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Texas State Park Could Close as Vistra Energy Seeks to Sell Land Near Shuttered Power Plant

For decades, the energy company has leased to the state the property on which Fairfield Lake State Park sits. But there’s no guarantee the new buyer will do the same.

by Christopher Collins

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CPS Caseworker: Lawmakers Are ‘Shifting the Blame’ by Privatizing Child Welfare System

by Laura Marie Thompson

After Austin Rejection, Ridesharing Cruises to the Capitol

by Andrea Grimes

Amarillo Refugees Back in the Spotlight at Capitol

by Lorenzo Holt

A special needs child reads at home. Nov 02, 2015

Lawmakers Said Medicaid Has No Future, Set Out To Prove It

Honestly, is there anyone less qualified to manage Medicaid than the Texas Legislature?

by Christopher Hooks

May 22, 2015

Final Budget Axes Planned Parenthood From State Cancer Program

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

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Sen. Kevin Eltife: Tough Decisions Loom on State Pension Funds

by John Savage

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Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our May/June 2025 Issue

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Ken Paxton, Charles Schwertner, Jeff Wentworth, Kelly Hancock, Larry Taylor, Mike Jackson, Chris Harris Donna Campbell, Steve Ogden, and Florence Shapiro. Nov 06, 2012

The Texas Senate Heads Toward the Right

Tea party Republicans set to join the Legislature’s Upper Chamber

by Forrest Wilder

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