Ethics complaints latest salvo in battle for state senate seat
The battle over state Senate District 25 ratcheted up another notch this week as incumbent state Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, filed ethics complaints against his opponent, former railroad commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones, and her husband, Will Jones.
Business group joins school finance lawsuit
The Texas Association of Business announced today that it will join a school finance lawsuit against the state, demanding a study of Texas school system efficiency.
Combs says plan balances lizards, oil and gas interests
Comptroller Susan Combs and other officials on Monday testified in favor of a plan that aims to balance protecting a rare lizard species and maintaining oil and gas production in its habitat, in case the species is placed on the endangered species list.
Texas State to defect to Sun Belt as WAC unravels
Multiple sources have confirmed to BobcatReport.com and the San Marcos Mercury that Texas State University will join the Sun Belt Conference for the 2013 season after a brief layover with the Western Athletic Conference this fall.
Amazon, state settle sales tax fight
Amazon.com will start collecting sales taxes from Texas customers this summer and agreed to make capital investments of $200 million and create 2,500 jobs in the state over the next four years, Comptroller Susan Combs announced on Friday. In return, the state will drop its efforts to collect back sales taxes from the company.
Audio: Ron Paul still pushing to win Texas
Ron Paul hasn’t won a single state in the 2012 Republican primary season. And yet Thursday’s rally in the shadow of the LBJ Library at the University of Texas rivaled any crowds Mitt Romney or President Obama could draw at a campaign appearance.
Commercial benefits of college research touted
Though academia has long prized research for its own sake, two House committees on Wednesday heard from the state’s leading research universities on how their scientific research makes money and contributes to the state economy.
Latino directors redefine Texas films
Filmmaker Pablo Veliz has screened his work at the Sundance Film Festival and gotten “the call” from Hollywood. But his heart and, more important, the stories he wants to tell remain in South Texas.
Neighbors often kill low-income housing efforts
Plans to build a low-income apartment complex for seniors in one of San Antonio’s most fashionable neighborhoods had been posted for barely a week in January when the fury began.
Texas Board of Education approves new math standards
The State Board of Education has unanimously approved new K-12 math standards, despite objections from business leaders that they weren’t rigorous enough.
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