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The Week’s Biggest News in Brief: Oct. 15-21
Travis County voters set record numbers during early voting, Amazon’s Dog’s Head plans roll out, and more of the week’s headlines
Sid Miller
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Texas Voters Prove Once Again They Don’t Always Know Who They’re Voting For
Throwing darts at the ballot
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Dems Vie to Oust Sid Miller, Take Back Texas Agriculture
Priorities include economic incentives for small farms, rural health care, and internet access
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Austin at Large: Really? You and What Army?
Hand-wringing on all sides of all issues reflects our emerging crisis of legitimacy
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Texas Sees Its First Hemp Harvest in 80 Years
Entrepreneurial farmers navigate state regulations and unsteady market, but still sees a bright future
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Austin at Large: If We Make It ’Til November
How noisy, chaotic, incoherent, and unpleasant can this election cycle get?
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Retailers Fighting Ban on Smokable Hemp
Plaintiffs argue Texas Department of State Health Services overstepped with consumable hemp prohibition
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Behind Enemy Lines at ALEC’s Right-Wing Policy Conference
Activists say the American Legislative Exchange Council backs corporate interests over people
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Possession of Small Amounts of Marijuana Effectively Decriminalized in Travis County
Texas decriminalizes “hemp,” chaos ensues
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Texas Lawmakers OK Medical Marijuana, Industrial Hemp
But goal of decriminalizing low-level possession unattained