The city of Fort Stockton and Fort Stockton Holdings, the company owned by Clayton Williams Jr. and family, have agreed to postpone a hearing on the company’s permit to pump trillions of gallons of water from the Edwards-Trinity Aquifer.
TribBlog: Waiting on the Water War
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Criminal Justice
TribBlog: Cornyn Attempts to Murder “Murderabilia”
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, announced today that he filed legislation to outlaw profiting from the sale of items related to killers or killings.
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Criminal Justice
TribBlog: Skinner Jurors Call for DNA Testing
Seven of the jurors who sent Hank Skinner to death row for the murders of his girlfriend, Twila Busby, and her two sons now say they want the state to test all the DNA available in the case.
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Boone Pickens Clip 2/3
The oilman talks about about the BP spill, natural gas, wind and other topics.
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State Government
The Ex Files
How many former state officeholders are registered to lobby in Austin? The answer: 65, or a little less than 5 percent of the 1,475 lobbyists on the rolls at the Texas Ethics Commission, according to a Texas Tribune analysis.
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Boone Pickens Clip 3/3
The oilman talks about about the BP spill, natural gas, wind and other topics.
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Energy
T. Boone Pickens: The TT Interview
The oilman told the Tribune that BP’s CEO has made some verbal “boo-boos” but that offshore work must continue: “You know, we can drill those wells in the deep water.”
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Boone Pickens Clip 1/3
The oilman talks about about the BP spill, natural gas, wind and other topics.
