New Sources for Research
Chapter Eight: Public Policy and Administration

Baker, Graham. "Radioactive Waste Business Kicks Up Dust in West Texas." County (March/April 2000): 14-18. Envirocare's proposal to build above-ground storage bunkers in Ward County.

Campos, Emmet. "Sizing Up the Snowbirds." Fiscal Notes (May 2001): 1, 8-9. "Winter Texans" are special tourists who bring their RVs and dollars to South Texas.

Dubose, Louis, "Lost in the Ozone." Texas Observer (20 October 2000): 12-15. How Governor Bush and Senator Whitmore killed a tail-pipe testing program designed to improve air quality in Texas cities.

Farmaian, Mahan. "Clean Air Compliance in Texas for 2001." In Brief (February 2001): 1-8. Published by the Senate Research Center.

Harman, Greg. "Huntsman's Odessa Syndrome." Texas Observer (21 September 2000): 6-10. Environmental problems and a West Texas city's petrochemical complex.

Hart, Patricia Kilday. "The Killing of Alydar." Texas Monthly (June 2001): 98-103, 124-129. How the death of a famous Kentucky racehorse was related to Houston's failed First City National Bank.

*Hollandsworth, Skip. "Imperfect 10." Texas Monthly (April 2001): 52, 54, 56. Problems with the "top 10 percent" rule for automatic admission to Texas' public colleges and universities.

Levin, Linda. "Texas Agencies Work Together to Promote Tourism." Texas Town & City (April 2001): 40-41.

Mt. Joy, Greg. "Taming Technology." Fiscal Notes (October 2000): 6-7. The Texas Information Technology Academy trains high-tech workers who agree to take state jobs for at least two years.

Olsson, Karen. "Wasted Days, Nuclear Nightmare." Texas Observer (30 March 2001): Hazardous waste problems in the Lone Star State.

*Poole, Claire. "Mixing Oil and Politics." Texas Monthly (March 2001): 63-64, 69-70. An environmental pollution case involving Koch Industries' refineries in Texas.

Portales, Marco. "Hopwood, Race, Bakke, and the Constitution." The Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy 4 (Spring 1998): 29-44.

Scott, Natalie. "Implementation of Senate Bill 7: The Implication of Stranded Cost Recovery for Residential Electric Utility Consumers." Baylor Law Review 52 (Winter 2000): 237-264.

State Functions at the Texas-Mexico Border and Cross-Border Transportation. Austin: Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts, January 2001.

Staton, Suzanne, and Byron Schlomach. "Mixed Reviews." Fiscal Notes (December 2000): 7-9. Concerning charter schools.

Sweany, Brian D. "The Cash Machine." Texas Monthly (June 2001): 52, 53-54. Coach Bobby Knight's impact on Texas Tech.

Wells, Hope E. Clean Air: Texas' Response to Federal Mandates. House Research Organization Focus Report 76-24 (Austin: Texas House of Representatives, 5 October 2000.

Zamrazil, Kristi. Health Care for Uninsured Texans. House Research Organization Focus Report No. 76-5. Austin: Texas House of Representatives, February 4, 1999.