AAt our 2/27 symposium on demographic change at the University of Texas at El Paso, former state demographer and U.S. Census Bureau directdor Steve Murdock discussed how population shifts will affect public policy.
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UT/TT Poll: Texans Remain More Bullish on State Than on Nation
Texans are almost twice as positive about the direction of the state than about the direction of the country, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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UT/TT Poll: Few Texans Would Keep Marijuana Illegal in All Cases
Nearly half of registered Texas voters support legalization of marijuana for any use in some quantities, and nearly three in 10 would legalize it for medicinal use only, according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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An Unlikely Form of Border Contraband: Valentine’s Flowers
While customs officers on the border have their hands full searching for heroin, marijuana and other drugs, at least once a year they face another foe with the potential to wreak havoc on the country’s economy: flowers.
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Craft Brewers Celebrate New Beer Laws
When Texas legalized brewpubs in 1993, the owners could only sell their product on-site. That changed in June with the implementation of the largest overhaul of the craft beer industry in two decades.
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In Grid Debate, New Info Doesn’t Sway Opinions
Should Texas overhaul its electricity market? And if so, how much would it cost? A highly anticipated report has shed some light on those questions amid an increasingly contentious debate.
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Study: Half of Texas Households Financially Insecure
In Texas, 49.8 percent of households lack enough savings to pay for three months of basic expenses in case of a crisis such as a job loss, according to a new study.
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TribLive: Medina on Property and Sales Taxes
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, Debra Medina, a candidate for Texas comptroller in 2014, talked about a possible shift away from property taxes and toward sales taxes — and the implications for the state budget.
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TribLive: A Conversation With Debra Medina
Full video of my 1/30 TribLive interview with Debra Medina, a candidate for Texas comptroller in 2014.
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As Patent Suits Increase, Firms Fight Back
Companies that exist only to collect dormant patents and then sue for infringement are a growing threat to firms, but both businesses and lawmakers are beginning to take action.