The Evening Brief: June 7, 2013
Your evening reading: Texas Republicans lash out against government surveillance; Texas woman arrested in ricin letter case; Pauken calls Perry administration "government by sound bite" Full Story
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Agenda Texas: Campus Construction in Spotlight
On the latest Agenda Texas, from KUT News and the Tribune: Higher education was having a great legislative session — until the very end, when a plan to issue billions of dollars in bonds for campus construction projects died. Full Story
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Subdivision Plans May Threaten Bat Colony
Bracken Cave, north of the burgeoning San Antonio metropolitan area, has been the summer home to the world's largest colony of bats for thousands of years. But conservationists worry a developer's plan threatens the bats. Full Story
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![Bracken Cave, just north of the burgeoning San Antonio metropolitan area, has been home to the largest colony of bats in the world for thousands of years. But the keepers of the preserve that holds the cave say a developer's attempt to build 3,800 homes next to the cave threatens the bats' very livelihood.]()
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Redistricting is Harder Than It Looked at First
Texas lawmakers set out to do a quick fix on the state's political maps. They soon found out there was nothing quick about it. Full Story
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UT System Prepares for Its Newest Member
As soon as Gov. Rick Perry signs Senate Bill 24, which creates a new university in the Rio Grande Valley, "the real work begins," says University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa. Full Story
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The Brief: June 7, 2013
A heated redistricting hearing on Thursday wasn't enough to keep frustration about the sluggish special session from mounting. Full Story
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