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Texas schools districts suing state over budget cuts
Oct 23, 2012
The trial begins this week. Cash-starved school districts are arguing that big budget cuts violate the state constitution's guarantee of fair and adequate education for all its citizens.
Border town business grapples with Mexican gang violence
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Jeff Horwich
Oct 11, 2012
This week Mexican marines took out the leader of one of Mexico's most powerful drug gangs, the Zetas. There's some hope this might disrupt their reign of terror there and open up cross-border business and trade.
Some see energy in abandoned wells
Sep 18, 2012
An oil well may seem pretty useless when the light sweet crude stops flowing. In Texas, researchers and entrepreneurs see a chance to recycle old wells and create geothermal power.
In Texas, water may be free, but it's not forever
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Scott Tong
Aug 10, 2012
Tapping the Ogallala Aquifer decades ago turned the Panhandle into fertile farmland. Drought is reviving concern that water in the ground, like oil, eventually runs out.
Texas Senate race gets uglier
Jul 24, 2012
Super PAC runs ad linking tea party favorite Cruz to criminal
Texas opts out of key health care reform provisions
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Jeff Horwich
Jul 10, 2012
It's been almost two weeks since the Supreme Court ruled President Obama's health care overhaul constitutional. Today Texas Governor Rick Perry has officially announced his plans to opt out of the Medicaid expansion and insurance exchanges included in the Affordable Care Act.
South Texas towns helped by energy boom
Jul 6, 2012
Several small towns in Texas are growing because of new oil and gas drilling. But can the boom last?
For public good, not for profit.
Voters push education policy in Texas
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David Gura
May 29, 2012
Today is the Texas primary. Polls show voters tend to care about the economy and immigration, but education policy is growing in importance.
The Latino vote surging in Texas
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David Gura
May 28, 2012
There's no suspense about the outcome of the Texas Republican primary, but the future of elections there might change with its population.
Broken trust: A Ponzi scheme victim bounces back
Mar 21, 2012
After falling victim to Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford, Carol Lovil is getting her life back on track. But she worries she may never be able to trust anyone again.