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class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/analysis-texas-railroad-commission-letter/comments/"><span class="value">22</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>When you read a letter from Texas Railroad Commission Chairman </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/david-porter/">David Porter</a><span>, there is a chance he wrote it. And there is a chance it was written by someone in the oil and gas industry he's supposed to be regulating.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/analysis-texas-railroad-commission-letter/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> <aside class="related"> <header class="smallcaps"> <h2>Related</h2> </header> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/22/pipeline-company-ghostwrote-texas-regulators-lette/">Pipeline Company Ghost-Wrote Texas Regulator's Letter</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/12/railroad-commission-no-industry-ties-large-north-t/">Regulators: No Evidence Wells Caused 4.0 Quake</a></li> </ul> </aside> </div> </article> </section> <div class="mobile-only"> <div class="ad adunit mobile" data-dimensions="300x100" data-adunit="_TexasTribune_Content_Home_BetweenArticles_Top_300x100"> </div> </div> <div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-8 main_column"> <div class="grid"> <div class="hide-for-medium-down"> <article class=" item_1"> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/the-ticket-the-gop-debate-on-immigration/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924211020im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/05/12/TT-theticket_leadart-sside_ou7XD98_png_231x1000_q100.png" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/the-ticket-the-gop-debate-on-immigration/">The Ticket: The GOP Debate on Immigration</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Ben Philpott and <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jay-root/">Jay Root</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 24 Sep 2015 12:41:16 -0500" title="2015-09-24 12:41"> Sept. 24, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>This week on The Ticket: Jay Root and Ben Philpott take a look at how the debate over immigration is playing out in the Republican presidential primary, with perspective from Tea Party activist Katrina Pierson.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/the-ticket-the-gop-debate-on-immigration/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> <article class=" item_2"> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/former-perry-staffer-joins-bush-campaign/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924211020im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/25/PerryBush_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <cite>Photo by Rebecca F. Miller / Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/former-perry-staffer-joins-bush-campaign/">Former Top Perry Staffer Joins Bush Campaign</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/">Patrick Svitek</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 24 Sep 2015 08:10:51 -0500" title="2015-09-24 08:10"> Sept. 24, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Ray Sullivan, a former top staffer to former Gov. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-perry/">Rick Perry</a>, announced Thursday he was joining the presidential campaign of ex-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/former-perry-staffer-joins-bush-campaign/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> <article class=" item_3"> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/state-officials-respond-fatal-deer-disease/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924211020im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/09/21/033013TXTRIBdeer0010_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Deer on Trophy Ranch, Ltd. in Terrell, Texas."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <cite>Photo by Allison V. Smith</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Deer on Trophy Ranch, Ltd. in Terrell, Texas.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/state-officials-respond-fatal-deer-disease/">State, Breeders Clash Over Fatal Deer Disease</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/eleanor-dearman/">Eleanor Dearman</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 24 Sep 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-09-24 06:00"> Sept. 24, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/state-officials-respond-fatal-deer-disease/comments/"><span class="value">2</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>When a fatal, incurable disease was found among deer at a Medina County breeding facility, state wildlife officials moved quickly to limit its reach. But breeders say the state's cure might be worse than the disease, and some are threatening to sue. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/state-officials-respond-fatal-deer-disease/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="show-for-medium-down"> <article class=" responsive-secondary"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/the-ticket-the-gop-debate-on-immigration/">The Ticket: The GOP Debate on Immigration</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Ben Philpott and <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jay-root/">Jay Root</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 24 Sep 2015 12:41:16 -0500" title="2015-09-24 12:41"> Sept. 24, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/the-ticket-the-gop-debate-on-immigration/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924211020im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/05/12/TT-theticket_leadart-sside_ou7XD98_png_150x1000_q100.png" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>This week on The Ticket: Jay Root and Ben Philpott take a look at how the debate over immigration is playing out in the Republican presidential primary, with perspective from Tea Party activist Katrina Pierson.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/the-ticket-the-gop-debate-on-immigration/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" responsive-secondary"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/former-perry-staffer-joins-bush-campaign/">Former Top Perry Staffer Joins Bush Campaign</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/">Patrick Svitek</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 24 Sep 2015 08:10:51 -0500" title="2015-09-24 08:10"> Sept. 24, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/former-perry-staffer-joins-bush-campaign/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924211020im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/25/PerryBush_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <cite>Photo by Rebecca F. Miller / Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Ray Sullivan, a former top staffer to former Gov. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-perry/">Rick Perry</a>, announced Thursday he was joining the presidential campaign of ex-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/former-perry-staffer-joins-bush-campaign/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" responsive-secondary"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/state-officials-respond-fatal-deer-disease/">State, Breeders Clash Over Fatal Deer Disease</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/eleanor-dearman/">Eleanor Dearman</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 24 Sep 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-09-24 06:00"> Sept. 24, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/state-officials-respond-fatal-deer-disease/comments/"><span class="value">2</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/state-officials-respond-fatal-deer-disease/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924211020im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/09/21/033013TXTRIBdeer0010_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Deer on Trophy Ranch, Ltd. in Terrell, Texas."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <cite>Photo by Allison V. Smith</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Deer on Trophy Ranch, Ltd. in Terrell, Texas.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>When a fatal, incurable disease was found among deer at a Medina County breeding facility, state wildlife officials moved quickly to limit its reach. But breeders say the state's cure might be worse than the disease, and some are threatening to sue. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/state-officials-respond-fatal-deer-disease/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <div class="mobile-only"> <div class="ad adunit mobile" data-dimensions="300x100" data-adunit="_TexasTribune_Content_Home_BetweenArticles_Middle_300x100"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cell w-6 gap hide-for-medium-down left_rail"> <section class="folder "> <div class="tab data"> <hgroup> <h1>Featured Data</h1> <h2> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/government-employee-salaries/"> News App: Government Salary Database Updated </a> </h2> </hgroup> <div class="content"> <div class="media sidebar"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/government-employee-salaries/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924211020im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/07/23/Capitol-Money-Salary_jpg_300x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> </div> </div> <ul class="actions simple"> <li> <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/data/"><span>+</span> More Data</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> <aside id="tweetwire" class="featurebox yella-box"> <header class="featurebox-header"> <h1><span>Tweet</span>Wire</h1> </header> <div class="featurebox-content tweetwire"> <a class="twitter-timeline" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924211020/https://twitter.com/TexasTribune/lists/texas-elected-officials" data-widget-id="545984156623052800" data-chrome="nofooter noheader noborders" data-tweet-limit="1">TweetWire</a> </div> <footer class="clearfix featurebox-footer"> <div class="ad adunit tablet standard" data-dimensions="200x38" data-adunit="TexasTribune_Content_TweetWireWidget_Bottom_Text_200x38"> </div> <a target="_blank" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/tweetwire/"> <span>+</span> View All </a> </footer> </aside> <aside class="ad_container ad-mediumrectangle sidebar_block"> <div class="sponsor_image_holder"> <div class="ad adunit tablet standard" data-dimensions="300x250" data-adunit="TexasTribune_Content_Home_BTF_LeftRail1_TTRectangle_300x250"> </div> </div> </aside> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/tarrant-county-defends-court-fees-against-poor/">Tarrant County Defends Right to Charge Poor Petitioners</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jordan-rudner/">Jordan Rudner</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 23 Sep 2015 12:10:11 -0500" title="2015-09-23 12:10"> Sept. 23, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/tarrant-county-defends-court-fees-against-poor/comments/"><span class="value">5</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/tarrant-county-defends-court-fees-against-poor/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924211020im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/09/23/UP9A0023_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Former Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court Wallace Jefferson speaks with a group of people after oral arguments before the Texas Supreme Court. Jefferson argued on behalf of six plaintiffs who were charged with court fees during divorce proceedings even though all six had filed "pauper petitions.""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Former Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court Wallace Jefferson speaks with a group of people after oral arguments before the Texas Supreme Court. Jefferson argued on behalf of six plaintiffs who were charged with court fees during divorce proceedings even though all six had filed "pauper petitions."</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p dir="ltr">The Texas Supreme Court scrutinized the legality of court costs imposed on indigent plaintiffs — in this case, fees the Tarrant County clerk’s office charged six poor<strong> </strong>plaintiffs pursuing divorces — during oral arguments on Wednesday.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/tarrant-county-defends-court-fees-against-poor/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/ebola-hospital-changes/">One Year After Ebola, Hospitals Hope to do Better</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Lauren Silverman, KERA News </li><li><time datetime="Wed, 23 Sep 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-09-23 06:00"> Sept. 23, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/ebola-hospital-changes/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924211020im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/10/01/EbolaTexas_1_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>It's been one year since Thomas Eric Duncan lay sick with Ebola at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, and the tug of war between fear and science continues. But hospitals say lessons learned have allowed them to better prepare for the next Ebola.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/ebola-hospital-changes/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/pope-visit-brings-excitement-anxiety-congress/">Papal Visit Brings Excitement, Anxiety to Congress</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/abby-livingston/">Abby Livingston</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 23 Sep 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-09-23 06:00"> Sept. 23, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/pope-visit-brings-excitement-anxiety-congress/comments/"><span class="value">6</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/pope-visit-brings-excitement-anxiety-congress/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924211020im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/09/22/Pope_Francis_Photo_2_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Pope Francis in St. Peter's square in Vatican City June 6, 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Pope Francis in St. Peter's square in Vatican City June 6, 2014.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>The pontiff's itinerary includes many of the Catholic and secular landmarks of the nation’s capital and its largest city. But it’s his joint address to Congress on Thursday that is sparking the most excitement among political junkies – and some anxiety. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/pope-visit-brings-excitement-anxiety-congress/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/panetti-legal-team-argue-evaluation-counsel/">Panetti Lawyers Want His Competence Evaluated</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/johnathan-silver/">Johnathan Silver</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 23 Sep 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-09-23 06:00"> Sept. 23, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/panetti-legal-team-argue-evaluation-counsel/comments/"><span class="value">5</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/panetti-legal-team-argue-evaluation-counsel/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924211020im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/26/PannettiChamber_copy_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Death row inmate Scott Panetti."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Death row inmate Scott Panetti.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p dir="ltr">Lawyers for death row inmate Scott Panetti will get a chance Wednesday to argue that their client's ongoing mental illness — and the state's failure to evaluate his mental state — should forestall his execution for two 1992 killings.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/panetti-legal-team-argue-evaluation-counsel/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/indigent-court-fees-case-goes-supreme-court/">Indigent Court Fee Case Goes Before Supreme Court</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 23 Sep 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-09-23 06:00"> Sept. 23, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/indigent-court-fees-case-goes-supreme-court/comments/"><span class="value">3</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/indigent-court-fees-case-goes-supreme-court/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924211020im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/SupremeCourtCMS_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Texas Supreme Court justices listen to the State of the Judiciary speech on February 23, 2011."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Texas Supreme Court justices listen to the State of the Judiciary speech on February 23, 2011.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span><span>When and how local clerks can make poor plaintiffs pay court fees to get divorced will be argued before the Texas Supreme Court Wednesday, with both sides hoping the justices provide clarity on the contentious issue.  </span></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/indigent-court-fees-case-goes-supreme-court/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-6 hide-for-medium-down mid_rail"> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/pattersons-exit-ut-could-be-finalized-thursday/">Regents Clear Fenves to Cut Patterson Exit Deal</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/matthew-watkins/">Matthew Watkins</a> and <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/luqman-adeniyi/">Luqman Adeniyi</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 24 Sep 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-09-24 06:00"> Sept. 24, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/pattersons-exit-ut-could-be-finalized-thursday/comments/"><span class="value">1</span><span class="label">Comment</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/pattersons-exit-ut-could-be-finalized-thursday/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924211020im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/07/09/UTRegents061TT_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Members listen to committee reports at the Board of Regents meeting for The University of Texas System on Feb. 14, 2013."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Members listen to committee reports at the Board of Regents meeting for The University of Texas System on Feb. 14, 2013.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Steve Patterson's troubled tenure as athletics director at the University of Texas at Austin is all but over after the UT System regents gave UT-Austin President Greg Fenves approval to cut a deal to send him on his way.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/pattersons-exit-ut-could-be-finalized-thursday/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924211020/http://apps.texastribune.org/road-from-rita/the-difficult-return/">Revisit Our Road From Rita Series</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Texas Tribune Staff </li><li><time datetime="Thu, 24 Sep 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-09-24 06:00"> Sept. 24, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924211020/http://apps.texastribune.org/road-from-rita/the-difficult-return/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924211020im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/09/15/TT-RoadFromRita-Day01_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Fleeing before Hurricane Rita hit land on Sept. 24, 2005, evacuees faced a separate disaster on roads like Interstate 10. The chaotic evacuation contributed to more deaths than the storm itself. Officials say they are better prepared for the next evacuation."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Fleeing before Hurricane Rita hit land on Sept. 24, 2005, evacuees faced a separate disaster on roads like Interstate 10. The chaotic evacuation contributed to more deaths than the storm itself. Officials say they are better prepared for the next evacuation.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Before Hurricane Rita hit the Southeast Texas coast on Sept. 24, 2005, there was a disaster of another kind</span><span>. The evacuation was marked by crowded roads and frustrated residents. But officials say they're better prepared now. Read our seven-part "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924211020/http://apps.texastribune.org/road-from-rita/the-difficult-return/" target="_blank">Road From Rita</a>" series, done in collaboration with the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924211020/http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/" target="_blank"><em>Beaumont Enterprise</em></a>.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924211020/http://apps.texastribune.org/road-from-rita/the-difficult-return/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/analysis-more-voices-and-perhaps-more-headaches/">Analysis: More Voices on State Business, and Perhaps, More Headaches</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 24 Sep 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-09-24 06:00"> Sept. 24, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/analysis-more-voices-and-perhaps-more-headaches/comments/"><span class="value">5</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/analysis-more-voices-and-perhaps-more-headaches/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924211020im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/07/08/SB1-Wide_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="A hearing on Senate Bill 1 is shown on July 8, 2013."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> </div> <div class="photo_caption">A hearing on Senate Bill 1 is shown on July 8, 2013.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Allowing more people to register their opinions on issues before state legislators is technologically easy. But is it really something legislators want to do?</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/analysis-more-voices-and-perhaps-more-headaches/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/brief-sept-24-2015/">The Brief: Sept. 24, 2015</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/madlin-mekelburg/">Madlin Mekelburg</a> and <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 24 Sep 2015 05:59:00 -0500" title="2015-09-24 05:59"> Sept. 24, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/brief-sept-24-2015/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924211020im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/05/15/PattersonSteve029_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="UT Athletic Director Steve Patterson at TribLive May 15, 2014"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> </div> <div class="photo_caption">UT Athletic Director Steve Patterson at TribLive May 15, 2014</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>The </span>Steve Patterson<span> era on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin is expected to end officially today at a special meeting of the university system's board of regents.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/brief-sept-24-2015/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/panetti-case-argued-5th-circuit/">Mentally Ill Inmate's Case Back Before 5th Circuit</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/johnathan-silver/">Johnathan Silver</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 23 Sep 2015 19:56:21 -0500" title="2015-09-23 19:56"> Sept. 23, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/panetti-case-argued-5th-circuit/comments/"><span class="value">6</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/panetti-case-argued-5th-circuit/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924211020im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/26/PannettiChamber_copy_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Death row inmate Scott Panetti."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Death row inmate Scott Panetti.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>The 23-year saga that is the Scott Panetti death penalty case returned to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday as lawyers argued over whether the 57-year-old is competent enough to be executed, and who should pay to determine that.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/panetti-case-argued-5th-circuit/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924211020/http://apps.texastribune.org/road-from-rita/remembering-rita-in-photos/">Remembering Rita in Photos</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ayan-mittra/">Ayan Mittra</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 23 Sep 2015 19:00:00 -0500" title="2015-09-23 19:00"> Sept. 23, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924211020/http://apps.texastribune.org/road-from-rita/remembering-rita-in-photos/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924211020im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/09/18/TT-RoadFromRita-LeadArt-photo_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="As storm clouds from the fringes of Hurricane Rita filled the sky in Nacogdoches, Judy Almagure walked back to her home on Sept. 23, 2005, after checking her mail. Almagure, who had lived in Beaumont until earlier in 2005, sheltered more than 25 family and friends who fled Beaumont and Orange."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> </div> <div class="photo_caption">As storm clouds from the fringes of Hurricane Rita filled the sky in Nacogdoches, Judy Almagure walked back to her home on Sept. 23, 2005, after checking her mail. Almagure, who had lived in Beaumont until earlier in 2005, sheltered more than 25 family and friends who fled Beaumont and Orange.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Check out this photo gallery, which takes a look at what Southeast Texans faced before and after Hurricane Rita hit the Gulf Coast 10 years ago. <span>This is part of our "</span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924211020/http://apps.texastribune.org/road-from-rita/keeping-the-tanks-full/" target="_blank">Road From Rita</a><span>" series, a collaboration with the </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924211020/http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/" target="_blank"><em>Beaumont Enterprise</em></a><span>.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924211020/http://apps.texastribune.org/road-from-rita/remembering-rita-in-photos/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/state-womens-health-programs-consolidate-july/">Two State Women's Health Programs to Consolidate in July</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:20:18 -0500" title="2015-09-23 14:20"> Sept. 23, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/state-womens-health-programs-consolidate-july/comments/"><span class="value">4</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/state-womens-health-programs-consolidate-july/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924211020im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/07/17/TXT-Clinic-CCR009_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Patients wait to be seen at the People's Community Clinic in Austin, which provides state-subsidized women's health services to low-income women, in July 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Patients wait to be seen at the People's Community Clinic in Austin, which provides state-subsidized women's health services to low-income women, in July 2014.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Following a directive from the Legislature, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission announced Wednesday that it would combine two of the state's main women’s health programs to create the “Healthy Texas Women” program on July 1.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/state-womens-health-programs-consolidate-july/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/tribcast-primary-drop-outs-and-a-wendy-davis/">TribCast: Primary Drop-Outs and a Wendy Davis Interview</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jacob-villanueva/">Jacob Villanueva</a> and <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/emily-ramshaw/">Emily Ramshaw</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:18:26 -0500" title="2015-09-23 13:18"> Sept. 23, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/tribcast-primary-drop-outs-and-a-wendy-davis/comments/"><span class="value">1</span><span class="label">Comment</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/tribcast-primary-drop-outs-and-a-wendy-davis/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150924211020im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/11/TT-tribcast2015-1024x680-final_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>On this week's TribCast, Emily talks with Evan, Patrick and Edgar about the latest shakeup on the presidential campaign trail, legal action over Medicaid rate cuts and Wendy Davis' interview with <i>Rolling Stone </i>magazine.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/tribcast-primary-drop-outs-and-a-wendy-davis/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-6 show-for-medium-down"> <ul class="mobile_headlines"> <li><a href="/web/20150924211020/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/pattersons-exit-ut-could-be-finalized-thursday/">Regents Clear Fenves to Cut Patterson Exit Deal</a></li> <li><a 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