{"id":33432,"date":"2013-12-30T06:30:07","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T12:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/?p=33432"},"modified":"2013-12-26T15:04:18","modified_gmt":"2013-12-26T21:04:18","slug":"our-top-5-stories-of-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2013\/12\/30\/our-top-5-stories-of-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Top 5 Stories of 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo Illustration by Lars Baron\/Getty Images<\/p>

Two of our top stories this year looked at a new water fund for Texas.<\/p><\/div>\n

As we ring in a new year, we’re taking a look back at some of the top stories for StateImpact Texas in 2013. From cattle rustlers to electric cars, these were the five most popular stories of the year:<\/p>\n

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  1. Cattle Theft on The Rise in Texas, Despite Tougher Penalties:<\/a> “Ranchers saw a sharp jump in cattle rustling last year in Texas and Oklahoma. Over 10,000 cows and horses were reported missing or stolen. That\u2019s an almost 40 percent increase from the year before. It\u2019s a trend that\u2019s surprised some in law enforcement.”<\/li>\n
  2. Everything You Need to Know About Proposition 6, Texas\u2019 Water Fund:\u00a0<\/a>Texans had an opprtunity to vote on a new water fund for the state this election, and we took a close look at what exactly the fund could do.<\/li>\n
  3. Tesla Has Eyes for Texas, But Will the State Oblige?<\/a> “Because\u00a0of state law (which is similar to those in many other states<\/a>), manufacturers of cars can\u2019t directly sell new cars to customers in Texas. Enter Tesla, who wants to do just that, and is now engaged in a full-press charm offensive to get\u00a0the Texas legislature to amend the law.”<\/li>\n
  4. If Proposition 6 Passes, What Comes Next for Water in Texas?<\/a> Voters approved the first major spending on water project in decades this year: “If there\u2019s one thing that is certain, it\u2019s that Prop 6 would likely spur a burst of interest in the state water planning process, a bottom-up system in which regional groups put together proposals for their areas and then send those up to the state level for inclusion in the State Water Plan.”<\/li>\n
  5. After West Fertilizer Explosion, Concerns Over Safety, Regulation and Zoning<\/a>: In the days after a deadly explosion that killed fifteen and destroyed dozens of homes, questions arose over what could\u00a0have\u00a0been done to prevent it: “Even at this early stage of the investigation, there are signs that not all was right with the plant, like the fact that it had as much as\u00a0270 tons of ammonium nitrate<\/a>\u00a0(which can be\u00a0explosive<\/a>) at the site, but\u00a0no sprinklers or fire barriers<\/a>. It\u2019s also brought up questions about regulation in Texas, and whether homes and schools should be so close to industry.”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    As we ring in a new year, we’re taking a look back at some of the top stories for StateImpact Texas in 2013. From cattle rustlers to electric cars, these were the five most popular stories of the year: Cattle Theft on The Rise in Texas, Despite Tougher Penalties: “Ranchers saw a sharp jump in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[59],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33432"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33432"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33435,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33432\/revisions\/33435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}