Executives with the electric carmaker Tesla Motors met on Wednesday with government officials in San Antonio, according to the San Antonio Express-News, a development sure to spur further talk about Texas’ odds of landing the company’s $5 billion battery plant.
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Criminal Justice
As AG Weighs Plastic Bag Laws, Dallas Passes Its Own
Amid debate over whether plastic bag bans violate the state’s health and safety laws, Dallas on Wednesday became the largest city in Texas to pass an ordinance restricting use of the bags.
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Health care
The Brief: March 26, 2014
The release of more than 2,000 email documents by the University of Texas System to news outlets is providing a fuller — albeit heavily redacted — picture of the various conflicts between regents and administrators.
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Health care
The Brief: March 25, 2014
Tar balls from Saturday’s spill of 168,000 gallons of fuel oil in into Galveston Bay began to wash ashore on Monday as officials assessed the long-term effects of the accident.
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Politics
Davis Renews Equal Pay Attack on Abbott
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis on Monday renewed her attack on her Republican opponent, Greg Abbott, for his opposition to a Texas version of the federal Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
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Energy
Despite National Efforts, Texas Not Enthusiastic About GMO Labeling
A small group of Texas farmers and environmental advocates is pushing for the labeling of genetically modified foods. But the effort has received little interest from Texas’ Republican-dominated Legislature or from major agribusinesses.
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Politics
Analysis: Handful of Candidates Hoping to Regain Voters’ Favor
A handful of candidates seeking election this year are trying to win the favor of some of the same voters who previously voted them out of office.
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Politics
The Brief: March 24, 2014
The spill of as much as 168,000 gallons of fuel oil into Galveston Bay has crews working hard to avoid lasting impacts on a crucial shipping channel as well as an ecologically sensitive area of the Texas coast.
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Politics
Analysis: A Movable Definition of Conservative
The Texas Senate’s swing to the right started more than 20 years ago, when the incumbents’ definition of extreme simply meant a Republican had entered the Capitol. Now some of those same Republicans are under fire for being too liberal.
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Economy
Gender Wage Gap Prevalent Throughout State Government
Across wide swaths of state government, male employees make more on average than their female colleagues. But a closer look at the payrolls of individual agencies and offices presents a more complicated picture.
