During a trip to Austin Wednesday, Francisco Garcia Cabeza de Vaca, the governor-elect of Tamaulipas, got a head start on improving the relationship between Mexico and Texas.
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Ted Cruz Takes Dead Aim at Obama Administration in Internet Dispute
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz might be laying low politically, but this fall he’s taking the lead on an obscure issue that could affect ongoing federal budget negotiations: Who should control how the Internet is organized?
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Ethics Commissioner Says He Won’t Heed Patrick’s Call to Resign
A member of the Texas Ethics Commission is rejecting what he says was an effort by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to get him to resign.
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Higher Education
Documentary Examines Texas Higher Education Defunding
A new documentary titled “Starving the Beast” claims Texas officials have maneuvered higher education into a business rather than a public good.
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Ted Cruz Meets with Mike Pence, Still Declines to Endorse Trump
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz was resolute Tuesday in declining to endorse Donald Trump, despite meeting with the GOP nominee Mike Pence.
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Demographics
Texas Agriculture Chief Boycotts NFL Over Players Kneeling for Anthem
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s protest of racial injustice by kneeling during the national anthem is starting to spread. Here’s what Texans are saying about it.
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Health care
Key Texas Lawmakers Show Little Appetite for Medicaid Expansion
Comments by high-ranking Texas Republicans indicate that the state’s long-running tug-of-war with the federal government over Medicaid expansion is unlikely to change course.
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Confident Texas Democrats Lay Down General-Election Marker
Texas Democrats officially open the first in a series of offices in the solidly Republican state affiliated with the campaign of their presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton.
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Federal Regulators Take Teladoc’s Side in Medical Board Suit
Teladoc, the Dallas-based company that sued Texas over its telemedicine regulations, has a new ally in the Federal Trade Commission.
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A&M Researchers Unveil Freight Delivery Without Trucks
Back in 1998, the federal government asked the Texas A&M Transportation Institute to find a way of moving freight without trucks on highways. Eighteen years later, the researchers debuted their prototype on Friday.