Dallas officials continue to debate whether city code should change to accommodate Uber, a company that allows customers to order rides with a cellphone app, as existing transportation companies fight against it.
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Energy
Proposition 6: Where the Statewide Candidates Stand on Water Funding
The Tribune polled all candidates running for statewide office to determine whether they support or oppose Proposition 6. Scroll through this table to see where each of them stands.
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Health care
CPRIT Operations Moratorium Lifted Following Reforms
Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and House Speaker Joe Straus on Wednesday announced the end of a moratorium that had halted grant operations at the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
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Politics
Perry Awards Posthumous Military Honor to WWII Veteran Audie Murphy
Gov. Rick Perry awarded Audie Murphy the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor on Tuesday, more than 40 years after his death.
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Health care
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.
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Higher Education
Pitts: There’s Enough Evidence to Impeach Hall
UPDATED: Records requests that University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall filed with the University of Texas at Austin were the subject of hours of testimony Tuesday afternoon during a legislative committee hearing.
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Criminal Justice
Armed Protesters Rally at Alamo Over Gun Restrictions
Roughly a thousand people turned out at the Alamo on Saturday to protest current state law that prohibits the open carrying of handguns and other gun restrictions.
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Politics
Abbott: Cruz’s Actions During Shutdown No Surprise
Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott said Friday that U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz made good on his campaign promises with his controversial actions in the federal government shutdown.
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Transportation
TxDOT Releases Names of Top Toll Scofflaws
The state transportation department on Thursday morning released the names of the top 25 toll scofflaws in Texas. The violators owe thousands of dollars in unpaid tolls, with the largest bill totaling more than $230,000.
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Health care
Texas Prepares to Shutter High-Risk Insurance Pool
Texas’ high-risk insurance pool for some of the state’s sickest residents will close at year’s end, pushing participants to find coverage in the federal health insurance marketplace. Advocates are getting the word out to ensure residents don’t have a lapse in coverage.