At a news conference Friday in Austin, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz touched on the state’s bitter Republican primary runoffs, the Benghazi investigation, his argument against a minimum wage hike and Gov. Rick Perry’s efforts to tout the Texas miracle around the country.
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The Brief: May 15, 2014
Gov. Rick Perry’s attorney is asking for the ability to get witnesses for his client before a Travis County grand jury without making them appear in public. But in a twist in a case that has already had plenty of them, the only way to circumvent the public entrance is to go through DA Rosemary Lehmberg’s office.
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The Brief: May 14, 2014
Wichita Falls is catching more than a little flak for its plan to take treated sewer water and use it for drinking water, a plan that got put on the fast track with the current drought. But the wisecracks hide an important fact — wastewater reuse is already common across the state.
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The Brief: May 7, 2014
The word “mess” doesn’t even begin to describe what greeted the new director of the state agency that supervises the state’s most violent sex offenders when she showed up to work.
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Video: Perry Talks 2016 on “Meet the Press”
In an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, Gov. Rick Perry acknowledged that his failed 2012 bid for president was a “botched” attempt, but said, “I think America is a place that believes in second chances.”
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The Brief: May 2, 2014
The rapid rise of so-called dark money, contributions made through political nonprofits that shield their donors’ identities, drew the attention of a House panel on Thursday.
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The Brief: May 1, 2014
As the horrifying details of a botched execution in Oklahoma dominated the headlines on Wednesday, the focus in Texas quickly turned to whether a review of procedures could be in the offing here.
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The Brief: April 28, 2014
As state officials prepare to meet with the man who has become the face of the increasingly politicized spat between Texas and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the Tribune’s Jim Malewitz has an exhaustive background story on the seeds of the conflict.
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Polling Center: Dewhurst’s Fortunes Track Party Changes
David Dewhurst’s predicament — abandoned first by most Republican primary voters and then by one of the bellwethers of the Texas big business establishment — reveals how the Texas GOP has changed since he first became lieutenant governor in 2003.
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The Brief: April 25, 2014
The House select committee charged with investigating UT System Regent Wallace Hall could vote as early as May 12 on whether to recommend articles of impeachment to the full chamber.
