Your evening reading: Perry hits Washington, promotes GOP governors in new ad for nonprofit group; Hegar touts "support for the unborn" in first campaign video; broad support for water measure in new UT/TT Poll Full Story
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In the first campaign ad in his bid to succeed Comptroller Susan Combs, state Sen. Glenn Hegar, R-Katy, promotes Texas' "business climate and our unwavering support for the unborn." Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry criticizes Washington and highlights conservative governors in a new ad for Americans for Economic Freedom, a nonprofit conservative group created by Perry's allies to promote economic expansion and job creation. Full Story
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Scientists say a new technology — involving a material derived from vegetable oil — could save billions of gallons of water from evaporation in Texas. But the technology has faced a rocky path to implementation. Full Story
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Despite a drought that continues to dry up the state's lakes and reservoirs, water experts have raised concerns about the quality of the state's 7,500 dams, many of which are in poor condition or are nearing the end of their life spans. Full Story
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Developers expect to soon flip the switch on the final electrical transmission projects built under a nearly $7 billion effort to connect Texas' windiest, mostly secluded regions to communities that demand more power. Full Story
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The management is turning over in state government, no matter which party wins. But with a couple of exceptions, Republicans don't want to change the way things operate now. Full Story
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Half of Texans say they’d vote to approve $2 billion in additional water infrastructure financing this November, according to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll. Full Story
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Advocates are developing community-based strategies to ensure that Latinos understand the insurance options available through the Affordable Care Act. Full Story
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While fiscal negotiations inched forward over the weekend, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz held the spotlight. Full Story
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Few companies that sprang up in Texas to take advantage of federal funding for tutoring under No Child Left Behind offer a better window into the obstacles to the program’s success than Austin-based Tutors with Computers. This is the third story in a series on the program. Full Story
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Singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist and former independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman will seek the Democratic nomination to be the state's next agriculture commissioner. Full Story
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This week in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: Wendy Davis starts traveling the state, Rick Perry hits the road, too (for water funding), and John Cornyn wants the Tea Party to know he's right there with them. Full Story
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Texas Tech University System Chancellor Kent Hance announced on Thursday that he plans to retire in 2014 after more than seven years on the job — so we begin our weekly news-inspired playlist with "Lubbock or Leave it," by the Dixie Chicks. Full Story
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Aguilar on the politics of an immigration study, Batheja on damaged roads and gravel and state funding, Grissom reports on the state’s refusal to return execution drugs to the pharmacist who sold them, Hamilton explores public perception and the University of Houston, MacLaggan on efforts to maintain the Wendish culture in Texas, Murphy explores the money behind a water initiative, Root on an issue that divides two groups Republicans want to please, Satija on a lawsuit filed by children and an odd appeal, and M. Smith on lucrative tutoring that hasn’t helped students: The best of our best for the week of Oct. 7-11, 2013. Full Story
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On Friday, at the Texas Municipal League conference, I talked politics and policy with four Republican candidates for lieutenant governor: incumbent David Dewhurst, state Sen. Dan Patrick, Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson and Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples. Full Story
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Your evening reading: Cruz confronts Obama at White House meeting; GOP lieutenant governor candidates clash again over Patrick ad; Cruz heckled at Values Voter Summit Full Story
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UPDATED: Kent Hance, chancellor of the Texas Tech University System since 2006, said he will retire next year and become chairman emeritus, officing on Tech's Lubbock campus and continuing to teach a seminar on leadership. Full Story
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The environment track at the 2013 Texas Tribune Festival featured panel discussions on the aftermath of the fertilizer plant explosion in West, the future of water and parks in Texas, and the fight over climate change. Full Story
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A down-ballot dispute over in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants has spilled into the governor's race. Full Story
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