Reynolds, D-Missouri City has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Full Story
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State regulators have opened the public comment period on some proposed changes they hope will improve standards at day care centers around Texas. But advocates say the agency is missing one important item: better caretaker to child ratios in day cares. Full Story
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Despite Texas' reputation as being predominately Republican-leaning, Democrats backing their presidential nominee Hillary Clinton are hopeful the state will become competitive come November. Full Story
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Before you blame voters for Texas' remarkably low election turnout, look at state law. If elections were run by a business, and if high voter turnout was a goal, wouldn't they be trying to make it easier to vote instead of harder? Full Story
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After failed attempts last year to limit eligibility for the Hazlewood Act, school officials will meet with House lawmakers at the Capitol Tuesday to discuss ways to pay for it. Full Story
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Texas Democrats officially open the first in a series of offices in the solidly Republican state affiliated with the campaign of their presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton. Full Story
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Teladoc, the Dallas-based company that sued Texas over its telemedicine regulations, has a new ally in the Federal Trade Commission. Full Story
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With women in leadership, more time for students to study and even a Starbucks, the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets is a kinder and gentler version of its former self. Full Story
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On Friday, 60 years after more than 70 black undergraduate students were first allowed to enroll at UT, the university paid tribute with a celebration of the milestone. Full Story
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Back in 1998, the federal government asked the Texas A&M Transportation Institute to find a way of moving freight without trucks on highways. Eighteen years later, the researchers debuted their prototype on Friday. Full Story
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A series of late-night tweets in which a Texas lawmaker promised to support tightened legislation on vaccines and referenced "playboy bunnies" has drawn the ire of a political action committee that supports loosening vaccine laws. Full Story
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Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, making a stop in solidly red Texas, drew parallels Friday between Hillary Clinton's campaign and Richards' mother's trail-blazing path to the Texas governor's office. Full Story
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