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If you want to help pick Democratic and Republican candidates for the November elections, it's time to head to the polls.Over the last few weeks, KUT has…
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Quick quiz: How many state district judges are in Travis County? The answer is right on the tip of your tongue, right?No, of course it isn’t. It’s a…
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When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was the state's attorney general, he had a memorable description for his old job."My job description has been simplified over…
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When Texans – mostly farmers and ranchers – sat down to write the state Constitution in the 1800s, they didn’t see the need for an elected agriculture…
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In the brutal final scene from the 2007 movie There Will Be Blood, sociopathic oilman Daniel Plainview meets his rival for the last time. If oil fields…
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The state of Texas owns a bunch of land. That's because, in case you didn't know, we used to be our own country and joined the United States without the…
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The Texas Legislature writes the state budget. The governor signs it into law. But with a single action, the Texas comptroller can kill the entire…
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When I moved to Austin in 2002, one of the first things I did to acclimate myself to Texas was visit the Bullock Texas State History Museum. I remember…
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1876. It was a time of rebirth in Texas. Or maybe more precisely – time to get rid of those Reconstruction-era carpetbaggers."When the North sent folks…