The Texas Supreme Court today freed Texas A&M University from further liability in the decade-old bonfire case.
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On the Records: Tracking Unemployment
Analyzing unemployment in Texas: What would Google do?
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TribBlog: Perry Won’t Grant Thompson Clemency
Gov. Rick Perry won’t grant clemency to Robert Lee Thompson, who was sentenced to death under Texas’ controversial “law of parties.”
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On the Records: Your Turn to Make Word Clouds
An easy guide to visualizing tweets.
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Behind Closed Doors
Should the Texas Forensic Science Commission meet in private? The new chairman, John Bradley, says there’s a good argument for it.
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The Public Payroll
Our searchable database of public employees’ pay — now featuring data from universities and eight of the state’s largest cities.
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Off The Books, Part Two: Contractor Conflicts
State contractors – many of whom get paid top dollar to advise Texas agencies – are largely immune from reporting conflicts of interest.
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TribBlog: The Inside of Hasan’s Apartment
All-star Dallas Morning News journalists Lee Hancock and Courtney Perry somehow finagled their way into the apartment of Maj. Nidal Hasan, the army psychiatrist who murdered more than a dozen people at Fort Hood last week.