- Texas aglow with effort to save the incandescent light bulb – Richard Simon, LA Times
- Texas’s Progress on Juvenile Justice – New York Times
- Guest Column: How Partisan are Texas House Members? – Mark P. Jones, Texas Tribune
- Lawmakers keep Texas moving in right direction, but failed to seize additional savings opportunities – Talmadge Heflin and James Quintero, Austin American-Statesman
- With closing of agency, worries about services for rural Texans – Tim Eaton, Austin American-Statesman
The Texas Department of Rural Affairs, the office that helps keep rural Texas communities afloat, is scheduled to close in October…
Think about the implications of that lede… as if a small government agency could actually keep a community (any community) “afloat” (as the writer put it).
- Austin-area care providers brace for state cuts – Mary Ann Roser, Austin American-Statesman
“We’re really talking about women’s health,” said Regina Rogoff, CEO of People’s Community Clinic in Austin.
No, actually, we’re really talking about a conservative state deciding that it will not ask taxpayers to fund the abortion industry, directly or indirectly.
- Trouble for Doggett? In new district, Dems may seek new blood – Ken Herman, Austin American-Statesman
- Despite Violence, Mexico Plants Hum at Border – Randal Archibold, New York Times
- Conditions, Health Risks Sicken Colonias Residents – Emily Ramshaw, Texas Tribune