Natalie Maines kicked off the week at the Capitol singing “Not Ready to Make Nice,” which captured the spirit of Monday’s rallies for and against abortion restrictions. That same song leads our weekly news-inspired playlist.
Reeve Hamilton
Reeve Hamilton worked at the Tribune from 2009 to 2015, covering higher education and politics and hosting the Tribune's weekly podcast. His writing has also appeared in Texas Monthly and The Texas Observer. Born in Houston and raised in Massachusetts, he has a bachelor's degree in English from Vanderbilt University.
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TribCast
TribCast: Filibuster Fallout and Exciting Future Plans
Reeve, Ben, Evan and Ross discuss the fallout from last week’s filibuster by state Sen. Wendy Davis, the Voting Rights Act, the effort to impeach a university regent and Gov. Rick Perry’s coming announcement of “exciting future plans.”
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Higher Education
Changes to B-On-Time Loans Have Million-Dollar Consequences
In a session largely marked by unfinished business in higher education, tweaks to the B-On-Time Loan Program are among the more noteworthy accomplishments, and could mean millions of dollars in savings for some universities.
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The Playlist: Southern Filibuster
Each week, we make a 10-song playlist inspired by Texas political news from the previous seven days. This time, we are focusing entirely on Tuesday. If you don’t know what happened, here’s a hint: We begin with Tut Taylor’s “Southern Filibuster.”
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TribCast
TribCast: The Post-Filibuster Review
Reeve, Ross, Becca and Evan review the events of state Sen. Wendy Davis’ national-newsmaking filibuster on an omnibus abortion bill that dramatically closed out the first special session.
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Politics
Davis Gets the Taiwanese Animation Treatment
Nobody does the news quite like Taiwan-based Next Media Animation, whose latest storyline is Fort Worth Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis’ filibuster of a bill that would have added restrictions on abortion.
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Slideshow: Filibuster Dominates Last Day of Special Session
State Sen. Wendy Davis’ hours-long filibuster of a Republican-backed abortion bill spanned the last day of the special session, drawing spirited protests from both sides of the debate.
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Health care
Filibuster Launches Davis Onto National Stage
State Sen. Wendy Davis is no stranger to making legislative headlines. But Tuesday night’s marathon abortion filibuster propelled the Fort Worth Democrat into the national spotlight.
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Higher Education
Transparency Committee to Mull Impeachment of UT Regent
UPDATED: A spokeswoman for Gov. Rick Perry said the expansion of a House committee’s authority to investigate gubernatorial appointees on Tuesday sent a “chilling message.”
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Higher Education
Wallace Hall: The TT Interview
The controversial member of the University of Texas System Board of Regents on the prospect of his impeachment, the motivations for his much-scrutinized actions and whether he believes UT-Austin President Bill Powers should be fired.
