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class="slug">Politics</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">2:38 <span class="card-ampm">pm</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Wed December 11, 2013</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/6-things-missing-budget-agreement">6 Things Missing From The Budget Agreement</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image"><div class="cp-image-single"><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/201312/250229890.jpg" class="lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., walk to announce a tentative agreement Tuesday between Republican and Democratic negotiators on a government spending plan." agency="J. Scott Applewhite / AP" class="cp-image-link"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/styles/medium/nprshared/201312/250229890.jpg" alt=""/></a></div><div class="image-meta-wrapper"><div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>J. Scott Applewhite / AP</span></div><div class="cp-si-caption">House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., walk to announce a tentative agreement Tuesday between Republican and Democratic negotiators on a government spending plan.</div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="card-share"> <div class="card-stat card-facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/6-things-missing-budget-agreement" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_facebook" fb:like:layout="button_count" fb:like:liketext="Share" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/6-things-missing-budget-agreement">Share</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-twitter"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/6-things-missing-budget-agreement" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_twitter" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/6-things-missing-budget-agreement" addthis:title="6 Things Missing From The Budget Agreement">Tweet</a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-googleplus"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/6-things-missing-budget-agreement" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/6-things-missing-budget-agreement" g:plusone:count="false" g:plusone:size="medium"></a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-email"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/6-things-missing-budget-agreement" addthis:title="6 Things Missing From The Budget Agreement">E-mail</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-disqus"> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/node/9348#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/9348">Comments</a> </div> </div>  <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> <span class="submitted-label">By</span> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/people/frank-james-npr" rel="author">Frank James, NPR</a> </span> </div> <p class="api-published-date"> Originally published on Wed December 11, 2013 2:46 pm </p> <div class="card-text"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The essence of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://www.budget.senate.gov/democratic/index.cfm/files/serve?File_id=0129b688-500e-4c81-a37d-d3643e0709c7">budget deal</a> reached by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Rep Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is better understood by looking at what's missing, rather than what's included in it. </p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/6-things-missing-budget-agreement" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="node-9346" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/14000-texans-signed-obamacare-plans" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">Health Care</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">8:11 <span class="card-ampm">am</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Wed December 11, 2013</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/14000-texans-signed-obamacare-plans">14,000 Texans Signed Up for Obamacare Plans</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image"><div class="cp-image-single"><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/201312/1-Screen_Shot_2013-12-11_at_7.45.47_AM_1.jpg" class="lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="The Obama administration says technical tweaks to the health care website are making it easier for Americans to sign up for insurance." agency="healthcare.gov" class="cp-image-link"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/styles/medium/public/201312/1-Screen_Shot_2013-12-11_at_7.45.47_AM_1.jpg" width="220" height="147" alt=""/></a></div><div class="image-meta-wrapper"><div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>healthcare.gov</span></div><div class="cp-si-caption">The Obama administration says technical tweaks to the health care website are making it easier for Americans to sign up for insurance.</div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="card-share"> <div class="card-stat card-facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/14000-texans-signed-obamacare-plans" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_facebook" fb:like:layout="button_count" fb:like:liketext="Share" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/14000-texans-signed-obamacare-plans">Share</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-twitter"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/14000-texans-signed-obamacare-plans" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_twitter" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/14000-texans-signed-obamacare-plans" addthis:title="14,000 Texans Signed Up for Obamacare Plans">Tweet</a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-googleplus"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/14000-texans-signed-obamacare-plans" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/14000-texans-signed-obamacare-plans" g:plusone:count="false" g:plusone:size="medium"></a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-email"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/14000-texans-signed-obamacare-plans" addthis:title="14,000 Texans Signed Up for Obamacare Plans">E-mail</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-disqus"> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/node/9346#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/9346">Comments</a> </div> </div>  <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> <span class="submitted-label">By</span> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/people/phoebe-flanigan" rel="author">Phoebe Flanigan</a> </span> </div> <div class="card-text"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Early technical issues with the new healthcare marketplace, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://www.healthcare.gov/">HealthCare.gov</a>, brought serious criticism to an already controversial government initiative. But a new report published by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services suggests that the tides may be turning for Obamacare.</p> <p>By the end of November, coverage plan enrollment numbers for Texans had jumped to 14,000 – that’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/under-3000-texans-sign-insurance-obamacare-website">up from 3,000 the month before</a>.</p> <p>And many more Texans are on their way to enrolling. According to the same report, nearly a quarter of a million Texans have applied for coverage and are waiting to choose a Marketplace plan. Those numbers are actually the second highest in the nation for states that are supported or fully run by a federal (rather than a state-implemented) healthcare Marketplace.</p> </div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/14000-texans-signed-obamacare-plans" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="node-9331" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/lehmberg-civil-trial-underway-update" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">D.A. Lehmberg Trial</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">4:12 <span class="card-ampm">pm</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Tue December 10, 2013</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/lehmberg-civil-trial-underway-update">Lehmberg Civil Trial Underway (Update)</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image"><div class="cp-image-single"><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/201312/1-Lehmberg_and_Attorney.JPG" class="lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, left, talks to attorney Dan Richards before the start of her civil trial Monday, Dec. 9." agency="Kelly West/MCT /Landov " class="cp-image-link"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/styles/medium/public/201312/1-Lehmberg_and_Attorney.JPG" width="220" height="157" alt=""/></a></div><div class="image-meta-wrapper"><div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>Kelly West/MCT /Landov </span></div><div class="cp-si-caption">District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, left, talks to attorney Dan Richards before the start of her civil trial Monday, Dec. 9.</div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="card-share"> <div class="card-stat card-facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/lehmberg-civil-trial-underway-update" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_facebook" fb:like:layout="button_count" fb:like:liketext="Share" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/lehmberg-civil-trial-underway-update">Share</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-twitter"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/lehmberg-civil-trial-underway-update" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_twitter" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/lehmberg-civil-trial-underway-update" addthis:title="Lehmberg Civil Trial Underway (Update)">Tweet</a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-googleplus"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/lehmberg-civil-trial-underway-update" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/lehmberg-civil-trial-underway-update" g:plusone:count="false" g:plusone:size="medium"></a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-email"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/lehmberg-civil-trial-underway-update" addthis:title="Lehmberg Civil Trial Underway (Update)">E-mail</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-disqus"> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/node/9331#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/9331">Comments</a> </div> </div>  <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> <span class="submitted-label">By</span> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/people/joy-diaz" rel="author">Joy Diaz</a> </span> </div> <div class="card-text"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong>Update</strong>: Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg has been testifying since this morning in what is Day Two of her civil trial.</p> <p>It’s been slow-going, stop and go with technicalities. Both the prosecution and the defense teams are very experienced attorneys, aware what’s at stake is the job of the highest-ranking prosecutor in Travis County.</p> <p>Sometimes questions seem to repeat themselves, except for a word or two. The situation became so hard to process that visiting Judge David Peeples asked prosecutors at one point, “Can you come up with something new?” and “Are you going somewhere with this?”</p> <p>When prosecutors responded they were, Judge Peeples replied “Well, get there.”</p> <p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/lehmberg-civil-trial-underway-update" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="node-9345" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser gallery-post clearfix card-agg " about="/post/how-alec-serves-dating-service-politicians-and-corporations" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">Politics</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">2:48 <span class="card-ampm">pm</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Tue December 10, 2013</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/how-alec-serves-dating-service-politicians-and-corporations">How ALEC Serves As A 'Dating Service' For Politicians And Corporations</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image gallery-image"><div class="cp-si cp-si-2"><div class="cp-si-controls"><a class="cp-si-arrow cp-si-arrow-next">Next image</a><a class="cp-si-arrow cp-si-arrow-prev">Previous image</a><div class="cp-si-count"></div></div><div class="cp-si-images"><div class="cp-si-image cp-si-show"><a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/how-alec-serves-dating-service-politicians-and-corporations" caption="President Bush speaks to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in Philadelphia, on July 26, 2007." agency="Mel Evans / AP" class="cp-image-link"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/styles/card_wide/nprshared/201312/249965314.jpg" alt=""/></a><div class="image-meta-wrapper"><div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>Mel Evans / AP</span></div><div class="cp-si-caption">President Bush speaks to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in Philadelphia, on July 26, 2007.</div></div></div><div class="cp-si-image cp-si-hide"><a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/how-alec-serves-dating-service-politicians-and-corporations" caption="Protesters gather outside ALEC headquarters in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2012, to protest stand-your-ground laws in the wake of the Trayvon Martin killing." agency="Mladen Antonov / AFP/Getty Images" class="cp-image-link"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/styles/card_wide/nprshared/201312/249967034.jpg" 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The American Legislative Exchange Council is a group that brings together state legislators and representatives of corporations. Together, they develop model bills that lawmakers introduce and try to pass in their state legislatures.</p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/how-alec-serves-dating-service-politicians-and-corporations" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="node-9336" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/steve-stockman-files-run-against-john-cornyn" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">Politics</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">7:47 <span class="card-ampm">pm</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Mon December 9, 2013</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/steve-stockman-files-run-against-john-cornyn">Steve Stockman Files to Run Against John Cornyn</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image"><div class="cp-image-single"><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/201312/steve_stockman_john_cornyn.jpg" class="lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman (left) filed to run against U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (right)" agency="" class="cp-image-link"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/styles/medium/public/201312/steve_stockman_john_cornyn.jpg" width="220" height="164" alt=""/></a></div><div class="image-meta-wrapper"><div class="cp-si-caption">U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman (left) filed to run against U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (right)</div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="card-share"> <div class="card-stat card-facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/steve-stockman-files-run-against-john-cornyn" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_facebook" fb:like:layout="button_count" fb:like:liketext="Share" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/steve-stockman-files-run-against-john-cornyn">Share</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-twitter"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/steve-stockman-files-run-against-john-cornyn" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_twitter" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/steve-stockman-files-run-against-john-cornyn" addthis:title="Steve Stockman Files to Run Against John Cornyn">Tweet</a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-googleplus"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/steve-stockman-files-run-against-john-cornyn" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/steve-stockman-files-run-against-john-cornyn" g:plusone:count="false" g:plusone:size="medium"></a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-email"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/steve-stockman-files-run-against-john-cornyn" addthis:title="Steve Stockman Files to Run Against John Cornyn">E-mail</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-disqus"> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/node/9336#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/9336">Comments</a> </div> </div>  <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> <span class="submitted-label">By</span> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/people/emily-ramshaw-texas-tribune" rel="author">Emily Ramshaw, Texas Tribune</a> and <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/people/john-reynolds-texas-tribune" rel="author">John Reynolds, Texas Tribune</a> </span> </div> <div class="card-text"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>U.S. Rep. <a data-tooltip="/directory/steve-stockman/quicklook/" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/steve-stockman/">Steve Stockman</a>, R-Friendswood, has filed to run against U.S. Sen. <a data-tooltip="/directory/john-cornyn/quicklook/" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/john-cornyn/">John Cornyn</a> in the March GOP primary, joining at least eight other hopefuls vying for the senior senator's seat, according to a spokesman with the Republican Party of Texas. </p> <p>Stockman, who had filed for re-election in Congressional District 36, had to withdraw from that race to seek Cornyn's seat.</p> <p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/steve-stockman-files-run-against-john-cornyn" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="node-9308" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/wendy-davis-sees-legal-income-rise" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">Governor's Race</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">10:11 <span class="card-ampm">am</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Wed December 4, 2013</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/wendy-davis-sees-legal-income-rise">Wendy Davis Sees Legal Income Rise</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image"><div class="cp-image-single"><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/201312/UP9A0636_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" class="lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, greeting supporters at a phone bank in Austin." agency="Marjorie Kamys Cotera, Texas Tribune" class="cp-image-link"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/styles/medium/public/201312/UP9A0636_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" width="220" height="149" alt=""/></a></div><div class="image-meta-wrapper"><div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>Marjorie Kamys Cotera, Texas Tribune</span></div><div class="cp-si-caption">State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, greeting supporters at a phone bank in Austin.</div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="card-share"> <div class="card-stat card-facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/wendy-davis-sees-legal-income-rise" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_facebook" fb:like:layout="button_count" fb:like:liketext="Share" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/wendy-davis-sees-legal-income-rise">Share</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-twitter"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/wendy-davis-sees-legal-income-rise" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_twitter" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/wendy-davis-sees-legal-income-rise" addthis:title="Wendy Davis Sees Legal Income Rise">Tweet</a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-googleplus"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/wendy-davis-sees-legal-income-rise" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/wendy-davis-sees-legal-income-rise" g:plusone:count="false" g:plusone:size="medium"></a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-email"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/wendy-davis-sees-legal-income-rise" addthis:title="Wendy Davis Sees Legal Income Rise">E-mail</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-disqus"> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/node/9308#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/9308">Comments</a> </div> </div>  <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> <span class="submitted-label">By</span> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/people/jay-root-texas-tribune" rel="author">Jay Root, Texas Tribune</a> </span> </div> <div class="card-text"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Democrat <a data-tooltip="/directory/wendy-davis/quicklook/" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/wendy-davis/">Wendy Davis</a> only makes $7,200 a year in salary as a state senator, but her take-home pay more than doubled between 2010 and 2012 thanks to steadily rising income from her private law practice, tax records show. </p> <p>Davis, who is running for Texas governor, provided her last three tax returns to The Texas Tribune late Tuesday. Her expected Republican opponent, Attorney General <a data-tooltip="/directory/greg-abbott/quicklook/" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/">Greg Abbott</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://www.texastribune.org/bidness/explore/greg-abbott/">previously provided</a> his last three returns.</p> <p>A graduate of Harvard Law School, Davis lists two attorney jobs on her résumé: She's a partner in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://newbydavislaw.com/">her own firm</a>, Newby Davis, and a lawyer “of counsel” to the much larger Cantey Hanger firm. Both are located in Fort Worth. </p> <p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/wendy-davis-sees-legal-income-rise" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="node-9305" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/how-texas-hands-approach-obamacare-impacts-canceled-health-plans" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">Affordable Care Act</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">11:52 <span class="card-ampm">am</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Tue December 3, 2013</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/how-texas-hands-approach-obamacare-impacts-canceled-health-plans">How Texas' Hands Off Approach to Obamacare Impacts Canceled Health Plans</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image"><div class="cp-image-single"><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/201312/3-Kathleen_Sebelius.JPG" class="lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="U.S. Health and Human Services Department Secretary Kathleen Sebelius discussed the Affordable Care Act in Austin on Aug. 8, 2013." agency="Veronica Zaragovia, KUT News" class="cp-image-link"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/styles/medium/public/201312/3-Kathleen_Sebelius.JPG" width="220" height="147" alt=""/></a></div><div class="image-meta-wrapper"><div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>Veronica Zaragovia, KUT News</span></div><div class="cp-si-caption">U.S. Health and Human Services Department Secretary Kathleen Sebelius discussed the Affordable Care Act in Austin on Aug. 8, 2013.</div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="card-share"> <div class="card-stat card-facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/how-texas-hands-approach-obamacare-impacts-canceled-health-plans" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_facebook" fb:like:layout="button_count" fb:like:liketext="Share" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/how-texas-hands-approach-obamacare-impacts-canceled-health-plans">Share</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-twitter"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/how-texas-hands-approach-obamacare-impacts-canceled-health-plans" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_twitter" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/how-texas-hands-approach-obamacare-impacts-canceled-health-plans" addthis:title="How Texas' Hands Off Approach to Obamacare Impacts Canceled Health Plans">Tweet</a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-googleplus"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/how-texas-hands-approach-obamacare-impacts-canceled-health-plans" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/how-texas-hands-approach-obamacare-impacts-canceled-health-plans" g:plusone:count="false" g:plusone:size="medium"></a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-email"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/how-texas-hands-approach-obamacare-impacts-canceled-health-plans" addthis:title="How Texas' Hands Off Approach to Obamacare Impacts Canceled Health Plans">E-mail</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-disqus"> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/node/9305#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/9305">Comments</a> </div> </div>  <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> <span class="submitted-label">By</span> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/people/veronica-zaragovia" rel="author">Veronica Zaragovia</a> </span> </div> <div class="card-text"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Carl Bergquist is on the hunt for health insurance. That’s because in September, the 43-year-old Austinite got a letter from his insurer, Aetna.</p> <p>"It said that the Affordable Care Act is changing health insurance. And then it says it will affect your health insurance plan," Bergquist says. "It says your policy will end on December 31, you need to buy a new plan."</p> <p>Bergquist’s plan didn’t meet the basic requirements of the Affordable Care Act. So he had two options. One, he could buy a new plan right now that’s identical to what he has now and pay the same price for one year. Or he could buy a plan that goes into effect in January that meets the ACA’s requirements.</p> <p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837if_/https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/123054809&color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true" width="100%"></iframe></p><p></p> </div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/how-texas-hands-approach-obamacare-impacts-canceled-health-plans" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="node-9301" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/how-2013-became-greatest-year-gay-rights-history" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">Same-Sex Marriage</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">6:18 <span class="card-ampm">am</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Tue December 3, 2013</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/how-2013-became-greatest-year-gay-rights-history">How 2013 Became The Greatest Year In Gay Rights History</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image"><div class="cp-image-single"><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/201312/248259295.jpg" class="lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="Several same-sex couples hold a group wedding ceremony Monday at the Sheraton Waikiki in Honolulu." agency="Marco Garcia / AP" class="cp-image-link"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/styles/medium/nprshared/201312/248259295.jpg" alt=""/></a></div><div class="image-meta-wrapper"><div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>Marco Garcia / AP</span></div><div class="cp-si-caption">Several same-sex couples hold a group wedding ceremony Monday at the Sheraton Waikiki in Honolulu.</div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="card-share"> <div class="card-stat card-facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/how-2013-became-greatest-year-gay-rights-history" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_facebook" fb:like:layout="button_count" fb:like:liketext="Share" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/how-2013-became-greatest-year-gay-rights-history">Share</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-twitter"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/how-2013-became-greatest-year-gay-rights-history" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_twitter" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/how-2013-became-greatest-year-gay-rights-history" addthis:title="How 2013 Became The Greatest Year In Gay Rights History">Tweet</a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-googleplus"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/how-2013-became-greatest-year-gay-rights-history" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/how-2013-became-greatest-year-gay-rights-history" g:plusone:count="false" g:plusone:size="medium"></a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-email"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/how-2013-became-greatest-year-gay-rights-history" addthis:title="How 2013 Became The Greatest Year In Gay Rights History">E-mail</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-disqus"> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/node/9301#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/9301">Comments</a> </div> </div>  <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> <span class="submitted-label">By</span> Alan Greenblatt </span> </div> <p class="api-published-date"> Originally published on Tue December 3, 2013 7:59 am </p> <div class="card-text"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Any day now, the New Mexico Supreme Court may grant same-sex couples the right to get married. </p><p>At this point, such a ruling may not seem like such a big deal. Prior to last year's elections, gays and lesbians had a civil right to marry in only six states. Now, they have it in 16. </p><p>"This year represented the true tipping point," says Eric Marcus, author of <em>Making Gay History</em>. "We've reached a moment in history where it's very difficult, if not impossible, to go back." </p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/how-2013-became-greatest-year-gay-rights-history" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="node-9231" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/texas-video-games-and-military-entertainment-complex" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">Politics</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">7:38 <span class="card-ampm">am</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Mon December 2, 2013</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/texas-video-games-and-military-entertainment-complex">Texas, Video Games and the Military-Entertainment Complex</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image"><div class="cp-image-single"><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/201311/war-play.jpg" class="lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="" agency="Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt" class="cp-image-link"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/styles/medium/public/201311/war-play.jpg" alt=""/></a></div><div class="image-meta-wrapper"><div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt</span></div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="card-share"> <div class="card-stat card-facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/texas-video-games-and-military-entertainment-complex" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_facebook" fb:like:layout="button_count" fb:like:liketext="Share" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/texas-video-games-and-military-entertainment-complex">Share</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-twitter"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/texas-video-games-and-military-entertainment-complex" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_twitter" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/texas-video-games-and-military-entertainment-complex" addthis:title="Texas, Video Games and the Military-Entertainment Complex">Tweet</a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-googleplus"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/texas-video-games-and-military-entertainment-complex" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/texas-video-games-and-military-entertainment-complex" g:plusone:count="false" g:plusone:size="medium"></a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-email"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/texas-video-games-and-military-entertainment-complex" addthis:title="Texas, Video Games and the Military-Entertainment Complex">E-mail</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-disqus"> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/node/9231#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/9231">Comments</a> </div> </div>  <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> <span class="submitted-label">By</span> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/people/david-brown" rel="author">David Brown</a> </span> </div> <div class="card-text"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p> </p><p>Dwight Eisenhower <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y06NSBBRtY">famously warned</a> about the military-industrial complex and it’s influence. Here, some 52 years later, the nation has a new, powerful influencer: what author Corey Mead calls the “military-entertainment complex”.</p> <p>The phrase draws from WWII propaganda films, but presently “refers to the link between the military and video game industry,” Mead says. He's the author of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17415011-war-play">"</a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17415011-war-play">War Play: Video Games and the Future of Armed Conflict."</a> Listen to his interview with KUT's David Brown below:</p> <p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837if_/https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/121070920" width="100%"></iframe></p> <p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/texas-video-games-and-military-entertainment-complex" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="node-9270" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/wheres-wendy-texas-monthlys-paul-burka-weighs-davis-campaign" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">2014 Governor Race</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">5:30 <span class="card-ampm">pm</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Tue November 26, 2013</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/wheres-wendy-texas-monthlys-paul-burka-weighs-davis-campaign">Where's Wendy? Texas Monthly's Paul Burka Weighs In on Davis Campaign</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image"><div class="cp-image-single"><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/201311/1-burka_brown.JPG" class="lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="" agency="" class="cp-image-link"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/styles/medium/public/201311/1-burka_brown.JPG" width="220" height="165" alt=""/></a></div></div></div> </div> <div class="card-share"> <div class="card-stat card-facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/wheres-wendy-texas-monthlys-paul-burka-weighs-davis-campaign" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_facebook" fb:like:layout="button_count" fb:like:liketext="Share" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/wheres-wendy-texas-monthlys-paul-burka-weighs-davis-campaign">Share</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-twitter"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/wheres-wendy-texas-monthlys-paul-burka-weighs-davis-campaign" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_twitter" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/wheres-wendy-texas-monthlys-paul-burka-weighs-davis-campaign" addthis:title="Where's Wendy? 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In September and October, she teased the Texas body politic with her gubernatorial guessing game.</p> <p>After bursting into the race in early October with a big announcement in Fort Worth, the Davis campaign has hit the ground running, from Brownsville, to … Pharr, Texas?</p> <p>So where’s Wendy Davis? That's what <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://www.texasmonthly.com/contributor/paul-burka">Paul Burka</a> is asking.</p> <p>The current dean of Texas political writers and senior executive editor at <em><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://www.texasmonthly.com/">Texas Monthly</a></em>, Burka sat down with KUT’s David Brown to discuss the Davis campaign. </p> <p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-7548ed7c-962b-b5f2-4f64-46cfd198b53f"> <iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837if_/https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/122037507" width="100%"></iframe></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/wheres-wendy-texas-monthlys-paul-burka-weighs-davis-campaign" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="node-9269" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/should-texas-pay-power-companies-just-opening-new-plants" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">Politics</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">2:23 <span class="card-ampm">pm</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Tue November 26, 2013</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/should-texas-pay-power-companies-just-opening-new-plants">Should Texas Pay Power Companies Just For Opening New Plants?</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image"><div class="cp-image-single"><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/201311/1-electric_line_jessie_wang.jpg" class="lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="The Public Utility Commission of Texas is proposing a change to the way the state’s electricity market is run. But some lawmakers have voiced concerns." agency="Jessie Wang for KUT News" class="cp-image-link"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kut/files/styles/medium/public/201311/1-electric_line_jessie_wang.jpg" width="220" height="146" alt=""/></a></div><div class="image-meta-wrapper"><div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>Jessie Wang for KUT News</span></div><div class="cp-si-caption">The Public Utility Commission of Texas is proposing a change to the way the state’s electricity market is run. But some lawmakers have voiced concerns.</div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="card-share"> <div class="card-stat card-facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/should-texas-pay-power-companies-just-opening-new-plants" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_facebook" fb:like:layout="button_count" fb:like:liketext="Share" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/should-texas-pay-power-companies-just-opening-new-plants">Share</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-twitter"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/should-texas-pay-power-companies-just-opening-new-plants" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_twitter" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/should-texas-pay-power-companies-just-opening-new-plants" addthis:title="Should Texas Pay Power Companies Just For Opening New Plants?">Tweet</a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-googleplus"> <div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/should-texas-pay-power-companies-just-opening-new-plants" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/should-texas-pay-power-companies-just-opening-new-plants" g:plusone:count="false" g:plusone:size="medium"></a> </div> </div> <div class="card-stat card-email"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://kutnews.org/post/should-texas-pay-power-companies-just-opening-new-plants" addthis:title="Should Texas Pay Power Companies Just For Opening New Plants?">E-mail</a> </div> <div class="card-stat card-disqus"> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/node/9269#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/9269">Comments</a> </div> </div>  <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> <span class="submitted-label">By</span> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/people/veronica-zaragovia" rel="author">Veronica Zaragovia</a> </span> </div> <div class="card-text"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://www.puc.texas.gov/" target="_blank">Public Utility Commission of Texas</a> is proposing a change to the way the state’s electricity market is run. And some lawmakers voiced concerns during a public hearing at the Capitol yesterday.</p> <p>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/commit/c580/c580.htm" target="_blank">Texas Senate Natural Resources Committee </a>hosted a hearing to question the Public Utility Commission, or PUC, about the possible change to the market.</p> <p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837if_/https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/122031726" width="100%"></iframe></p> <p></div> </div> </div> <a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/should-texas-pay-power-companies-just-opening-new-plants" class="read-more">Read more</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="node-9255" class="card node node-post node-promoted node-teaser node-type-post node-promoted node-teaser clearfix card-agg " about="/post/what-you-should-know-about-iran-nuclear-deal" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"> <div class="card-content"> <h5 class="slug">U.S./Iran Talks</h5> <div id="published-datetime" class="clearfix"> <h5> <div class="card-time">2:00 <span class="card-ampm">pm</span> </div> <div class="card-date">Sun November 24, 2013</div> </h5> </div> <h2 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title" itemprop="name"><a href="/web/20131212171837/http://kut.org/post/what-you-should-know-about-iran-nuclear-deal">What You Should Know About The Iran Nuclear Deal</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="card-image-container"> <div class="cp-image card-image"><div class="cp-image-single"><div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/201312/247011523.jpg" class="lightbox" rel="nofollow" caption="Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius react during a statement early Sunday in Geneva." agency="Fabrice Coffrini / AFP/Getty Images" class="cp-image-link"><img itemprop="image" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837im_/http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/styles/medium/nprshared/201312/247011523.jpg" alt=""/></a></div><div class="image-meta-wrapper"><div class="cp-si-credit">Credit <span>Fabrice Coffrini / AFP/Getty Images</span></div><div class="cp-si-caption">Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius react during a statement early Sunday in Geneva.</div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="card-share"> <div class="card-stat card-facebook"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171837/http://kutnews.org/post/what-you-should-know-about-iran-nuclear-deal" rel="nofollow" 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