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Cash</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150321061328/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jay-root/">Jay Root</a> and <a href="/web/20150321061328/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/twiseman/">Todd Wiseman</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 18 Mar 2015 15:23:31 -0500" title="2015-03-18 15:23"> March 18, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150321061328/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/fiscal-hawk-sid-miller-on-his-need-for-cash/comments/"><span class="value">34</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div id="tagline"> <div class="audio_container"> <object class="audio" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="236" height="50"> <param name="movie" value="https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/common/swf/tt_audioplayer.swf"/> <param name="flashvars" 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But now he’s Texas agriculture commissioner, and he wants the Legislature to dramatically increase funding to his cash-strapped agency. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321061328/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/fiscal-hawk-sid-miller-on-his-need-for-cash/">Full Story</a> </div> <ul class="actions"> <li><a class="download" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321061328/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/audio/03112015-GoldenVoice-SidMiller_final.mp3">Download audio file</a></li> </ul> </div> </article> </div> <section class="sidebar_block"> <header> <h2>More Audio</h2> </header> <ul id="more_multimedia" class="media_grid clearfix margin_top"> <li id="audio-83347"> <a class="screencap_link" href="/web/20150321061328/http://www.texastribune.org/multimedia/audio/83347/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321061328im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/11/TT-tribcast2015-1024x680-final_jpg_150x95_crop_q100.jpg" width="150" height="95" alt="On this week's TribCast, Emily talks with Ross, Neena and Patrick about Rep. 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