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The Brief: Dec. 9, 2013
All eyes are on the Travis County Courthouse this morning as the move to remove the county’s top prosecutor, Rosemary Lehmberg, enters the definitive final stages.
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Former Midland Mayor Challenging Seliger in SD-31
Former Midland Mayor Mike Canon said Saturday he will challenge state Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, in next year’s Republican primary.
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Higher Education
Liveblog: Higher Ed at The Tribune Festival
We have liveblogged each of the sessions in The 2013 Texas Tribune Festival’s Higher Education track. Sessions included panel discussions on the future of higher education in the state, what’s happening at non-flagship universities, governance and the role of regents, and the fight over paying student-athletes.
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Economy
Perry Issues More Than Two Dozen Vetoes
Gov. Rick Perry issued more than two dozen vetoes Friday, including a line-item veto that wipes out funding for the Travis County prosecutors who investigate government fraud and public corruption. He also vetoed a bill that would have had Texas law mirror gender wage protections in the federal Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.
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Lizard Protection Bill Caught in Oil Politics
Top Republicans say Texas Comptroller Susan Combs has teamed up with major oil company interests to fight reforms of species protection programs.
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Higher Education
New Regent Requirements Head to Governor’s Desk
UPDATED: After the Senate concurred with amendments in the House, a bill adding restrictions and requirements for regents of the state’s university systems is on its way to the governor’s desk.
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Bidness As Usual
House Sends Campaign Disclosure Bill to Perry
UPDATED: A divisive measure requiring the disclosure of certain unreported political donors passed the House on a 95-52 vote on Tuesday with little of Monday’s debate. The measure now heads to Gov. Rick Perry.
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State Government
The Love-Hate Relationship With Transparency
One Texan’s transparency is another’s right to privacy, and people in politics generally find it easier to demand openness than to provide it.
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Bidness As Usual
Oil Lobbyists Overseeing Protection of Threatened Lizard in Permian Basin
The oil industry vigorously opposed efforts to list the threatened dunes sagebrush lizard as an endangered species. But three oil company lobbyists were given day-to-day oversight of the effort to save the reptile.