Is the boiling battle between Texas and the Environmental Protection Agency slowing to a simmer?
The Brief: June 17, 2010
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Mapping Broadband Access
After months of compiling data from around the state, Texas officials have released a comprehensive map of areas that do and don’t have broadband internet access. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports.
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State Government
Wilderness Wireless
More than 250,000 Texas homes, mostly in rural areas, don’t have access to high-speed internet, according to a new broadband services map commissioned by the Texas Department of Agriculture.
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Higher Education
An Interview with Raymund Paredes
In 2000, Texas higher education in Texas was languishing behind other states and a plan was adopted to “close the gaps” by 2015. A decade later, Higher Education Commissioner Raymund Paredes tells the Tribune that significant change is still needed.
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Higher Education
Raymund Paredes: The TT Interview
In 2000, higher education in Texas languished compared to other states, and a plan was adopted to “close the gaps” by 2015. A decade later, the commissioner of higher education tells the Tribune that bold steps still need to be taken. But can we afford to take them?
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Here Comes the Story of the Hurricane
It’s storm season, and with the current budget mess, many coastal Texans fear the state may not be prepared to pay for damages. The BP oil spill in the Gulf is adding a whole new level of uncertainty to this annual conundrum, as Mose Buchele of KUT News reports.
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Energy
Panhandling for Water
Within Texas, the Ogallala Aquifer accounts for about 40 percent of all water use, but its levels are declining sharply. In a dry growing season, the High Plains Water District recorded an average drop of 1.5 feet. Meanwhile, the 2007 state water plan projects that the Ogallala’s volume will fall a staggering 52 percent between 2010 and 2060.
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Higher Education
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 33
Topics in this week’s TribCast include the Texas GOP convention, the ongoing back-and-forth between the Perry and White camps, and the near-dissolution of the Big 12 conference.
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Public Education
TribBlog: Special Needs in Need
The Senate Committee on Education got a painful preview today of the problems in special education that they’ll have to tackle during the 2011 legislative session.
