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Not since Ann Richards has the star of a Texas Democrat risen as fast or conspicuously as that of Wendy Davis.Like Richards, Davis has done time in the…
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The boards of three regional Planned Parenthood branches — North Texas, Central Texas and the Capital Region — will vote today on a proposed merger…
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Good morning and happy Sunday! Looking for relief from the heat may be the most popular activity in Central Texas today. Fall officially began early…
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Hey, Texplainer: How does a Legislative special session work?Consider a special session the legislative overtime in Texas. If both the House and Senate…
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he House and Senate must agree on how to distribute the $4 billion reduction in state public education funding by 5 p.m. today, say Sen. Florence Shapiro,…
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His nickname around the Texas Capitol is “mucus.”It’s a play on Michael Quinn Sullivan’s initials — MQS — but the moniker is fitting on at least two…
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The Women's Health Program — long believed to require legislative renewal — lives on, at least for now, in the form of a budget rider.Jose Camacho,…
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At this morning's TribLive conversation, state Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, warned his House Republican colleagues about overreaching in exercising…
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Whether final reductions to the state public education spending end up closer to $7.8 billion or $4 billion, how much districts will individually bear…
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This afternoon, the University of Texas System released much-anticipated data on faculty "productivity" — noting, however, that the 821-page spreadsheet…