Email Author Brantley Hargrove

2014 Stories by Brantley Hargrove

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  Political Theater at Congressional Hearing on EPA's "Overreach" in Texas

  published Feb 06, 2014

  The fact that the EPA wasn't invited to testify at a hearing titled "Examining the Science of EPA Overreach: A Case Study in Texas" tells you just about everything you need to know. It served no disc... More >>

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  Video Purporting to Show Mockery of Greg Abbott's Disability Is Unbelievably Misleading

  published Feb 04, 2014

  Conservative agent provocateur James O'Keefe's latest undercover video sting seemed to feed the narrative that Democrats just go around constantly making fun of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's w... More >>

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  New Rule Aimed at Putting Actual Experts on Textbook Review Panels Passes State Board

  published Jan 31, 2014

  File this under State Board of Education news that isn't depressing and won't cause you to despair for Texas public education. The SBOE passed long-overdue rules Friday aimed at giving priority to th... More >>

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  New Forecast Should Drive Stake Through the Heart of Proposed Energy Tax

  published Jan 24, 2014

  With the appointment of Governor Rick Perry's former chief of staff to the Public Utility Commission, it seemed all but assured that we were headed toward a multi-billion-dollar subsidy for electrici... More >>

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  Argyle ISD "Marshals" Will Soon Carry Guns on Campus

  published Jan 22, 2014

  Like air marshals', the identities of Argyle ISD's "marshals" will remain secret. This anonymous contingent of staff members, known only to school administration, the local police, and the Texas Depar... More >>

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  Behind Texas Electric Grid Emergency Alert, a Power Plant Failure, Not Demand

  published Jan 21, 2014

  ERCOT, the manager of Texas' electric grid, issued an emergency alert Saturday. Apparently, a single power plant malfunctioned, went offline and single-handedly cut into the 2,300 megawatts of extra ... More >>

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  Dangerously Explosive Quantities of Gas Found in Parker County Water at Center of Fracking Controversy

  published Jan 17, 2014

  As we reported last summer, the Texas Railroad Commission has agreed to take another look at a case of potential water contamination due to fracking in Parker County. It has been nearly three years s... More >>

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  UTA Researchers Create Super Tiny Micro-Windmills

  published Jan 15, 2014

  Think of it as the intersection between origami and semiconductor manufacturing. Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington have invented a nickel-alloy windmill so tiny that 10 of them coul... More >>

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  Junk Science Review: Texas to Examine Microscopic Hair Analysis in Criminal Convictions

  published Jan 14, 2014

  Less than a year since the U.S. Department of Justice announced it would review the "highly unreliable" results of microscopic hair analysis in federal cases, the State Forensic Science Commission wil... More >>

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  Dallas Safari Club's Black Rhino Permit Sold for Much Less Than Expected

  published Jan 13, 2014

  The Dallas Safari Club had hoped the permit to shoot a black rhino -- one of a few thousand remaining on the planet -- would have auctioned for close to a million dollars. If scarcity was the quality... More >>

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  Inspector General May Have Cleared EPA in Flaming Water Case, But Parker County Man Says It Caved to Politics

  published Jan 10, 2014

  The EPA inspector general dumped it right before Christmas, when the media had checked out on holiday auto-pilot. Because of this curious timing, the report didn't get nearly the play it should have.... More >>

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  Texas Parks and Wildlife Now Has a SWAT Team

  published Jan 10, 2014

  The man in the photo to the left isn't a Ranger in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley. He's a Texas game warden, kitted out to check your deer tags or lead a paramilitary, kick-the-door-in assault on your... More >>

• Meet Lady Theresa Thombs, State Board of Education Candidate, Dame of Justice, Carrier of Diplomatic Papers

  published Jan 09, 2014

  We missed a fascinating SBOE campaign forum in Fort Worth Monday night. It didn't start when Tea Party candidate Eric Mahroum kicked off the evening with some fringe buzzwords like CSCOPE and Common C... More >>

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  D/FW International Airport Is Second in the Country for Confiscating Loaded Guns

  published Jan 08, 2014

  The only thing surprising about the fact that TSA agents confiscate a ton of loaded weapons from passengers attempting to board aircraft at D/FW International Airport is that Atlanta apparently confis... More >>

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  Dallas Police Chief David Brown Would Prefer Not to Be Called a "Cocksucker"

  published Jan 07, 2014

  Dallas Police Chief David Brown engaged in a brief Twitter spat with DMN reporter Scott Goldstein Monday. It all stems from an incident outside of Brown's office, when Tanya Eiserer, longtime crime re... More >>

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  For Barnett Shale, 2013 Saw Drilling Activity at Its Lowest Ebb in a Decade

  published Jan 03, 2014

  The Barnett Shale set off a national renaissance in the production of oil and natural gas through fracking. But as we look back on 2013, it's clear that the boom has left North Texas behind, for now ... More >>

• Fear, Home Damage, and Dismayingly Few Answers at Townhall on Azle Earthquakes

  published Jan 03, 2014

  The Azle High auditorium was filled near to capacity Thursday evening with an occasionally raucous crowd that demanded answers state regulators couldn't -- or weren't willing -- to answer about why, ... More >>