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<header class="auxiliary one_line"> <h1>TribWire</h1> </header> <nav class="pagination"> <ul class="pagination"><li class="disabled"><span class="disabled prev"><span>&lsaquo;</span> previous</span></li><li><span class="current page">1</span></li><li><a href="?page=2" class="page">2</a></li><li><a href="?page=3" class="page">3</a></li><li><a href="?page=4" class="page">4</a></li><li><a href="?page=5" class="page">5</a></li><li><a href="?page=6" class="page">6</a></li><li><a href="?page=7" class="page">7</a></li><li class="last"><a href="?page=2" class="next">next <span>&rsaquo;</span></a></li></ul> </nav> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon missing"></div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/10/30/tribal-victory-texas-162278" class="external">Tribal Victory in Texas</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/">Indian Country Today</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Fri, 6 Nov 2015 10:16:22 -0600" title="2015-11-06 10:16"> Nov. 6, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Ross Ramsey </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>The National Indian Gaming Commission has approved Class II gaming ordinances for the Alabama-Coushatta Reservation in East Texas and the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo near El Paso in far West Texas. 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Cruz intimated that he believed that as well, telling CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead" that a match-up between the two Cuban-American senators was a "plausible outcome."</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/ap.org.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/texas/article_c89f8f1e-5258-54c4-b737-5a83476aa110.html" class="external">Texas agency: 4 districts violated law on disabled students</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/">Associated Press</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 23:09:06 -0600" title="2015-11-05 23:09"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Madlin Mekelburg </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>Four Texas school districts violated federal law by not properly evaluating students with disabilities before sending them to court for missing school, a state agency's investigation has found. Under federal law, districts must identify and evaluate all students with disabilities and provide the appropriate educational support to meet the students' individual needs. The Texas Education Agency's investigation looked at specific student cases in the districts.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/ap.org.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article43256349.html" class="external">Texas DA touts program for first time pot offenders</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.star-telegram.com/">Associated Press</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 23:07:58 -0600" title="2015-11-05 23:07"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Madlin Mekelburg </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>The district attorney in Texas' most populous county on Thursday touted the success of a program that gives nonviolent first-time offenders caught with a small amount of marijuana the chance to avoid a conviction. Under Harris County's "First Chance Intervention Program," first-time offenders with no prior criminal history who possess up to two ounces of marijuana can avoid being charged if they successfully complete a 60 or 90 day program.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/statesman.com.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/local/damage-from-last-weeks-floods-less-than-losses-dur/npHD7/" class="external">Damage from last week’s floods less than losses during Memorial deluge</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.mystatesman.com/">Austin American-Statesman</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:55:44 -0600" title="2015-11-05 22:55"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Madlin Mekelburg </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>Mark Hanna, a spokesman for the Insurance Council of Texas, said claims from the flooding last Friday continue to come into insurance companies and there are no complete figures yet. But based on the rate of claims being filed, the damage caused by flooding in May and June seems to be about twice as severe as the destruction from the recent storm, said Hanna whose organization represents insurance companies.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/dallasnews.com.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2015/11/bill-mcraven-ut-system-must-take-bold-steps-forward.html/" class="external">Bill McRaven: UT System must take ‘bold steps forward'</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/">Dallas Morning News</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:53:43 -0600" title="2015-11-05 22:53"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Madlin Mekelburg </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>In an impassioned speech steeped with military anecdotes Thursday morning, UT System Chancellor Bill McRaven promised bold initiatives to improve the system in the coming years. McRaven, a retired U.S. Navy admiral who oversaw the raid that led to the death of Osama bin Laden, told regents and attendees that his military experience had prepared him to lead the system.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/dallasnews.com.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2015/11/kevin-brady-takes-ways-and-means-gavel-with-high-expectations.html/" class="external">Kevin Brady takes Ways and Means gavel with high expectations</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/">Dallas Morning News</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:53:20 -0600" title="2015-11-05 22:53"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Madlin Mekelburg </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, was installed as Ways and Means committee chairman Thursday morning, giving him the reigns to one of Congress’ most powerful panels.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/dallasnews.com.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2015/11/immigrants-plan-visit-to-texas-gov-abbotts-residence.html/" class="external">Immigrants plan visit to Texas Gov. Abbott’s mansion to plead their case</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/">Dallas Morning News</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:52:54 -0600" title="2015-11-05 22:52"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Madlin Mekelburg </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>Texas Gov. Greg Abbott may get some feisty visitors to his Austin mansion on Saturday, Nov. 21. Several groups from around the state plan to meet there to ask him to drop his federal suit that put a long pause on executive actions by President Obama to provide work permits for more than 4 million unauthorized immigrants here.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/statesman.com.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/local/mexican-consulate-local-nonprofit-launch-scholarsh/npG7q/" class="external">Mexican consulate, local nonprofit launch scholarship program</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.mystatesman.com/">Austin American-Statesman</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:50:44 -0600" title="2015-11-05 22:50"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Madlin Mekelburg </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>At a news conference at the consulate, Carlos González Gutiérrez, the consul general of Mexico in Austin, said the program will aim to provide 140 scholarships of $1,000 to such students in Central Texas. Immigrants of other nationalities will also be eligible.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/statesman.com.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/prosecutors-fire-back-at-ken-paxtons-claims/npHJs/" class="external">Prosecutors fire back at Ken Paxton’s claims</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.mystatesman.com/">Austin American-Statesman</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:50:20 -0600" title="2015-11-05 22:50"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Madlin Mekelburg </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>Prosecutors in the criminal case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fired back Thursday, calling Paxton’s recent attempts to dismiss three felony charges a “pretrial shell game” based on a “grand conspiracy theory” that rewrote, distorted and ignored facts.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/statesman.com.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/crime-law/four-important-exchanges-in-the-capital-murder-tri/npGrC/" class="external">Rashad Owens charged with capital murder in 2014 SXSW crash</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.mystatesman.com/">Austin American-Statesman</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:49:50 -0600" title="2015-11-05 22:49"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Madlin Mekelburg </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>After four days of chilling evidence, that analysis from a crash reconstruction expert Thursday capped testimony in the capital murder trial of Rashad Owens, as the state rested and defense lawyers closed their case without presenting any witnesses. Judge Cliff Brown set closing arguments to begin at 9 a.m. Friday, and jurors will begin their deliberations afterward.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/statesman.com.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/chancellor-bill-mcraven-to-unveil-his-strategic-pl/npGpC/" class="external">UT Chancellor McRaven’s priorities: Houston, diversity, brain health</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.mystatesman.com/">Austin American-Statesman</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:49:17 -0600" title="2015-11-05 22:49"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Madlin Mekelburg </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>University of Texas System Chancellor Bill McRaven outlined a sweeping strategic plan Thursday that calls for establishing a campus in Houston as well as a national security initiative to address cyber, biological and other threats.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/dallasnews.com.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2015/11/prosecutors-criticize-ag-paxtons-attempts-to-throw-out-indictments.html/" class="external">Prosecutors criticize AG Paxton’s attempts to throw out indictments</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/">Dallas Morning News</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:46:38 -0600" title="2015-11-05 22:46"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Madlin Mekelburg </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>The prosecutors appointed to pursue criminal charges against Attorney General Ken Paxton say efforts to quash the indictments are desperate, calling out his “Grassy Knoll-like conspiracy” involving a Collin County district judge to be without merit.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/mysanantonio.com.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/The-Prince-of-Darkness-returns-to-S-A-6614081.php" class="external">The Prince of Darkness returns to S.A.</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.expressnews.com/">San Antonio Express-News</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:44:33 -0600" title="2015-11-05 22:44"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Madlin Mekelburg </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>Heavy-metal rocker Ozzy Osbourne — jailed in 1982 after he urinated on the Cenotaph in Alamo Plaza — returned to the shrine Thursday as part of a film project with his son, Jack. More than 100 fans swarmed the shell-shocked Prince of Darkness as he made his way from an SUV on East Crockett Street to near the greensward in front of the Alamo — surrounded by a History Channel film crew, his own security guards and San Antonio cops.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/mysanantonio.com.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/A-M-announces-ambitious-fundraising-goal-6614035.php" class="external">A&M announces ambitious fundraising goal</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.expressnews.com/">San Antonio Express-News</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:43:26 -0600" title="2015-11-05 22:43"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Madlin Mekelburg </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>Campus President Michael K. Young on Thursday announced the university aims to raise $4 billion by 2020, the largest comprehensive fundraising campaign ever announced in Texas and the second-largest conducted nationally by a public university.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/mysanantonio.com.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.expressnews.com/business/local/article/Gold-Williams-focused-on-the-interim-6614151.php" class="external">Gold-Williams focused on the interim</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.expressnews.com/">San Antonio Express-News</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:43:04 -0600" title="2015-11-05 22:43"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Madlin Mekelburg </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>CPS Energy interim CEO Paula Gold-Williams said Thursday she doesn’t know whether she is among the eight finalists the board of the city-owned utility is considering to replace former CEO Doyle Beneby.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/mysanantonio.com.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Water-report-Vista-Ridge-pipeline-project-is-6613807.php" class="external">Report rates Vista Ridge pipeline high risk; five reviewers rate it medium</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.expressnews.com/">San Antonio Express-News</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:42:39 -0600" title="2015-11-05 22:42"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Madlin Mekelburg </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>A final report on the future of water in San Antonio called the Vista Ridge pipeline and several other projects “high risk,” while a five-member team of experts that was asked to review the report rated the pipeline medium risk.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/chron.com.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/UT-sets-its-sights-on-Houston-6614101.php" class="external">UT sets its sights on Houston</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/">Houston Chronicle</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:39:02 -0600" title="2015-11-05 22:39"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Madlin Mekelburg </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>The University of Texas announced plan Thursday to establish a new facility dedicated to academic research on 332 acres of land it will acquire in southwest Houston, raising concerns the move will increase competition for the city's own research institution, the University of Houston.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/chron.com.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/DA-Marijuana-now-means-a-citation-not-a-ride-to-6613889.php" class="external">DA: Marijuana now means a citation, not a ride to jail</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/">Houston Chronicle</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:37:40 -0600" title="2015-11-05 22:37"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Madlin Mekelburg </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>Small amounts of marijuana now mean a citation, not a ride to jail, Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson said Thursday. The county's top prosecutor outlined changes to a pilot plan for low-level offenders she implemented last year, one that she called a "huge cultural change for Harris County."</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/chron.com.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Could-mayor-try-to-revive-HERO-6613764.php" class="external">Could mayor try to revive HERO?</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/">Houston Chronicle</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:36:24 -0600" title="2015-11-05 22:36"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Madlin Mekelburg </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>After the failure of her nondiscrimination ordinance at the ballot box, Mayor Annise Parker said she may try to pass similar or related protections before leaving office at the end of the year.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/chron.com.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Agency-reviews-rules-for-psych-evaluations-of-6613927.php" class="external">Agency reviews rules for psych evaluations of potential officers</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/">Houston Chronicle</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 21:47:09 -0600" title="2015-11-05 21:47"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Madlin Mekelburg </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>The state agency that licenses law enforcement officers is reviewing requirements surrounding the psychological testing of candidates after discovering that a Houston psychologist was approving mental health evaluations without meeting the potential employee in person, a violation of the group's standards.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/chron.com.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Houston-restrooms-outpace-politics-6614156.php" class="external">Houston restrooms outpace politics</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/">Houston Chronicle</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 21:45:18 -0600" title="2015-11-05 21:45"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by Madlin Mekelburg </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>No Houston establishments are required by law to offer unisex bathrooms, yet some already do. Restaurants, universities and businesses have found creative solutions to an issue that has pushed its way to the forefront in national conversations about discrimination in general, and gay and transgender rights, specifically.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="wire-layout"> <div class="favicon"> <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/https://static.texastribune.org/favicon/kxan.com.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt=""/> </div> <div class="body"> <header> <h1 class="tribwire"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://kxan.com/2015/11/05/governor-orders-immediate-funding-for-flood-prevention-after-kxan-investigation/" class="external">Governor orders ‘immediate funding’ for flood prevention after KXAN Investigation</a> </h1> <ul class="meta separator relative-time"> <li class="byline"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107070513/http://kxan.com/">KXAN-TV</a> </li> <li> <time datetime="Thu, 5 Nov 2015 14:22:54 -0600" title="2015-11-05 14:22"> Nov. 5, 2015 </time> </li> <li> suggested by John Reynolds </li> </ul> </header> <div class="excerpt"> <p>Upon discovering the funding hold-up, KXAN reached out to both House Speaker Joe Straus and Lt. 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