A report finds Texas colleges and universities rank near the top when it comes to awarding degrees to Latinos.
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Health care
Hundreds Attend Rally Targeting Possible End of Women’s Health Program
The rally at the state Capitol drew progressive political activists, local musicians, state representatives and women’s health clinic employees.
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Just What is a “Likely Voter”?
In a poll of potential voters, how should we go about determining what the electorate might look like on Election Day?
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Health care
Planned Parenthood Laments Expected Demise of Women’s Health Program
A crowd gathered Friday at the Planned Parenthood Health Center in Austin to express concerns over the expected demise of the Women’s Health Program.
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Inside Intelligence
Inside Intelligence: Battles of the Titans
This week, we asked the insiders what would happen if two of the Texas GOP’s stars collided in a 2014 race for governor.
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Weekend Insider: State Climatologist, University Graduation Rates
Meet John Nielsen-Gammon, the Texas state climatologist, and find out what Texas public universities are doing about low graduation rates.
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Health care
House, Senate Members Working to Reform Medicaid
A joint interim committee is charging ahead in the state’s effort to persuade the federal government to give it more flexibility to run its Medicaid program.
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Independent Group Looks to Upend Presidential Race
As the Republican Party inches toward selecting a presidential nominee, another group is working to add an independent candidate to the ballot in all 50 states. But as Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, the group doesn’t want to be called a third party.
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Criminal Justice
Survivor of 1990 Attack Suggests Link to Murders
Police never identified the tall, thin, long-haired man who more than 20 years ago beat Debi Scott with a rotten log as she slept. She thinks her attacker was probably Mark Norwood, who is in Williamson County Jail awaiting trial on a murder charge.
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Health care
Lawmakers Monitoring Health Care Reform’s Effect on Texas
Texas may be challenging federal health care reform in court, but as Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, state lawmakers are still monitoring how the law will affect costs and care in Texas.
