UPDATED: An Irving teenager who was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to school said Wednesday that “it’s really sad” that a teacher got the wrong impression about the clock. He added that he would probably transfer schools.
Jordan Rudner
Jordan Rudner was a reporting fellow for The Texas Tribune in 2015-16. A Plan II and history major at the University of Texas at Austin, Jordan previously interned at KUT News and the Supreme Court of the United States. She spent five semesters in the dimly lit basement offices of The Daily Texan, including one semester serving as managing editor.
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Energy
Texas, Petroleum Industry Agree to Dismiss Lawsuits Against Denton
Now that Denton has repealed its ban on hydraulic fracturing and its ban on gas drilling has expired, lawyers for the oil and gas industry have agreed to drop their lawsuit against the city.
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Houston Argues for Right to Regulate Industrial Pollution
Arguing before the state Supreme Court Wednesday, Houston lawyers defended the city’s right to enforce statewide pollution regulations using fines and criminal charges when state environmental regulators aren’t doing the job..
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Houston Arguing to Keep Its Air Pollution Rules
State environmental regulators don’t do an adequate job of enforcing air pollution standards, the city of Houston believes, and on Wednesday it will ask the Texas Supreme Court to let it keep trying to do the job itself.
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State Government
Abbott Honors “American Sniper” With State’s Highest Military Honor
Saying that Chris Kyle’s “remarkable, selfless service may be unrivaled in the annals of our proud history,” Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday posthumously awarded the late Navy SEAL sniper the state’s highest military honor.
