After Uber left Austin, state lawmakers are now poised to take up regulations of ride-hailing companies. They may also look at a high-speed rail developer’s ability to use eminent domain for a Dallas-Houston bullet train.
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Transportation
As Houston’s overhaul draws new riders, other cities mulling bus changes
Houston’s bus overhaul, planned for years but rolled out literally overnight in 2015, has led to an increase in bus ridership, bucking state and national trends. Many are taking notice.
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Economy
Billions in pension shortfalls threatening Texas cities’ budgets
A recent report identified Dallas and Houston as having among the highest pension shortfalls among local governments in the country.
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Politics
Austin police chief Art Acevedo to run Houston’s police department
Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo has accepted a job as Houston’s police chief, a source told the Austin American-Statesman on Thursday.
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Higher Education
Judge tells school to change name back to South Texas College of Law
The private law school picked a new name strikingly similar to the higher-ranked University of Houston law school.
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Classified Site’s CEO Arrested on Pimping Charges
Backpage.com was the subject of a joint investigation by California and Texas authorities who say the site’s adult advertising facilitates human trafficking.
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Demographics
10 Texas School Names Honoring Confederates Have Changed. At Least 24 Haven’t.
Tense debates have raged at Texas schools over the proper place of Confederate names in the public landscape. But many other districts have not considered any changes.
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Politics
At Convention, Texas Greens Welcome Bernie Sanders Voters
Much of the programming at the Green Party National Convention in Houston this weekend seemed calculated to appeal to disaffected Democrats.
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Politics
Texas Greens Hope Convention Helps Them Keep Ballot Access
The Green Party of Texas is hosting its party’s national convention, hoping the Houston event generates enough attention and votes to preserve its automatic spot on the 2018 Texas ballot.
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Politics
Bullet Train Critics Hope to Stop Project in its Tracks Next Year
Texas lawmakers could put up major road blocks next year for a private firm’s plans to build a high-speed rail project now that a federal transportation board has decided the project falls under state jurisdiction.
