Over the next year, at least half a dozen other Texas cities are likely to tackle the same thorny debate that’s under way in Austin over how to regulate vehicle-for-hire apps like Uber and Lyft while maintaining traditional taxi services.
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Health care
Disability Groups Hope Turnover Leads to Reform
Advocates for Texans with disabilities are seeking serious reform in the 2015 legislative session — and they’re hopeful that the turnover in statewide offices in November might help them get what they’ve long sought.
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Politics
TribFest: Can the Center Hold?
At the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival, former U.S. Sens. Bill Bradley and Kay Bailey Hutchison, former U.S. Ambassador Jon M. Huntsman, former U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed discussed the nation’s polarized political landscape.
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Perry Prosecutor Looks to Add Co-Counsel
The attorney who obtained last month’s indictment of Gov. Rick Perry has asked the judge to lower his fees so that he can bring in co-counsel at the same $250 per hour rate.
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Politics
TribFest: Ready for 2016
At the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival, Politico’s Maggie Haberman, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, Nia-Malika Henderson of The Washington Post, Jonathan Martin of The New York Times and Dave Weigel of Bloomberg Politics previewed the 2016 presidential race.
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Transportation
State Leaders Open to More Toll Roads Amid Signs of Resistance
Texas played host to the toll road industry’s annual conference this week, and local and state leaders made clear to the more than 900 people in attendance that the state expected to pursue more toll projects.
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Energy
At “Kumbaya” Meeting, a New Colorado River Plan is Approved
The Lower Colorado River Authority approved a new plan on Wednesday to manage the Colorado River and its reservoirs, known as the Highland Lakes.
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Transportation
Perry Touts Transportation Legacy to Toll Road Group
Gov. Rick Perry spoke about the need to embrace every possible way to finance road construction — outside of raising taxes — in a speech to a toll road industry conference in Austin on Tuesday.
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Energy
Aquifer is No Quick Fix for Central Texas Thirst
As drought continues to grip Central Texas, those looking to provide water to the region’s fast-growing cities and suburbs see a solution in the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer. But others fear the resource will be drained at their expense.
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Newsreel: Davis Memoir, Pot, Elections Loom
This week in Newsreel: Wendy Davis publishes her memoirs, Greg Abbott raises ethics questions. Former Bush advisor Joe Allbaugh invests in pot. Gov. Rick Perry’s lawyers challenge his indictment.
