Budget talks a bust

Despite an hour-long meeting at the White House Friday, no deal was reached to avoid an automatic $85 billion in automatic spending cuts.

Paul Brown sat down with Scott Braddock from the Quorum Report, Ben Philpott from KUT and Jonathan Tilove from the Austin American-Statesman to talk about the failed negotiations, along with Medicaid expansion, education funding and more.

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Rep. Paul Workman

As a member of several committees dealing with business, manufacturing and economic development, Republican Rep. Paul Workman is well suited to talk about industry in Texas. The Austin-area lawmaker stopped by the studio to talk about his goals for the session.

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Ashes and taxes

Democratic Sen. Carlos Uresti has introduced a new bill to raise the legal buying age for cigarettes to 21. Click the video below to see the full story.

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