The State Policy Committee overturns its earlier rejections of several progressive organizations applying for participation in the annual State Employee Charitable Campaign. UT President Larry Faulkner's comments about minority hiring and recruitment anger many minority members of the Texas Legislature.
Statesman takes a stand against the federal estate tax.
Two Texas legislators file two very different bills in response to apparent conflicts of interest by state Supreme Court clerks who take bonuses from their future employers. Convicted for a murder he did not commit, Christopher Ochoa was freed in Austin thanks to the efforts of a project all the way in Wisconsin. After a shutdown prompts an international protest, Rice Radio is back on the air in Houston. Cyber-castoffs are curated at Austin's Goodwill Computer. Sterling Lands' Eastside Action Coalition sends a letter to AISD, warning that eastside minority residents may take their children out of public schools if the schools don't improve their record on minority student achievement.