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datetime="2015-03-26T11:05:10.743313">Thursday, March 26, 2015</time> </div> </header> </div> <div class="wrapper content-wrapper"> <div id="site_content" class="content "> <div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-8 main_column"> <header class="auxiliary content_header"> <ul class="actions"> <li class="rss"> <a type="application/rss+xml" href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/feeds/staff/jim-malewitz/">RSS <span></span></a> </li> </ul> <h1>Jim Malewitz <span></span></h1> </header> <div class="intro"> <div class="media headshot_portrait"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/profiles/Jim_1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox inline"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/profiles/Jim_1_jpg_131x197_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""/> </a> </div> <p> <strong>Jim Malewitz</strong> covers energy for the Tribune. Before arriving, he spent two years covering energy and environmental issues for Stateline, a nonprofit news service in Washington, D.C., where his work also appeared in The Washington Post and Chicago Tribune, among other newspapers. A native of Michigan, Jim has an undergraduate degree from Grinnell College in Iowa, where he played varsity baseball. He also holds a master鈥檚 from the University of Iowa, where he helped launch the nonprofit Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism. Jim loves tacos and barbecue, making him a good match for Austin鈥檚 eating scene. However, he remains on the lookout for great waffles. </p> <ul class="social_links"> <li><a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cea4a3afa2abb9a7bab48ebaabb6afbdbabca7acbba0abe0a1bca9"> <i class="icon-envelope"></i> <span><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b71767a777e6c726f615b6f7e637a686f6972796e757e3574697c">[email protected]</span><script cf-hash="f9e31" type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */!function(){try{var t="currentScript"in document?document.currentScript:function(){for(var t=document.getElementsByTagName("script"),e=t.length;e--;)if(t[e].getAttribute("cf-hash"))return t[e]}();if(t&&t.previousSibling){var e,r,n,i,c=t.previousSibling,a=c.getAttribute("data-cfemail");if(a){for(e="",r=parseInt(a.substr(0,2),16),n=2;a.length-n;n+=2)i=parseInt(a.substr(n,2),16)^r,e+=String.fromCharCode(i);e=document.createTextNode(e),c.parentNode.replaceChild(e,c)}}}catch(u){}}();/* ]]> */</script></span> </a></li> <li><a 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href="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/24/TT-txcity-survivors_H8VFj1j_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Carlos Javier Sanchez, Houston Chronicle</cite> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a>, <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jolie-mccullough/">Jolie McCullough</a>, Mark Collette and Lise Olsen </li><li><time datetime="Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-26 06:00"> March 26, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Take a look back at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/">Blood Lessons</a>, a Texas Tribune/<em>Houston Chronicle</em> investigation into whether the nation’s oil refineries learned the lessons of the deadly explosion at BP’s Texas City plant in 2005. </p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/data/">Blood Lessons: Oil Refining Remains a Deadly Industry</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/data/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/24/TT-txcity-data_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/24/TT-txcity-data_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Carlos Javier Sanchez, Houston Chronicle</cite> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a>, <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jolie-mccullough/">Jolie McCullough</a>, Mark Collette and Lise Olsen, The Houston Chronicle </li><li><time datetime="Wed, 25 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-25 06:00"> March 25, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>How many people die at oil refineries each year? Longstanding federal record-keeping practices make it incredibly tough to answer that simple question. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/data/">Review the deaths at refineries</a> in the 10 years before and after the infamous Texas City explosion. </p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/data/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/24/senate-committee-advances-denton-fracking-bill/">Senate Committee Advances "Denton Fracking Bill"</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/24/senate-committee-advances-denton-fracking-bill/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/04/11/TxTrib-Fraser003_JPG_260x1000_q100.JPG" alt="Sen. Troy Fraser, R-Marble Falls, in 2013."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/04/11/TxTrib-Fraser003_JPG_800x1000_q100.JPG" title="Sen. Troy Fraser, R-Marble Falls, in 2013." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Sen. Troy Fraser, R-Marble Falls, in 2013.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:49:42 -0500" title="2015-03-24 16:49"> March 24, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/24/senate-committee-advances-denton-fracking-bill/comments/"><span class="value">68</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>A Senate committee has advanced legislation to limit local control over oil and gas activities across Texas. The proposal is among nearly a dozen filed in response to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/15/dissecting-denton-how-texas-city-baned-fracking/">a North Texas town's vote to ban hydraulic fracturing</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/24/senate-committee-advances-denton-fracking-bill/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/survivors/">Blood Lessons: Survivors Remember Texas City Disaster</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/survivors/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/20/Dleining_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Dave Leining, who was badly injured in the 2005 BP refinery explosion, stands outside of the refinery which is currently owned by Marathon Petroleum on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, in Texas City. The trailer where Leining was working flew apart, burying him and co-workers in rubble."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/20/Dleining_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Dave Leining, who was badly injured in the 2005 BP refinery explosion, stands outside of the refinery which is currently owned by Marathon Petroleum on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, in Texas City. The trailer where Leining was working flew apart, burying him and co-workers in rubble." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Mayra Beltran / 漏 Houston Chronicle </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Dave Leining, who was badly injured in the 2005 BP refinery explosion, stands outside of the refinery which is currently owned by Marathon Petroleum on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, in Texas City. The trailer where Leining was working flew apart, burying him and co-workers in rubble.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a>, <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jolie-mccullough/">Jolie McCullough</a>, Mark Collette and Lise Olsen, The Houston Chronicle </li><li><time datetime="Tue, 24 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-24 06:00"> March 24, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Ten years after the 2005 Texas City refinery explosion, hear from two workers who survived it — but lost many of their friends. These videos and vignettes are part of a collaboration between The Texas Tribune and the <em>Houston Chronicle</em>. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/survivors/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/23/confusion-swirls-over-bill-clarify-drilling-rules/">Confusion Swirls Over Bill to Clarify Drilling Rules</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/23/confusion-swirls-over-bill-clarify-drilling-rules/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/23/DSC_6507frack_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Local control activists and the Campaign for the Environment rally with a mock-up oil rig at 11th and Congress during action on Mar. 23, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/23/DSC_6507frack_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Local control activists and the Campaign for the Environment rally with a mock-up oil rig at 11th and Congress during action on Mar. 23, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Local control activists and the Campaign for the Environment rally with a mock-up oil rig at 11th and Congress during action on Mar. 23, 2015.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 23 Mar 2015 20:07:01 -0500" title="2015-03-23 20:07"> March 23, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/23/confusion-swirls-over-bill-clarify-drilling-rules/comments/"><span class="value">6</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>After Denton voters decided to ban fracking in their town, it seemed likely this Legislature will do something to rein in cities that try to regulate oil and gas production. But one likely approach by Rep. Drew Darby is stoking local fears.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/23/confusion-swirls-over-bill-clarify-drilling-rules/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/disaster/">Blood Lessons: Unsafe Conditions Persist at Refineries</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/disaster/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/20/DaysWoAccident_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="A BP employee stands near a safety sign during a BP memorial service inside the plant in Texas City for the employees that were injured and killed in the BP plant explosion in Texas City,Texas January 30, 2005."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/20/DaysWoAccident_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="A BP employee stands near a safety sign during a BP memorial service inside the plant in Texas City for the employees that were injured and killed in the BP plant explosion in Texas City,Texas January 30, 2005." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: James Nielsen / 漏 Houston Chronicle</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">A BP employee stands near a safety sign during a BP memorial service inside the plant in Texas City for the employees that were injured and killed in the BP plant explosion in Texas City,Texas January 30, 2005.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a>, <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jolie-mccullough/">Jolie McCullough</a>, Mark Collette and Lise Olsen </li><li><time datetime="Mon, 23 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-23 06:00"> March 23, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Ten years after the 2005 Texas City explosion, there is little evidence that the 15 lives lost on that March day brought needed changes to the nation's refining industry, a joint <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/disaster/">Texas Tribune/<em>Houston Chronicle</em> investigation</a> shows. </p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/disaster/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/">Blood Lessons: Could Texas City Tragedy Happen Again?</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/20/BP-Explosion_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Firefighters pour water on a smoldering unit following an explosion that rocked the BP refinery Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. The explosion reportedly killed four, and injured 60 people."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/20/BP-Explosion_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Firefighters pour water on a smoldering unit following an explosion that rocked the BP refinery Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. The explosion reportedly killed four, and injured 60 people." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Brett Coomer / 漏 Houston Chronicle</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Firefighters pour water on a smoldering unit following an explosion that rocked the BP refinery Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in Texas City, Texas. The explosion reportedly killed four, and injured 60 people.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a>, <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jolie-mccullough/">Jolie McCullough</a>, Mark Collette and Lise Olsen </li><li><time datetime="Sun, 22 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-22 06:00"> March 22, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/https://cms.texastribune.org/admin/pointers/pointer/83887/texastribune.org">The Texas Tribune</a> and the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chron.com%2F&ei=u2AMVf7DE5KhyASS2oH4Ag&usg=AFQjCNExYA26_9hBWkCiOa8bUXtsK1hthw&sig2=JFsI68WJ_fsAb1afQhg33g"><em>Houston Chronicle</em></a> spent months examining whether the nation’s oil refineries learned the lessons of the deadly explosion at BP’s Texas City refinery in 2005. Ten years later, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/">their investigation shows</a>, the death toll has barely slowed.</p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://apps.texastribune.org/blood-lessons/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/closer-look-low-oil-prices-causing-hit-revenue/">A Closer Look: Low Oil Prices a Hit to Revenue</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/closer-look-low-oil-prices-causing-hit-revenue/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/12/OilPumpSunset-2_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/12/OilPumpSunset-2_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Paul Lowry</cite> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a> and <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 19 Mar 2015 23:06:00 -0500" title="2015-03-19 23:06"> March 19, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <span class="txweekly-icon"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/common/images/txweekly-summary-icon.png" alt="Texas Weekly" title="Texas Weekly"> </span> <p><span>Just how hard are plummeting oil prices hitting the Texas treasury? Data from the state comptroller gives us an idea.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/closer-look-low-oil-prices-causing-hit-revenue/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/lbb-dont-make-spending-cap-formula-too-restrictive/">LBB: Don't Make Spending Cap Formula Too Restrictive</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/lbb-dont-make-spending-cap-formula-too-restrictive/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/11/_F5U9857Nelson1_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Senate Finance Committee Chairwoman Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, confers with Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, during a March 11, 2015, committee hearing on state contracting issues."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/11/_F5U9857Nelson1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Senate Finance Committee Chairwoman Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, confers with Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, during a March 11, 2015, committee hearing on state contracting issues." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Senate Finance Committee Chairwoman Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, confers with Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, during a March 11, 2015, committee hearing on state contracting issues.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a>, <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a> and <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/">Patrick Svitek</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 19 Mar 2015 23:04:00 -0500" title="2015-03-19 23:04"> March 19, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <span class="txweekly-icon"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/common/images/txweekly-summary-icon.png" alt="Texas Weekly" title="Texas Weekly"> </span> <p>Also, a senator says the state no longer needs its renewable portfolio standard, and a final count on bills filed.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/lbb-dont-make-spending-cap-formula-too-restrictive/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/georgetown-goes-all-renewable-energy/">Georgetown Goes All In on Renewable Energy</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/georgetown-goes-all-renewable-energy/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Solar_1_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Solar_1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Mike Baker</cite> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 18 Mar 2015 17:56:58 -0500" title="2015-03-18 17:56"> March 18, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/georgetown-goes-all-renewable-energy/comments/"><span class="value">37</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Georgetown’s municipal utility has unveiled plans to tap wind and solar energy to meet all of its customers’ power needs, making it the first Texas city-owned utility to abandon fossil fuels.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/georgetown-goes-all-renewable-energy/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/17/local-control-and-fracking-debate/">Denton Fracking Ban Tees Up Local Control Fight</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/17/local-control-and-fracking-debate/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/10/17/TxTrib-UrbanDrilling005_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Fracking in Fort Worth, Sept. 27, 2013"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/10/17/TxTrib-UrbanDrilling005_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Fracking in Fort Worth, Sept. 27, 2013" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Mark Graham</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Fracking in Fort Worth, Sept. 27, 2013</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 17 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-17 06:00"> March 17, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/17/local-control-and-fracking-debate/comments/"><span class="value">35</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Plenty of lawmakers are siding with the oil industry in response to Denton's vote to ban fracking inside city limits. What's surprising this session is how few are weighing in for local control.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/17/local-control-and-fracking-debate/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/10/house-leaders-pitch-plan-shore-pensions/">House Plan Would Plug Hole in Pension Fund</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/10/house-leaders-pitch-plan-shore-pensions/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/05/12/BDB_8568_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="State Rep. Dan Flynn, R-Van, co-chair of the House Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations, is shown calling an executive session on May, 12, 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/05/12/BDB_8568_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="State Rep. Dan Flynn, R-Van, co-chair of the House Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations, is shown calling an executive session on May, 12, 2014." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">State Rep. Dan Flynn, R-Van, co-chair of the House Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations, is shown calling an executive session on May, 12, 2014.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 10 Mar 2015 16:01:48 -0500" title="2015-03-10 16:01"> March 10, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/10/house-leaders-pitch-plan-shore-pensions/comments/"><span class="value">19</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Texas House leaders unveiled a plan Tuesday to shore up the state's chronically underfunded retirement system for employees that requires workers to pay more into the system, but gives them a pay raise to offset the cost.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/10/house-leaders-pitch-plan-shore-pensions/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/09/texas-takes-aim-crude-export-ban/">Texas Takes Aim at Crude Oil Export Ban</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/09/texas-takes-aim-crude-export-ban/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Oil-Refinery_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="An oil refinery is shown in the Houston Ship Channel in 2011."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Oil-Refinery_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="An oil refinery is shown in the Houston Ship Channel in 2011." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Louis Vest</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">An oil refinery is shown in the Houston Ship Channel in 2011.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 9 Mar 2015 17:37:49 -0500" title="2015-03-09 17:37"> March 9, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/09/texas-takes-aim-crude-export-ban/comments/"><span class="value">17</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>With prices stumbling and crude oil backing up in refineries and tank farms across the state, Texas lawmakers are raising a cry for repeal of the 40-year-old ban on most crude oil exports. </p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/09/texas-takes-aim-crude-export-ban/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/26/a-texas-sourced-push-to-reauthorize-ex-im-bank/">A Texas-Sourced Push to Reauthorize Ex-Im Bank</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/26/a-texas-sourced-push-to-reauthorize-ex-im-bank/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/010709_hammon_bill_2_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Bill Hammond is the CEO of the Texas Association of Business."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/010709_hammon_bill_2_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Bill Hammond is the CEO of the Texas Association of Business." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Bill Hammond is the CEO of the Texas Association of Business.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a>, <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/aman-batheja/">Aman Batheja</a>, <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a> and <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/neena-satija/">Neena Satija</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 26 Feb 2015 23:08:00 -0600" title="2015-02-26 23:08"> Feb. 26, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <span class="txweekly-icon"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/common/images/txweekly-summary-icon.png" alt="Texas Weekly" title="Texas Weekly"> </span> <p>Also, a roundup of notable legislative filing activity, and it was Blue Bell day at the Capitol.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/26/a-texas-sourced-push-to-reauthorize-ex-im-bank/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/25/otto-promises-fund-health-care-retired-teachers/">Otto Promises to Fund Health Care for Retired Teachers</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/25/otto-promises-fund-health-care-retired-teachers/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/12/7C2A1121_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Rep. John Otto R-Dayton, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, during Tribune Conversation event on February 12th, 2015"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/12/7C2A1121_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Rep. John Otto R-Dayton, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, during Tribune Conversation event on February 12th, 2015" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Rep. John Otto R-Dayton, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, during Tribune Conversation event on February 12th, 2015</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:37:14 -0600" title="2015-02-25 11:37"> Feb. 25, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/25/otto-promises-fund-health-care-retired-teachers/comments/"><span class="value">3</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>State Rep. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150326160511/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/john-otto/">John Otto</a>, the head of the House budget-writing committee, pledged Wednesday to work to fully fund a nearly broke health care program for retired Texas teachers. </p> <p> </p> <p><span 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