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The finest pecan pie anywhere: Texas' new official state pie is best enjoyed at these restaurants

By Whitney Radley

04.11.13 | 2:34 pm

While there are pressing matters of water rights and school funding on the table during the Texas Legislature's 83rd session, lawmakers opted to pass a more light-hearted measure: HCR ...


It Can Wait, Houston

Upping the "cool" factor: Mayor Parker teams with Bun B to discourage texting while driving

By Whitney Radley

04.03.13 | 12:26 pm

Mayor Annise Parker has been a vocal proponent of legislation to ban texting while driving — and even as proposed bills await passage from Texas lawmakers (a similar one was stamped ...


Legislating It

Texas and Texas A&M could be forced to renew their football rivalry and play every year again

By Whitney Radley

01.29.13 | 12:12 pm

As if the Texas Legislature didn't have enough important on its plate during the 83rd biennial session, what with across-the-board budget shortfalls and statewide water shortages, a state ...


Road Rules

Close-to-home fatality reopens the debate: Should Texas ban texting and driving?

By Whitney Radley

12.20.12 | 4:42 pm

Early Wednesday morning, Chandler Small, a 19-year-old Montgomery County native and a student Texas A&M University, was returning to College Station from a visit to friends at Sam Houston State ...


Nearly $600 million saved

Crayolas but not computers: Tax-free weekend is the Christmas of back-to-school shopping

By Whitney Radley

08.15.12 | 10:26 am

The smell of a freshly-sharpened No. 2 pencil certainly has its place in heralding the start of a new school year, but for over a decade, perhaps nothing has done more to signal impending classroom ...


Just In Time

A win for Texas women: State blocked from cutting off Planned Parenthood funding (for now)

By Whitney Radley

04.30.12 | 1:33 pm

In early 2012, Governor Rick Perry and Texas Health and Human Services Commissioner Tom Suehs signed on a rule to exclude the state's Planned Parenthood affiliates from the federally-funde ...


An Ignorant Rule?

Planned Parenthood refuses to cow down to Rick Perry: Sues Texas to keep clinics open

By Whitney Radley

04.11.12 | 2:01 pm

The so-called "war on women" continues — but as we all know, ladies won't go down without a fight.  On Wednesday, Texas Planned Parenthood affiliates filed a federal la ...


A place for political junkies

New interactive site "Virtual Dome" is an online walk through the Capitol, complete with chatter

By Karen Brooks Harper

02.23.12 | 11:23 pm

The Texas Legislature is a year away, as are the parties and hallway chatter and politically savvy downtown happy hour crowds and raucous floor debates.  This is usually the time that junk ...


A signature away

How SkyMall plays into Texas' texting while driving ban: Something for Perry to ponder

By Caroline Gallay

06.01.11 | 10:54 am

As with many great questions, the answer to this one is SkyMall. A bill that would ban texting (and IMing and emailing) while driving in Texas has passed both the House and the Senate, and now ...


Screw the budget, let's talk beer

Beer lovers look to Texas legislature for more access to better brew

By Caroline Gallay

04.20.11 | 7:30 pm

UPDATE: House Bill 602, which would allow breweries to distribute a small amount of beer on-site after tours, has passed the House. If the bill is approved by the Senate, craft breweries will be al ...


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