The Environmental Protection Agency is considering new regulations for coal ash — the waste left over from coal-fired power plants. As Matt Largey of KUT News reports, those new rules could have a big impact in Texas, the nation’s number one coal consumer.
Coal Hard Facts
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Transportation
The 100 Most Congested Roads
A new Texas Department of Transportation study names Texas’ 100 most congested roadways, which are heavily concentrated in Houston and the Dallas Metroplex; Bexar is the only one of the big five counties without a top-10 trouble spot. Policymakers hope the study will focus the public and lawmakers on the state’s problem areas.
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Congress
Audio: Dick Armey Interview
An interview with the former Texas congressman and U.S. House Majority Leader.
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Criminal Justice
TribBlog: Dallas Court Says No Gay Divorce
The state court of appeals says two men can’t turn their Massachusetts marriage into a Texas divorce.
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Data: Texas’ Most Congested Roads
The Texas Department of Transportation ranked Texas’ 100 most-congested roads using traffic data collected during 2009. Use this table to sort through those records.
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Energy
TribBlog: The Future of Water
An intensive process to plan the amount by which Texas aquifers can be depleted over the next half-century has been completed just ahead of the Sept. 1 deadline.
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State Government
2010: The Return of Term Limits
Taking a page out of the Kay Bailey Hutchison handbook, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White called for gubernatorial term limits today.
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Demographics
The Brief: Aug. 31, 2010
The president’s in Texas again today, but this time he’s all business — or, rather, no business.
