Tired of waiting on lawmakers and bureaucrats to clear up their limbo, a group of North Texans has turned to the courts in an effort to reclaim thousands of acres of ranch and farmland along the Texas side of the Red River.
Jim Malewitz
Jim Malewitz was a reporter at the Tribune from 2013 to 2017, covering energy and environment and then working on investigations. Previously, he covered those issues for Stateline, a nonprofit news service in Washington, D.C. The Michigan native majored in political science at Grinnell College in Iowa and holds a master’s from the University of Iowa. There, he helped launch the nonprofit Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, where he currently serves on the board of directors. Jim also coaches the Texas Tribune Runoffs, which, sources say, is the scrappiest coed newsroom softball team west of the Mississippi.
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A New Legislative Agency Review Is in Planning Stages
Also, new committees are names to study behavioral health issues, student assessment and accountability reforms.
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Economy
Patrick Calls on Miller to Halt Fee Hikes
Add Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to the growing list of those concerned about Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller’s effort to hike fees for a wide range of licenses, registrations and services the Texas Department of Agriculture provides.
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Economy
Ag Agency’s Fee Hikes Plant Seeds of Discontent
Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller says he’s prepared to “put on my rawhide underwear and take all the chewings” as the agriculture community protests a wide range of rate hikes at his agency.
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Economy
EPA Head: Texas Should Want Its Own Clean Power Plan
The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency suggested that Texas leaders should play along with her agency’s sweeping Clean Power Plan, if only to avoid a more rigid carbon-cutting plan imposed by the federal government.
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Economy
Feds Worry Power Giant Will Ditch Mine Cleanup
As Energy Future Holdings continues what it hopes will be the final leg of messy bankruptcy proceedings, a recent dispute with the federal government highlights just how far a mammoth corporate reorganization can reach.
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Economy
New Texas House Committee to Examine Range of EPA Rules
House Speaker Joe Straus announced Thursday that a new House Committee on Federal Environmental Regulation will examine a litany of new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency efforts that have roiled Texas leaders and industry.
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Energy
On Quakes, Regulator Sides with Energy Companies
The Texas Railroad Commission has officially cleared two oilfield companies of responsibility for earthquakes that rattled two North Texas towns — despite research suggesting otherwise.
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Energy
In Red River Dispute, “A Cloud Over This Land”
Along a disputed stretch of the Red River, one Clay County farmer got his land back from the federal government. Can his neighbors follow suit?
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Energy
When Oil Wells Become Gas Wells, the State Loses
By filing a one-page form, some producers can have their oil wells reclassified as gas wells and potentially reap huge tax savings. More such requests are being granted, and the Texas budget might start feeling the pain.
