• Cabin Program, Texas General Land Office

• Carol Severance v. Jerry Patterson, et al., Opinion and dissent (No. 09-0387, Open Beaches Act) , Supreme Court of Texas, November 5, 2010
• Carol Severance v. Jerry Patterson, et al., Opinion, concurrence, dissents (No. 09-0387, Open Beaches Act, sending the case back to Houston federal district court for retrial), U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, May 21, 2012
• Carol Severance v. Jerry Patterson, et al., Opinion, concurrence, dissents (No. 09-0387, Open Beaches Act, withdrawing opinion and dissents of November 5, 2010, and substituting opinions on this date), Supreme Court of Texas, March 30, 2012
• "Galveston Beach Homeowners Prepare to Exert Rights: Battle May Be Looming After High Court Ruling," Houston Chronicle, May 9, 2012
• "Rolling Easements as a Response to Sea Level Rise in Coastal Texas: Current Status of the Law after Severance v. Patterson," Journal of Land Use, Spring 2011
• "Severance v. Patterson: Does Enforcement of the Texas Open Beaches Act Constitute a 'Taking'," Southern Journal of Business and Ethics, Vol. 3, 2011
• "Various Aspects of Beach Management," The Daily News, June 23, 2012

• "Court Denies Eminent Domain Rehearing on Pipeline," Houston Chronicle, March 2, 2012
• Texas Rice Land Partners, Ltd. and Mike Latta v. Denbury Green Pipeline-Texas, LLC (No. 09-0901, denying motion for rehearing and substituting opinion, 'common carrier' pipelines) , Supreme Court of Texas,  March 2, 2012
• Texas Rice Land Partners, Ltd. and Mike Latta v. Denbury Green Pipeline-Texas, LLC (No. 09-0901, 'common carrier' pipelines) , Supreme Court of Texas,  August 26, 2011
• LaSalle Pipeline, LP v. Donnell Lands, L.P., Petition for review (No. 11-0226, including decision and award of the Special Commissioners, jury verdict, trial and San Antonio appeals court rulings), Supreme Court of Texas,  March 28, 2011 

• "5 Ways to Use Social Media for Better Emergency Response," Government Computer News, September 2, 2010
• "Social Media in a 9-1-1 World," 9-1-1 Magazine, April 30, 2012
• "Spanish-Language Emergency Alerts Coming to South Texas," Brownsville Herald, July 7, 2012
• "Williamson County Earns National Awards for Use of Social Media," Austin American-Statesman, December 26, 2011

• Disaster Mitigation Best Practices Database, Federal Emergency Management Agency
• "Frustration Grows for Texas Wildfire Evacuees," USA Today, September 10, 2011
• "Officials: State Better Prepared for Hurricane Season," Texas Tribune, June 19, 2012
• Promising Practices for Evacuating People With Disabilities, Inclusion Research Institute, January 2010
• State of Texas Emergency Management Plan, Texas Department of Public Safety, May 2012

• "County Plan Fixes Local, Regional Drainage Problems," McAllen Monitor, January 7, 2012
• "FEMA Awards More Than $1.3M for City of McAllen, TX Drainage System Upgrade," Federal Emergency Management Agency, January 19, 2012
• Texas Municipal Drainage Utility Survey, Espey Consultants Inc., updated May 2012

• School Finance in Texas, Legislative Reference Library, April 5, 2012
• "School Finance Trial Could Spill into January," Austin American Statesman, July 11, 2012
• "An Updated Guide to Texas School Finance Lawsuits," Texas Tribune, July 3, 2012
• Understanding State School Funding, Education Commission of the States, June 2012

• Agency Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2011-2015, Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas, June 28, 2010
• Health Care Innovation Awards: Project Profiles and Texas Grant Projects, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, awarded May-June 2012
• Texas Cancer Plan 2012, Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas, April 2012

• Home and Community-Based Services (HCS), Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, updated July 2, 2012
• Section 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waivers (state database), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• States' Plans to Pursue New and Revised Options for Home- and Community-Based Services (GAO-12-649), U.S. Government Accountability Office, June 13, 2012
• Texas: Home and Community-Based Services, State Health Facts, Kaiser Family Foundation

• State Supported Living Center (SSLC) Monitoring and U.S. Department of Justice Monitoring Team Reports, Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services 

• The Texas Blueprint: Transforming Education Outcomes for Children & Youth in Foster Care, Texas Children's Commission, March 31, 2012
• "Court Denies Class in Texas Foster Care Lawsuit," Houston Chronicle, March 23, 2012
• Foster Care Licensing Standards Across the United States: Using Research Findings to Effect Change, American Bar Association, March 2012
• Improving Child and Youth Placement Outcomes: a System Redesign (Foster Care Redesign) Report, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, January 2011
• Improving the Lives of Children in Long-Term Foster Care: the Role of Texas' Courts & Legal System, Texas Appleseed, November 2010 and follow-up report Texas Children in Long-Term Foster Care: Outcomes, Court Hearing Practices, and Court Costs, Texas Appleseed, May 2012
• Legislative Strategies to Safely Reduce the Number of Children in Foster Care, NCSL, July 2010

• Benefits Fact Sheets, U.S. Veterans Administration, reviewed/updated March 26, 2012
• Claims Representation and Counseling, statewide map of office locations by VA region, Texas Veterans Commission, January 2012
• "94-Year-Old World War II Vet Stuck in VA Backlog Again," Houston Chronicle, July 8, 2012

• Mental Health Home Page, U.S. Veterans Administration
• Military Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, last updated October 12, 2011
• Guide to VA Mental Health Services for Veterans & Families, U.S. Veterans Administration, January 2011

• Texas Coordinating Council for Veterans Services: Agendas and Minutes, Texas Veterans Commission, October 2011-March 2012

• Education Service Center (ESC) Information, Texas Education Agency
• Consolidated Report of Texas Education Service Centers, Texas Education Agency, January 2012
• Regional Education Service Centers: A Question of Necessity, Texas Public Policy Foundation, April 2012
• School Performance Reviews  - Management & Performance Reviews,  Legislative Budget Board

• License and Permit Descriptions, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
• Small Craft Producers Seek Alcohol Regulation Revisions, Focus Report, House Research Organization, June 12, 2012

• Occupational Regulations in Texas, Texas Legislative Council, October 2008
• Occupational Regulations in Texas – Addendum, Texas Legislative Council, June 2010
• License to Work: A National Study of Burdens from Occupational Licensing, Institute for Justice, May 2012

• Testimony Before the Senate Business & Commerce Committee Regarding Interim Charge Concerning Occupational Licensing, Texas Public Policy Foundation, April 10, 2012

• Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey (monthly), Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, latest report June 25, 2012
• 2012 Texas Manufacturers Summit - Speaker Presentations, Hosted by Texas Association of Manufacturers, San Marcos Manufacturers Association, and TMAC, February 14-15, 2012

• Following the Money 2012: How the 50 States Rate in Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data, Texas PIRG, March 2012
• State Integrity Investigation: Texas report card, Center for Public Integrity, March 19, 2012
• Texas Transparency: Beyond Raw Data, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, May 5, 2011

• "Hard-Up Defendants Pay as State Siphons Court Fees for Unrelated Uses," Austin American-Statesman, March 3, 2012
• "Texas Victims Fund May Require Rescuing," Houston Chronicle, April 10, 2012
• Report on Use of General Revenue Dedicated Accounts, 82nd Legislature, Texas Comptroller, last revised September 27, 2011
• "State's Budget Relies on Diversion," San Antonio Express-News, August 9, 2009

• Transportation Funding and Finance, National Conference of State Legislatures
• Major State Transportation Legislation, 2011 (see Funding and Finance category), National Conference of State Legislatures, May 2012
• Federal Financing of Transportation in Texas, Legislative Budget Board, March 2012
• Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature (Funding), House Select Committee on Transportation Funding,  January 2011
• Interim Report to the 82nd Legislature (Charge 6), Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security, February  2011

• Audit Reports on Correctional Managed Health Care at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, State Auditor's Office, February 2011
• The Cost of Correctional Health Care: A Correctional Institution Inspection Committee Summary of Ohio’s Prison Health Care System (includes comparison of 2009 prison health care spending in California, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas), Ohio Correctional Institution Inspection Committee, December 15, 2010
• Texas Correctional Managed Health Care Committee

• An Audit Report on the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan Program at the Commission on Environmental Quality, State Auditor's Office, December 2010
• TERP Biennial Report to the Texas Legislature, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, December 2010
• Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP), including summary reports on projects funded to date, by emission source and area, August 30, 2011 and What is the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP)?, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

• Capitals in the Clouds: The Case for Cloud Computing in State Government (white papers), National Association of State Chief Information Officers
  • Part I – Definitions and Principles, June 2011
  • Part II – Challenges and Opportunities to Get Your Data Right, October 2011
  • Part III – Recommendations for Mitigating Risks: Jurisdictional, Contracting and Service Levels, December 2011
  • Part IV – Cloud Security: On Mission and Means, May 2012
• The Cloud Imperative: Better Collaboration, Better Service, Better Cost: A Comprehensive Guide for Best Practices in Cloud Computing for State and Local Governments, Tech America Foundation’s State & Local Government Cloud Commission, February 2012
• Cloud Computing in Vermont State Government: Analysis of Opportunities, Vermont Legislative Director of Information Technology and State CIO, 2010

• Austin Energy Rate Review, Draft Annual Performance Report 2011, Austin Energy, June 2012
• CPS Energy 2010/2011 Annual Report, CPS Energy
• ERCOT - Municipal members list
• "'Green' Municipalities Cut Ties with Utilities," Governing, May 2012

• Annual Energy Outlook 2012, U.S. Energy Information Administration, June 25, 2012
• ERCOT Investment Incentives and Resource Adequacy, The Brattle Group/ERCOT, June 1, 2012
• Report on the Capacity, Demand, and Reserves in the ERCOT Region, ERCOT, May 22, 2012
• Texas Electricity Profile 2010, U.S. Energy Information Administration, January 30, 2012

• Texas Homeowners Insurance Policy Comparison Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature as Required by Senate Bill 1 (81st Legislature, 2009), Texas Department of Insurance, January 2011
• "Texas Homeowners Pay Highest Insurance Premiums for Second Year in a Row" (including table of the 10 states with the highest average premium for homeowners insurance in 2009), Dallas Morning News, January 10, 2012

• Annual Privatization Report 2011, Reason Foundation, May 2012
• Facts & Issues: Privatization, League of Women Voters of Houston, February 2012
• Report on Privatization of a State Mental Health Hospital, Texas Department of State Health Services, January 12, 2012
• "Lawmakers Chafe as Push Continues to Privatize Prison Health Care," Austin American-Statesman, April 30, 2011

• Bureaucratic Barbed Wire: How Occupational Licensing Fences Out Texas Entrepreneurs, Institute for Justice Texas Chapter, October 2009
• "Groups Find Fault with Standards for Licensed Breeders," Texas Tribune, March 30, 2012
• 52 Experiments with Regulatory Review: The Political and Economic Inputs into State Rulemakings, Institute for Policy Integrity, November 2010
• Time for Regulatory Transparency, Texas Public Policy Foundation, May 2009

• Asbestos Injury Compensation: The Role and Administration of Asbestos Trusts, U.S. Government Accountability Office, September 2011
• Interim Hearings - Week of February 6, 2012, Legislative Reference Library, January 30, 2012
• "Louisiana Stops Bill Aimed at Protecting Asbestos Manufacturers," Asbestos.com, May 31, 2012

• Mental Health: A Survey of State-Funded Delivery, Texas Public Policy Foundation, November 2011
• Texas 82nd Legislative Session: Summary of Mental Health-Related Legislation (including mental health funding chart and mental health budget riders), Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, The University of Texas at Austin, August 2011

• Cooperative Purchasing, Texas Association of Counties
• "Cooperative Purchasing," Texas County Progress, December 1, 2011
• Model Purchasing Manual for Texas Cities and Counties 2010, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, November 22, 2010

• "Alarm Over Rural Veterinarian Shortage," ABC News, May 12, 2011
• Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) State-Designated Shortage Situations for 2011 (map), U.S. Department of Agriculture, last updated December 22, 2011
• Projecting the Need for Veterinary Medical Education in Texas: A Report to the Texas Legislature, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, January 2009

• Veterinary Department – Drug Testing and Drug Classification and Penalty Schedule for Horses (November 2004), Texas Racing Commission, last updated January 3, 2012
• 2011 Annual Report, Results of Drug Testing: 2011 Compared to 2010 (p. 25), Texas Racing Commission, January 31, 2012

• "Promotores: Vital PRC Partners Promote Nutrition and Physical Activity," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, April 2012
• "Conditions, Health Risks Sicken Colonias Residents," Texas Tribune, July 2011
• "The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas Town Can Teach Us About Health Care," The New Yorker, June 1, 2009
• South Texas Health Status Review, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, November 2007

• "How a Texas Border Town Boosts U.S. Manufacturing," Industry Week, May 18, 2012
• "What's Different About the Border Economy?", Texas Tribune, September 1, 2011
• State of the Border Region: Indicators Report 2010, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, July 2011
• Texas-Mexico Border Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, March 3, 2011
• Texas in Focus: South Texas, Texas State Comptroller, August 2008

• The Economic Impact of the Eagle Ford Shale, The University of Texas at San Antonio Institute for Economic Development's Center for Community and Business Research, May 2012
• Fact-Based Regulation for Environmental Protection in Shale Gas Development, The Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, February 2012
• Hydraulic Fracturing Frequently Asked Questions, Railroad Commission of Texas

• "The Energy-Water Nexus in Texas," Ashlynn S. Stillwell, et al., Webber Energy Group, The University of Texas at Austin, Ecology and Society, Special Issue on The Energy-Water Nexus: Managing the Links Between Energy and Water for a Sustainable Future, March 2012
• "How to Cool Down Texas Power Plants with Less Water" (interview with Ashlynn Stillwell), NPR StateImpact, March 16, 2012
• Water for Texas, 2012 State Water Plan, Texas Water Development Board, January 5, 2012 (steam-electric power generation water demand)

• Investing in America’s Future: A Blueprint for Transforming Career and Technical Education, U.S. Department of Education - Office of Vocational and Adult Education, April 2012
• Texas Works 2008: Training and Education for All Texans, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, December 2008
• Career and Technical Education, Texas Education Agency
• Career and Technical/Workforce Education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
• Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education

• Resolution Supporting the Use of "Commanders Councils," Council of State Governments, December 6, 2010

• "After the Parade: Courts Ease Homecoming for Troubled Vets," Texas Observer, January 2012
• "The Battle on the Home Front: Special Courts Turn to Vets to Help Other Vets," ABA Journal, November 2011 (includes Texas)
• Veterans Defender Resource, Texas Indigent Defense Commission, March 28, 2012 (overview of veterans court components, veteran defender models, directory of veterans courts in Texas)
• Veterans' Courts, Texas Public Policy Foundation, November 2009
• "Why Veterans Should Get Their Own Courts," Atlantic Monthly, December 2011 (includes Dallas County, Texas)

• Veterans Home Loans, General Land Office

• Map the Meal Gap, Feeding America, May 2012
• The Grocery Gap: Who Has Access to Healthy Food and Why It Matters, The Food Trust, March 2010
• Food Desert Locator, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• "More Healthy Options Are on School Cafeteria Menus," Houston Chronicle, April 17, 2012
• Blueprint to End Hunger, Texas Hunger Initiative, September 2011
• "Cottage Food Producers Wary of New Rules," Austin American-Statesman, February 12, 2012
• Evaluation of the Impact of Incentives Demonstrations on Participation in the Summer Food Service Programs (SFSP), FY 2010: Arkansas and Mississippi, U.S. Food & Nutrition Service, September 2011
• "Lawmakers Seek to Crack Down on Junk Food as Obesity Epidemic Worsens," Austin American-Statesman, April 19, 2011
• Healthy Eating Habits Baseline Study for SNAP, Texas Department of State Health Services, July 2009
• "Agriculture Chief: Delaying Farm Bill Would Hurt Rural U.S.," USA Today, April 27, 2012

• Port of Houston Authority

• "Panama Canal Expansion to Boost Local Business," Community Impact Newspaper, April 13, 2012
• Port and Inland Waterways Modernization: Options for the Future and Working Draft Report - Version 1 (April 2, 2012), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• "Panama Canal Expansion Raises Expectations in Houston," Texas Tribune, February 20, 2012
• Potential Effects of the Panama Canal Expansion on the Texas Transportation System: Final Report, Texas Department of Transportation, October 2011

• Human Service Transportation Coordination State Profile: Texas, National Conference of State Legislatures, March 2012
• Human Services Transportation Coordination, National Conference of State Legislatures
• Public Transportation Programs (see Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities), Texas Department of Transportation
• Section 5310 Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities Application Information Guide, Texas Department of Transportation, Revised June 16, 2011
• Help for Texans - Transportation, Texas Department of Aging and Disabilities Services

• Capital Expenditure Plans FY2012-FY2016Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, July 2011
• UTSA to Unveil Details on $120 Million Capital Campaign San Antonio Business Journal, April 12, 2012
• Financing Higher Education in Texas, Legislative Budget Board, January 2011
• State of Texas 2012-2013 Capital Expenditure Plan, Texas Bond Review Board, September 2010

Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
Charge: Cost-containment strategies across the Health and Human Services enterprise

• Health Cost Containment and Efficiencies: NCSL Briefs for State Legislators, National Conference of State Legislatures, updated March 2012
• "In Hopeful Sign, Health Spending Is Flattening Out," New York Times, April 28, 2012
• What Are the Biggest Drivers of Cost in U.S. Healthcare? (issue brief), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, July 2011

Charge: Implementation of health care quality and efficiency initiatives (SB 7, 82nd 1st C.S.), including Medicaid/CHIP quality-based payments, Texas Institute of Health Care Quality and Efficiency, Health Care Collaborative, and others; improving birth outcomes and reducing infant and maternal mortality

• Highlights of the 82nd Texas Legislature, Volume II, Administration, Quality, and Efficiency of Health Care - S.B. 7 (p. 916), Senate Research Center, October 2011
• Medicaid/CHIP Quality-Based Payment Advisory Committee and Briefing Document: Review of Performance Measures to Support a Quality-Based Payment Program, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, February 2012
• Quality-Based Payment and Delivery Reforms in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Annual Report, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, December 2011
• Texas Institute of Health Care Quality and Efficiency Board Members Announced, Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals, March 19, 2012
• Healthy Texas Babies - Infant and Maternal Health Data, Texas Department of State Health Services, last updated April 17, 2012
• Maternal and Child Health, National Conference of State Legislatures, updated January 9, 2012
• State of Texas Children 2012 (p. 7), Center for Public Policy Priorities/Kids Count, April 2012

May 9th
Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
Charge: Mental health system

• Crisis Point: Mental Health Workforce Shortages in Texas, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, The University of Texas at Austin, March 2011
• Grading the States 2009: A Report on America's Health Care System for Adults with Serious Mental Illness, Texas report, National Alliance on Mental Illness, March 2009
• Interactive: Texas' Shortage of Psychiatrists, Mental Health Workers and Mental Health Workforce Shortage More Critical in Minority Communities, Texas Tribune, December 2011
• Mental Health: A Survey of State-Funded Delivery, Texas Public Policy Foundation, November 2011