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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Health care
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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Year in Review 2013
Year in Review: Politics
2013 wasn’t supposed to be a very political year, but in this very political state, it became one.
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Health care
The Brief: Dec. 23, 2013
Dreams of Texas playing a pivotal role in choosing the next GOP presidential nominee are running thorugh state Republican Party Chairman Steve Munisteri’s head.
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Health care
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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Politics
Cruz Ends Year as He Began It: No Apologies
By the time Ted Cruz completes his first year in office, he will arguably have become the most recognizable face of the GOP’s far right. So what does he have to say for himself? In a wide-ranging interview, he sized up year one.
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The Brief: Dec. 19, 2013
In a wide ranging interview with The Texas Tribune’s Jay Root, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz refused to say whom he favored in the primary contest between John Cornyn and Steve Stockman, said he’s working on renouncing his Canadian citizenship and had little to say about a potential run for the White House in 2016.
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The Evening Brief: Dec. 17, 2013
Your evening reading: Hall declines to testify in impeachment investigation; photos of Stockman’s shuttered campaign office and they are grimy; Davis tops Google trending list
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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.
