Topics in this week’s TribCast include the Green Party’s ballot access battle, lobbyists suing lobbyists and whether the Farm Bureau will sway any voters in the race for Texas governor.
The Weekly Tribcast: Episode 36
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Health care
TribBlog: Broke and Broken
Rural health advocates asked state lawmakers Wednesday to help pay for improvements to rural hospitals in up to 42 Texas counties. Without state help, they said, the rural hospitals have no hope of doing necessary renovations to catch up to federal and state hospital codes.
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TribBlog: It’s Over, Says HillCo
HillCo Partners dropped its lawsuit against Brandon Aghamalian and Snapper Carr this afternoon — the surprise result of a hearing scheduled today to address HillCo’s request for a temporary restraining order.
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Ads Infinitum: Perry on White’s “Friends”
Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign is showing its nostalgic side in its latest web video, which evokes the opening credits of the hit NBC show Friends.
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State Government
TribBlog: TCEQ on DISH
No other place in Texas has received as much attention from the state’s environmental agency as the natural-gas-rich Barnett Shale — and that includes the tiny town of DISH, a spokesman for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality said today.
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Energy
TribBlog: Environmentalists v. Exxon
ExxonMobil will be sued by two environmental groups over the release of large amounts of air pollutants from its Baytown oil refinery, the nation’s largest, according the Center for Public Integrity.
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The Brief: July 7, 2010
Add another layer to the tale of the unlikely reanimation of the Green Party of Texas.
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Energy
DISHed Out
As he has taken on natural gas companies and the agencies that regulate them, DISH mayor Calvin Tillman has become a media darling, an unlikely face of oil and gas reform and a public speaker crisscrossing the country. Now he’s ready to give up — and to leave town entirely.
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State Government
Sunset Finishes Workers’ Comp Fixes
State lawmakers on the Sunset Advisory Commission make final remarks after the panel unanimously approves changes to the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s medical quality review process.
