• Explore educational progress in reading and math for 4th and 8th graders. (National Center for Education Statistics, 2013)
• Examine the student attrition rate in public high schools in Texas. (Intercultural Development Research Association, Fall 2013)
• Track the graduation rates of low-income students in the rapidly growing Central Texas Region. (Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, The University of Texas at Austin, November 2013)
• See how many people have been able to successfully select health plans in the new federal Health Insurance Marketplace. (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, November 13, 2013)
• Find analysis and interpretation of constitutional case law with the U.S. Constitution Annotated app. (Library of Congress, September 17, 2013)

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• "Texas Power Industry Scores Victory at PUC," Dallas Morning News, October 26, 2013
• "Texas Energy Regulators Tepidly Endorse Potential Capacity Market," Forbes, October 26, 2013
• "Texas PUC Vote Signals Support for Market Shift," Texas Tribune, October 25, 2013
• A Texas Electric Capacity Market: the Wrong Tool for a Real Problem, The Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis, February 12, 2013
• Does Competitive Electricity Require Capacity Markets? The Texas Experience, Texas Public Policy Foundation, February 6, 2013
• ERCOT Investment Incentives and Resource Adequacy, The Brattle Group, June 1, 2012
• Project No. 40000: Commission Proceeding to Ensure Resource Adequacy in Texas, Public Utility Commission of Texas, 2012-2013
• Broadcasts, Public Utility Commission of Texas

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The state, nation, and world will commemorate the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination on November 22. Here are some related resources in the Legislative Library's collection.

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• Read about the supplemental poverty measure. (U.S. Census Bureau, November 2013)
• See health insurance coverage for women state by state. (Kaiser Family Foundation, November 6, 2013)
• Examine the varied mix of fuels used to generate electricity. (U.S. Energy Information Administration, November 8, 2013)
• Consider ways to improve indigent defense. (Council of State Governments Justice Center / Harris County Public Defender Office, September 30, 2013)

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• Defense Spending Cuts: The Impact on Economic Activity and Jobs, National Association of Manufacturers, June 2012
• Government Shutdown: Operations of the Department of Defense During a Lapse in Appropriations, Congressional Research Service, October 15, 2013
• Impact of March 1st Cuts on Middle Class Families, Jobs and Economic Security: Texas (sequestration), The White House, February 24, 2013.
• "Playing Defense: Looming Cuts May Affect Texas Communities," Fiscal Notes, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, June 11, 2013

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• Consider early childhood care and education, and build a custom report about children in Texas. (KIDS COUNT, Anne E. Casey Foundation, November 4, 2013)
• See statistics on pedestrian fatalities. (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, August 2013)
• Explore the 2012 earnings of women who are full-time wage and salary workers. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, October 2013)
• Read about how states are managing prison health care spending. (Pew Charitable Trusts, October 2013)
• Examine state-by-state numbers of people eligible for premium tax credits under the Affordable Care Act. (Kaiser Family Foundation, November 5, 2013)

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• Speaker Joe Straus, Proclamation, Expanding the jurisdiction of the House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations, June 25, 2013

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