Higher Ed Enrollment Grows Slowly as Deadline Looms
Overall enrollment in Texas colleges and universities grew by about 8,000 students in 2013. That's an increase of less than 1 percent over 2012 figures. Full Story
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Study: Wildfire Smoke Harms Air Quality Far From Source
Texans are familiar with the devastation that wildfires can bring to land, property and community. But new research claims that smoke from those fires could pose hazards hundreds of miles away. Full Story
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TribuneFest: Talking to TxDOT
At the Trib's Oct. 17 symposium on transportation at Southern Methodist University, Aman Batheja sat down with Ted Houghton, chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission, and Phil Wilson, executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation. Full Story
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Sebelius Faults Texas Leaders Over Efforts Targeting Obamacare
In Austin to highlight insurance enrollment efforts under the Affordable Care Act, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius acknowledged problems with the online marketplace and criticized some Texas leaders' efforts to block the law. Full Story
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TribLive: Keffer and Rubinstein on Proposition 6
On Oct. 22, I talked about the coming constitutional referendum on funding the state water plan with state Rep. Jim Keffer, R-Eastland, and Carlos Rubinstein, chairman of the Texas Water Development Board. Full Story
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Rethinking Texas' Border With Oklahoma, Again
Texas is poised to reopen discussions about its border with Oklahoma after an episode involving a mollusk invasion, an idle water supply and a missing 74-year-old map. Full Story
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Percent-for-Art Programs Gaining Steam on Texas University Campuses
Percent-for-art policies are becoming increasingly common at Texas public universities, and campus leaders say they contribute to the vibrancy of their institutions. Full Story
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A Shadow Election Before Candidates File for Office
Candidates haven't officially put their names on the ballot for the 2014 elections, but the first contest — the one for resources needed to win an election — is already claiming victims. Full Story
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The Brief: Oct. 25, 2013
The problem-plagued federal health insurance marketplace drew fire on Thursday from across the political spectrum and in multiple venues. Full Story
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The Evening Brief: Oct. 24, 2013
Your evening reading: gubernatorial hopefuls both favor Prop 6; Davis calls insurance exchange problems "inexcusable"; yet more NSA surveillance revelations Full Story
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TribuneFest: Transportation and the 83rd Legislature
At the Trib's Oct. 17 symposium on transportation at Southern Methodist University, I sat down with four members of the House Transportation Committee: Chairman Larry Phillips, R-Sherman, and state Reps. Cindy Burkett, R-Sunnyvale, Linda Harper-Brown, R-Irving, and Joe Pickett, D-El Paso. Full Story
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Polling Center: In Constitutional Election, Opposition Isn't Overflowing
Political chatter about a grassroots uprising against the water funding measure on the November ballot appears to be overblown. Polling indicates a fair amount of Tea Party support for that constitutional amendment. Full Story
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Davis, Abbott Express Support for Proposition 6
Gubernatorial candidates Wendy Davis and Greg Abbott are throwing their support behind Proposition 6, the constitutional amendment that will fund projects designed to help the state meet its growing need for water. Full Story
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TribLive: A Conversation With R. Gerald Turner
On Oct. 19, I talked with R. Gerald Turner, the president of Southern Methodist University, about the high cost of higher ed, athletics vs. academics and more. Full Story
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Feds Approve Protection Plan for Rare Bird
The federal government has endorsed a plan that Texas and four other states have worked on for years to protect the lesser prairie chicken, a rare bird threatened by oil and gas interests in West Texas and the Panhandle. Full Story
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Border Probation Officers See Hope in Reduced Juvenile Offenders
In the Eagle Pass area, the number of juvenile felony cases referred to Chief Juvenile Probation Officer Bruce Ballou has fallen more than 40 percent since 2012. It's a sign, he says, that his rehabilitative approach is working. Full Story
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Faking the Grade: Investigating a Troubled Tutoring Program
Take a look back at Faking the Grade, our four-part investigative series on how Texas spent millions of federal dollars on private tutoring for the state's poorest students under a No Child Left Behind policy — and has little to show for it. Full Story
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Congressional Hearing Targets Foster Care
Failures in the foster care system put children in Texas and across the nation at greater risk of falling into the sex trade, activists and lawmakers asserted Wednesday on Capitol Hill. Full Story
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For Winner of HD-50 Race, a Head Start in the Legislature
Whoever wins the House District 50 special election in Travis County next month will have to start campaigning all over again for the March primary. But the victor will enter the race next year with a key advantage: four months of incumbency. Full Story
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The Brief: Oct. 24, 2013
A major plot twist emerged Wednesday in the race to succeed Wendy Davis in the state Senate. Full Story
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