Two of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s top political aides have left his campaign amid internal conflict about the direction of his re-election bid.
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Drug Testing for Unemployed Texans is Still Months Away
It will be months before the state can begin drug testing certain unemployment insurance benefit applicants, and some Texas lawmakers and business leaders are frustrated with the delay.
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The Brief: March 31, 2014
Delegates to the GOP state convention in June could find themselves with another big immigration battle on their hands.
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Health care
The Brief: March 28, 2014
The absence of big-dollar Democratic donor Mikal Watts is starting to draw notice.
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Health care
The Brief: March 27, 2014
Executives with the electric carmaker Tesla Motors met on Wednesday with government officials in San Antonio, according to the San Antonio Express-News, a development sure to spur further talk about Texas’ odds of landing the company’s $5 billion battery plant.
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The Brief: March 24, 2014
The spill of as much as 168,000 gallons of fuel oil into Galveston Bay has crews working hard to avoid lasting impacts on a crucial shipping channel as well as an ecologically sensitive area of the Texas coast.
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The Brief: March 21, 2014
With equal pay emerging as the single biggest issue this week in the contest for governor, the Tribune has taken a deep look at pay disparities across state government.
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The Brief: March 20, 2014
The issue of equal pay dominated the discussion again in the gubernatorial contest on Wednesday.
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Health care
The Brief: March 18, 2014
What was originally planned as the first head-to-head encounter of the Republican runoff race for lite guv will now be a solo appearance by David Dewhurst. His opponent, Dan Patrick, announced late Monday afternoon that he was withdrawing from the debate.
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The Brief: March 17, 2014
The rightward tilt of the Texas Senate has one of its more hallowed traditions — the two-thirds rule — in danger of going the way of the dodo.