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Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth, makes the case for why a Facebook data center's arrival in Texas is a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/07/16/data-centers-are-a-wise-investment-for-texas/">boon for Fort Worth and the state</a>.</p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/07/16/data-centers-are-a-wise-investment-for-texas/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/07/14/the-2015-texas-senate-from-left-to-right/">New in TribTalk: Jones' Texas Senate Rankings</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/07/14/the-2015-texas-senate-from-left-to-right/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/01/7C2A6947_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Empty Senate chamber on June 1, 2015"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/01/7C2A6947_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Empty Senate chamber on June 1, 2015" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Empty Senate chamber on June 1, 2015</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150718051319/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/david-muto/">David Muto</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 14 Jul 2015 19:21:22 -0500" title="2015-07-14 19:21"> July 14, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"> <p>It's no surprise that the Texas Senate was more conservative this year than in 2013. But just who was the most conservative member? And who was the most liberal? Mark P. Jones <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/07/14/the-2015-texas-senate-from-left-to-right/">looks at the votes</a>.</p> </div> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/07/14/the-2015-texas-senate-from-left-to-right/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/07/10/stop-throwing-our-tax-dollars-to-big-business/">New in TribTalk: Burton on Facebook and Fort Worth</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/07/10/stop-throwing-our-tax-dollars-to-big-business/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/12/11/TTEventsSenators030_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="State Sen.-Elect Konni Burton, R-Colleyville, who replaced Sen. Wendy Davis, at TTEvents on Dec. 11, 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/12/11/TTEventsSenators030_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="State Sen.-Elect Konni Burton, R-Colleyville, who replaced Sen. Wendy Davis, at TTEvents on Dec. 11, 2014." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">State Sen.-Elect Konni Burton, R-Colleyville, who replaced Sen. Wendy Davis, at TTEvents on Dec. 11, 2014.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150718051319/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/david-muto/">David Muto</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:59:19 -0500" title="2015-07-10 14:59"> July 10, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>"It’s wonderful to have a company like Facebook in our community, but I strongly disagree with how we lured it here," writes state Sen. Konni Burton, R-Colleyville.</p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/07/10/stop-throwing-our-tax-dollars-to-big-business/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/07/07/the-2015-texas-house-from-left-to-right/">New in TribTalk: Jones' Texas House Rankings</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/07/07/the-2015-texas-house-from-left-to-right/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/05/08/IMG_0033_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Members vote in the House chamber on May 7, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/05/08/IMG_0033_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Members vote in the House chamber on May 7, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Members vote in the House chamber on May 7, 2015.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150718051319/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/david-muto/">David Muto</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 8 Jul 2015 05:59:01 -0500" title="2015-07-08 05:59"> July 8, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Who had the most conservative voting record in the Texas House this year? The most liberal? Rice University political scientist Mark P. Jones <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/07/07/the-2015-texas-house-from-left-to-right/">looks at the evidence</a>. </p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/07/07/the-2015-texas-house-from-left-to-right/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/07/02/its-time-to-divorce-marriage-from-government/">New in TribTalk: Simpson on Gay Marriage</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/07/02/its-time-to-divorce-marriage-from-government/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/26/_BDA7164sign_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Frank Roberts of the Travis County Clerk's office hangs a sign directing couples to the clerk's office on June 26, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/26/_BDA7164sign_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Frank Roberts of the Travis County Clerk's office hangs a sign directing couples to the clerk's office on June 26, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Frank Roberts of the Travis County Clerk's office hangs a sign directing couples to the clerk's office on June 26, 2015.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150718051319/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/david-muto/">David Muto</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 3 Jul 2015 13:33:48 -0500" title="2015-07-03 13:33"> July 3, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>With religious liberty and freedom of conscience under assault, Gov. Greg Abbott <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/07/02/its-time-to-divorce-marriage-from-government/">must call a special session</a> to end government marriage licensing, writes state Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview. </p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/07/02/its-time-to-divorce-marriage-from-government/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/07/01/the-disconnect-between-texans-and-their-elected-officials/">New in TribTalk: Klineberg on Public Opinion in Texas</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/07/01/the-disconnect-between-texans-and-their-elected-officials/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/09/13/Housotn_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/09/13/Housotn_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Katie Haugland</cite> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150718051319/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/david-muto/">David Muto</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 2 Jul 2015 12:05:00 -0500" title="2015-07-02 12:05"> July 2, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>The gulf between public opinion and public policy in Texas is widening, and that's no surprise, given the state of our democratic institutions, writes Stephen L. Klineberg, a sociologist at Rice University.</p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/07/01/the-disconnect-between-texans-and-their-elected-officials/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/06/29/the-texas-capitols-confederate-memorial-problem/">New in TribTalk: Levinson on Texas' Confederate Monuments</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/06/29/the-texas-capitols-confederate-memorial-problem/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/DSC_8849_JPG_260x1000_q100.JPG" alt="Confederate Soldiers Monument at the Texas Capitol."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/DSC_8849_JPG_800x1000_q100.JPG" title="Confederate Soldiers Monument at the Texas Capitol." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Confederate Soldiers Monument at the Texas Capitol.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150718051319/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/david-muto/">David Muto</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 30 Jun 2015 18:08:36 -0500" title="2015-06-30 18:08"> June 30, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>In Texas, the debate over Confederate monuments has centered on the University of Texas at Austin, but the true elephant in the room is the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/06/29/the-texas-capitols-confederate-memorial-problem/">grounds of the Texas Capitol</a>, writes UT professor Sanford Levinson.</p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/06/29/the-texas-capitols-confederate-memorial-problem/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/06/15/dont-let-texas-excess-water-go-to-waste/">New in TribTalk: Scanlon on Water Storage</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/06/15/dont-let-texas-excess-water-go-to-waste/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/03/28/GPerez_SAWS025_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="A cascade aerator on the site of the Twin Oaks Valley Water Treatment Plant outside of San Antonio, where the San Antonio Water System maintains an underground storage reservoir."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/03/28/GPerez_SAWS025_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="A cascade aerator on the site of the Twin Oaks Valley Water Treatment Plant outside of San Antonio, where the San Antonio Water System maintains an underground storage reservoir." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Gabriel Cristóver Pérez</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">A cascade aerator on the site of the Twin Oaks Valley Water Treatment Plant outside of San Antonio, where the San Antonio Water System maintains an underground storage reservoir.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150718051319/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/david-muto/">David Muto</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 16 Jun 2015 13:50:35 -0500" title="2015-06-16 13:50"> June 16, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Researcher Bridget Scanlon makes the case for why Texas should be storing more of its excess water <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/06/15/dont-let-texas-excess-water-go-to-waste/">underground</a>.</p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/06/15/dont-let-texas-excess-water-go-to-waste/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/06/14/with-trafficking-law-signed-now-the-real-work-begins/">New in TribTalk: Cornyn, Poe on Human Trafficking</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/06/14/with-trafficking-law-signed-now-the-real-work-begins/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Capitol-1_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Capitol-1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Tom Harris</cite> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150718051319/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/david-muto/">David Muto</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 15 Jun 2015 12:00:00 -0500" title="2015-06-15 12:00"> June 15, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>A new bill targeting human trafficking is now the law of the land, but partnerships on the federal, state and local level will be instrumental in eradicating these crimes, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/06/14/with-trafficking-law-signed-now-the-real-work-begins/">write U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and U.S. Rep. Ted Poe</a>.</p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/06/14/with-trafficking-law-signed-now-the-real-work-begins/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150718051319/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/13/tribweek-top-texas-news-week-6815/">TribWeek: Top Texas News for the Week of 6/8/15</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150718051319/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/13/tribweek-top-texas-news-week-6815/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/12/Tribweek-06082015_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/12/Tribweek-06082015_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Graphic by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150718051319/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/david-muto/">David Muto</a></li><li><time datetime="Sat, 13 Jun 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-06-13 06:00"> June 13, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>The best of our best content from June 8-12, 2015.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150718051319/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/13/tribweek-top-texas-news-week-6815/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/06/08/the-texas-drought-is-over-but-what-about-the-next/">New in TribTalk: Nielsen-Gammon on the Drought</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/06/08/the-texas-drought-is-over-but-what-about-the-next/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/10/29/TxTrib-Water08_JPG_260x1000_q100.JPG" alt="Lilly pads in Stamford Lake, near Paint Creek, which was dug as a reservoir in the 1950s."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/10/29/TxTrib-Water08_JPG_800x1000_q100.JPG" title="Lilly pads in Stamford Lake, near Paint Creek, which was dug as a reservoir in the 1950s." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Caleb Bryant Miller</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Lilly pads in Stamford Lake, near Paint Creek, which was dug as a reservoir in the 1950s.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150718051319/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/david-muto/">David Muto</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 9 Jun 2015 15:00:00 -0500" title="2015-06-09 15:00"> June 9, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>"Will the recent rain lead to apathy and disregard for the need to prepare for the next drought?" writes state Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon.</p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/06/08/the-texas-drought-is-over-but-what-about-the-next/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/06/03/the-brutal-death-of-ethics-reform-in-texas/">New in TribTalk: Watson on Ethics Reform</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/06/03/the-brutal-death-of-ethics-reform-in-texas/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/06/19/Capitol-Shadow-Sundown_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/06/19/Capitol-Shadow-Sundown_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Phil Sonpott</cite> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150718051319/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/david-muto/">David Muto</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 3 Jun 2015 17:35:18 -0500" title="2015-06-03 17:35"> June 3, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>This session was supposed to be big for ethics reform. Instead, it died a brutal death, writes state Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin. What happened? </p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/06/03/the-brutal-death-of-ethics-reform-in-texas/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/05/27/how-to-restore-trust-in-our-criminal-justice-system/">New in TribTalk: Cornyn on Criminal Justice</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/05/27/how-to-restore-trust-in-our-criminal-justice-system/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/05/12/Cornyn_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, the Senate Majority Whip, holds a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, May 12."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/05/12/Cornyn_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, the Senate Majority Whip, holds a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, May 12." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Abby Livingston</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, the Senate Majority Whip, holds a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, May 12.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150718051319/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/david-muto/">David Muto</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 28 May 2015 09:23:12 -0500" title="2015-05-28 09:23"> May 28, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Congress should follow Texas' lead on criminal justice reform and pass common-sense proposals that will increase public safety and save taxpayer dollars, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/05/27/how-to-restore-trust-in-our-criminal-justice-system/">writes</a>.</p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/05/27/how-to-restore-trust-in-our-criminal-justice-system/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/05/17/stop-penalizing-texas-charter-school-families/">New in TribTalk: David Robinson on Charter Schools</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/05/17/stop-penalizing-texas-charter-school-families/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/_0001_TX-TRIB-EDUCATION003.jpg_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/_0001_TX-TRIB-EDUCATION003.jpg_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150718051319/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/david-muto/">David Muto</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 18 May 2015 17:39:33 -0500" title="2015-05-18 17:39"> May 18, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Charter schools are working to level the playing field for Texas students growing up in poverty, and it's time for the state to do its part in leveling the funding, former NBA player David Robinson <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/05/17/stop-penalizing-texas-charter-school-families/">writes</a>. </p> <a class="permalink" 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enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">The JR Central N700 Series, a Japanese Shinkansen bullet train.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150718051319/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/david-muto/">David Muto</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 13 May 2015 12:17:52 -0500" title="2015-05-13 12:17"> May 13, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Kyle Workman of Texans Against High-Speed Rail says landowners and taxpayers <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/05/11/the-true-cost-of-hunger-in-texas/">need more details</a> about the Dallas-to-Houston rail plan, while Robert Eckels of Texas Central Railway aims to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150718051319/http://tribtalk.org/2015/05/07/setting-the-record-straight-on-high-speed-rail-in-texas/">set the record straight</a> about the proposal.</p> <a class="permalink" 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