The Tribune’s Morgan Smith has a must-read piece on what’s next for the education reform group funded by tort reform champions that left a big imprint on policy debates during last year’s legislative session.
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The Brief: Jan. 7, 2014
The challenge to Texas’ law placing further restrictions on abortion facilities took another step toward a widely expected hearing by the U.S. Supreme Court with oral arguments before a three-judge panel from the 5th Circuit in New Orleans.
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The Brief: Jan. 6, 2014
Wendy Davis looked to go on the attack last week on the issue of payday lenders, but some misread reports have her campaign dealing instead with “fuzzy math” and “‘oops’ moment” headlines.
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The Evening Brief: Jan. 3, 2014
Your evening reading: Stockman in gray area with Bitcoin; Azle-area residents sound off on earthquakes; experts in Canada saying giving up citizenship easier than Cruz makes it appear to be
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The Brief: Dec. 20, 2013
Health care navigators are back on the agenda with a hearing Friday morning in Austin on new proposed state rules by the state’s insurance department.
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Dewhurst Seeks Study on Intoxication Manslaughter Sentences
In his latest interim charge for lawmakers, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has directed the Senate Criminal Justice Committee to study sentencing in cases of intoxication manslaughter.
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The Evening Brief: Dec. 19, 2013
Your evening reading: state shutters six charter school campuses under new heightened accountability regime; conservative advocacy group circulates mailer criticizing lawmakers investigating UT regent; how Cruz’s dad became a GOP rock star
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The Evening Brief: Dec. 16, 2013
Your evening reading: when private companies come in to manage schools, transparency takes a hit; judge rules NSA phone program likely unconstitutional; state GOP chairman calls Texas “somewhat competitive”
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Health care
The Brief: Dec. 13, 2013
New numbers suggest the state is having a hard time — at least initially — maintaining the same level of women’s health services under its new purely state-funded program as the mostly federally funded program that preceded it.
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Texas Lt. Gov. Hopefuls Voice Support for Creationism
All four Republican candidates vying for lieutenant governor said at a Thursday debate that religion should play a larger role in public education — and three said they believed that should include the teaching of creationism.