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<span><a class="plain" href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/tribpedia/">Tribpedia</a>:</span> <a class="plain" href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/tribpedia/steve-wolens/">Steve Wolens</a> </h1> </header> <div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-12"> <nav class="pagination"> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="grid"> <article> <div class="cell w-12 content"> <p><p>Steve Wolens is a Dallas attorney and former Democratic state legislator. Wolens, who is married to former <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/laura-miller/" target="_blank">Dallas Mayor Laura Miller</a>, now represents clients in class-action and commercial litigation claims with the firm <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706050048/http://www.mckoolsmith.com/professionals-129.html" target="_blank">McKool Smith</a>.</p> <p>During his 24 years in the Texas House, Wolens authored legislation on ethics reform, antitrust laws and electric deregulation.</p> <p>As an attorney, Wolens has been ...</p></p> <a class="permalink" href="about/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Read More</a> </div> </article> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-12"> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/20/liveblog-open-government-texas-tribune-festival/">Liveblog: Open Government at The Texas Tribune Festival</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ayan-mittra/">Ayan Mittra</a></li><li><time datetime="Sat, 20 Sep 2014 08:00:00 -0500" title="2014-09-20 08:00"> Sept. 20, 2014 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/20/liveblog-open-government-texas-tribune-festival/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706050048im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/18/TTF14-liveblog-opengovernment_png_312x176_crop_q100.png" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706050048/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/18/TTF14-liveblog-opengovernment_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Graphic by Emily Albracht</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>We're liveblogging the sessions from the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2013/home/" target="_self">2014 Texas Tribune Festival</a>'s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/festival/2014/tracks/open-government/" target="_blank">Open Government track</a>. The sessions include panels on disclosures by legislators, open records in Texas, transparency and the Texas budget, and the issue of donor privacy.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/20/liveblog-open-government-texas-tribune-festival/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_1"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/05/06/brief/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706050048im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/11/18/DAN_BRANCH_9820_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="State Rep. Dan Branch, who is running for Attorney General, speaks to the Pachyderm Club in Houston Thursday Nov. 14, 2013."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706050048/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/11/18/DAN_BRANCH_9820_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="State Rep. Dan Branch, who is running for Attorney General, speaks to the Pachyderm Club in Houston Thursday Nov. 14, 2013." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Michael Stravato</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">State Rep. Dan Branch, who is running for Attorney General, speaks to the Pachyderm Club in Houston Thursday Nov. 14, 2013.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/05/06/brief/">The Brief: Branch's Commitment to Transparency Questioned</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 6 May 2014 05:59:00 -0500" title="2014-05-06 05:59"> May 6, 2014 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>With his opponent's lapses in disclosure making headlines in recent days, some are now questioning GOP attorney general candidate <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/dan-branch/">Dan Branch</a>'s own commitment to transparency.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/05/06/brief/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_2"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/12/17/after-grave-moved-regulations-are-scrutinized/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706050048im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/guerra-sanbenito001_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="A photograph of Marcos Guerra at the gravesite in San Benito, Texas."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706050048/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/guerra-sanbenito001_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="A photograph of Marcos Guerra at the gravesite in San Benito, Texas." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Delcia Lopez</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">A photograph of Marcos Guerra at the gravesite in San Benito, Texas.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/12/17/after-grave-moved-regulations-are-scrutinized/">After Grave Is Moved, Regulations Are Scrutinized </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/morgan-smith/">Morgan Smith</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:00:00 -0600" title="2010-12-17 05:00"> Dec. 17, 2010 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/12/17/after-grave-moved-regulations-are-scrutinized/comments/"><span class="value">3</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>In October 2001, Marcos Guerra’s wife and three daughters laid him to rest at the cemetery in San Benito where members of his family had been buried for three decades. Almost four years later, they were at his graveside again, burying him a second time, after the cemetery moved his body without their permission and exhumed his remains. Now the family’s legal battle with one of the largest funeral services providers in North America, which has faced class-action lawsuits in several states, has reached the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-courts/texas-supreme-court/">Texas Supreme Court</a> — and is raising questions about the state’s regulation of after-life care.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/12/17/after-grave-moved-regulations-are-scrutinized/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_3"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/09/01/an-interview-with-former-dallas-mayor-laura-miller/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150706050048im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/MillerLaura_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Former Dallas Mayor Laura Miller"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150706050048/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/MillerLaura_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Former Dallas Mayor Laura Miller" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Emily Ramshaw</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Former Dallas Mayor Laura Miller</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/09/01/an-interview-with-former-dallas-mayor-laura-miller/">An Interview With Former Dallas Mayor Laura Miller</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/emily-ramshaw/">Emily Ramshaw</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 1 Sep 2010 05:00:00 -0500" title="2010-09-01 05:00"> Sept. 1, 2010 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/09/01/an-interview-with-former-dallas-mayor-laura-miller/comments/"><span class="value">1</span><span class="label">Comment</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>The former Dallas mayor on her new life as an energy policy nerd, leaving journalism for the "dark side" of elective office, her continuing frustration over the Trinity River Project and her (lack of) political aspirations.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/09/01/an-interview-with-former-dallas-mayor-laura-miller/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_4"> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/2009/12/02/the-brief-top-texas-news-for-dec-2-2009/">The Brief: Top Texas News for Dec 2, 2009</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reeve-hamilton/">Reeve Hamilton</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 2 Dec 2009 07:17:58 -0600" title="2009-12-02 07:17"> Dec. 2, 2009 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/2009/12/02/the-brief-top-texas-news-for-dec-2-2009/comments/"><span class="value">1</span><span class="label">Comment</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>With the filing deadline fast approaching, are Democrats beginning to feel some holiday cheer?</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/2009/12/02/the-brief-top-texas-news-for-dec-2-2009/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div 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href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 1 Dec 2009 22:59:48 -0600" title="2009-12-01 22:59"> Dec. 1, 2009 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Democrats are still talking about who'll fill out their statewide ticket, and it doesn't look like they'll know by the end of the week. Republicans might not see everyone's filing this week, but expect all of their non-judicial statewide incumbents to file for reelection.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/2009/12/01/candidates-scurry-as-filing-deadline-approaches/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-12"> <nav class="pagination clear"> </nav> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper-r"> <footer id="site_footer" class="wrapper-r"> <div class="hide-for-medium-down"> </div> <div id="footer" class="grid"> <dl id="staff_writers" class="cell w-3"> <dt>Writers</dt> <div class="cell w-6"> <dd> <a href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/becca-aaronson/">Becca Aaronson</a> </dd> <dd> <a href="/web/20150706050048/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Juli谩n Aguilar</a> </dd> <dd> <a 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