Dan Morales, a former Texas attorney general who served time in federal prison, wants the state to look over some sealed documents that he thinks might be worth a lot of money. The hard part is finding someone who will listen.
Austin
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Health care
Guest Column: Close Dangerous State Disabled Centers
The 13 state-supported living centers are dangerous, derelict and inefficient. The time has come to consolidate the population in fewer facilities and close centers that have no chance of ever reaching minimally acceptable standards.
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Health care
Newsreel: DeLay, Navigators and Pauken
This week in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: Tom DeLay’s conviction is overturned, Rick Perry wants to regulate Obamacare “navigators” and Tom Pauken makes his case for governor.
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Appeals Court Overturns Tom DeLay’s Conviction for Money Laundering
Former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay’s political money laundering conviction was overturned Thursday by the state’s 3rd Court of Appeals, which said the state’s evidence in the case was “legally insufficient.”
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A Third Legal Challenge to Texas Voter ID Law
On the eve of the first statewide election in which Texans will have to show photo IDs to vote, groups representing minority voters and officeholders sued to block the state’s new voter ID law.
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Energy
Austin Gets High Marks for Energy-Efficient Policies
Austin is among the large U.S. cities doing the most to conserve energy, according to a study released Tuesday by a national group that promotes energy efficiency.
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Politics
Newsreel: A New Chief, Perry Goes East and a Smoking Idea
This week in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: The Texas Supreme Court gets a new chief justice, Gov. Rick Perry is headed to Maryland and a former Texas attorney general thinks the state might be entitled to billions more in tobacco settlement money.
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State Government
Perry’s Communications Director Leaving for Insurance Department Job
Allison Castle, the governor’s communications director, is leaving for a job at the Texas Department of Insurance.
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Politics
Newsreel: Replacing Jefferson, Clamor Time
In this edition of the Texas Weekly Newsreel: Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson is hanging up his robe, and 2014 candidates are busy trying to convince potential donors they’re worth an investment.
