Today the Senate passed a couple of bills that outline how the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission should oversee a low-level radioactive waste dump planned for Andrews County.
Senate Approves Radioactive Waste Commission Plan
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House Tentatively Passes Eminent Domain
Another bill on Gov. Rick Perry’s emergency items list — eminent domain — tentatively passed in the House today, and it could further curb the government’s right to take private property.
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Criminal Justice
Senate OKs Merging Juvenile Justice Agencies
The Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission would be combined into a new Texas Juvenile Justice Department under a bill the Texas Senate approved today.
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The Midday Brief: Top Texas Headlines for April 13, 2011
Your afternoon reading: Michelle Obama visit causes stir over campus-carry bill; senators ease prison health care cuts; puppy mill legislation fast-tracked
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Breeders Alarmed As Puppy Mill Bill Gets Fast-Tracked
The so-called puppy mill bill that has dog breeders and animal rights groups in Texas squared off in a war of words, HB 1451 by state Rep. Senfronia Thompson, will be up for a vote on the House floor tomorrow.
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Health care
Federal Budget Deal Could Shutter Health Centers
The Congressional budget deal reached in Washington this weekend could have dire implications for Texas’ federally qualified health centers — clinics that provide comprehensive care for the uninsured.
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Economy
Top Budget Players in Race to Find Revenue
The Big Men on Campus in the school known as the Texas Legislature have the unenviable job of finding money that might alleviate the massive cuts outlined in House Bill 1, the general appropriations bill for the next biennium.
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The Brief: Top Texas News for April 13, 2011
Texas may have just secured $832 million in education funding. So why isn’t everyone happy?
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Bill Pushes for Single-Member Council Districts
A House committee is set to consider a bill requiring cities with populations of more than 500,000 to have single-member city council districts. As Ryland Barton of KUT News and ReportingTexas.com reports, the bill’s supporters say it would more effectively incorporate minorities and less densely populated areas.
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Data Breach Stirs Blame Game, Internet Privacy Concerns
News that the state comptroller’s office exposed the personal data of 3.5 million Texas has many wondering, as Mose Buchele of KUT News reports, whether the state should be doing more to assure internet privacy — and how the comptroller’s office will be held accountable.
