The Kroll report, which looked into the admissions process at UT-Austin and whether some well-connected people had too much influence on that process, surfaced on Thursday.
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New in Trib+Water: Dealing With Water Shortages
In this week’s edition of the Trib+Water newsletter: Researchers test plants’ resistance to drought, cities get creative when water is scarce and an interview with Todd Caldwell of the University of Texas at Austin.
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Energy
Hays Groundwater Fight Portends Battles to Come
Anger boiled over at a town hall meeting Tuesday night as Hays County residents decried a company’s plan to pump and sell millions of gallons of groundwater. The heated dispute foreshadows more to come in a growing state that’s running out of water.
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Energy
The Brief: Feb. 11, 2015
The Tribune’s Terri Langford has uncovered a new problem with the no-bid Medicaid fraud software contract awarded to 21CT by the Health and Human Services Commission.
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Energy
Falling Oil Prices Put Spotlight on Crude Export Ban
The decline in oil prices has led to thousands of layoffs in Texas. It has also led to renewed calls from Texans in Congress and other state officials to lift the ban that blocks the export of most U.S. crude oil.
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Energy
The Brief: Feb. 10, 2015
A handful of former HHSC employees are suing for wrongful termination in the aftermath of revelations over the awarding of a no-bid Medicaid fraud contract.
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Energy
Texas Site Wants Nation’s Spent Nuclear Fuel
The country has been trying to figure out for decades what to do with the high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants. The operators of a nuclear waste dump in West Texas have told federal officials they’d be happy to take it.
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T-Squared
T-Squared: We’re Crowdfunding Another Crucial Series
Last year, Tribune readers made it possible for us to spend months telling tales of life in Texas’ shale plays. The crowdfunding effort worked so well that we’re trying it again, this time for a major project on unsafe drinking water.
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Energy
The Brief: Feb. 9, 2015
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz talked presidential politics and foreign policy in a pair of appearances on Sunday morning talk shows.
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Energy
Texas Justices Skirt Underground Trespassing Question
Texans must wait for an answer to a vexing question: How far below the earth’s surface do property lines extend? The Texas Supreme Court evaded the issue Friday, deciding a case that pitted petroleum interests against property rights advocates.