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Brenham, Texas is located in Washington County. Zip codes in Brenham, TX include 77834, and 77833. The median home price in Brenham is $200,000. More Brenham information.

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Tuesday May 14 | Texas Tribune

Family nurse practitioner Jean Gisler at her office in Victoria, Texas.

Advanced practice nurses and physician assistants under the supervision of a physician may soon have broader authority to prescribe controlled substances, after the House gave preliminary approval on Tuesday to the so-called "scope-of-practice" bill.

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Mon May 13, 2013

Chron

Brenham pharmacy burglary like something out of 'Mission Impossible'

Less than a week after brazen thieves made off with more than $12,000 in prescription drugs from a Brenham pharmacy, investigators have few leads to go on.

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Houston Chronicle

Weekly Weather: After a couple cool mornings, summer is coming

Good morning and welcome to my weekly weather report on the immediate past, present and future of weather in the Bayou City.

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Coin World

Rare 50 die variety surfaces unattributed

The Overton 127a variety of 1806 Draped Bust half dollar is characterized by the heavy die break at the star 6 position shown by the arrow on this recently identified example.

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Fri May 10, 2013

KBTX-TV Bryan

Thieves Cut Hole in Roof of Brenham Pharmacy, Steal $12K in Drugs

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH is in effect for Grimes, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Waller, and Walker Counties until 7AM Saturday.

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Thu May 09, 2013

The Austin Chronicle

Lawmakers Reject Medical Marijuana Protection for Patients

A conservative measure that would have created an affirmative defense to prosecution for pot possession for seriously ill Texas patients has died in a House committee without being called up for a vote.

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Wed May 08, 2013

Texas Tribune

The Brief: May 8, 2013

Gov. Rick Perry speaks with a reporter on Feb. 21, 2012, a month after dropping his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.

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Thu May 02, 2013

KIII

Mom says woman found after 11 years is doing OK

A woman who surfaced 11 years after disappearing and leaving behind her young children is doing OK but "had a real traumatic time," her mother said Thursday.

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MLive.com

Getting to know the Detroit Lions undrafted free agents

Oklahoma linebacker Alex Elkins was a baseball and rugby star in high school and didn't start playing football until college.

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Mon Apr 29, 2013

KBTX-TV Bryan

Surveillance Camera Captures Caretaker Assaulting Mentally Disabled Man

A Hempstead man and former caretaker at the Brenham State Supported Living Center is sentenced to two years in prison for Injury to a Disabled Individual, a second degree felony.

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Sun Apr 28, 2013

MySanAntonio.com

Personal stories help shape Medicaid debate, decisions

Rep. Lois Kolkhorst is fiercely focused on the numbers when it comes to whether the state should expand Medicaid, but the chart-wielding dynamo was solemn when confronted with one of the many faces behind the figures.

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Dallas Morning News

Kolkhorst: "TX has never jumped into any federal program"

Rep. Lois Kolkhorst is riding point for the red team that is trying to keep Texas from doing the Medicaid expansion under Obamacare.

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Sat Apr 27, 2013

Seattle Times

Texas Blubonnets Lure Admirers, Trespassers

It is bluebonnet season in Texas, when hayfields and grazing pastures are transformed into seas of indigo bloom.

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Fri Apr 26, 2013

The Beaumont Enterprise

Two students advance to state spelling meet

Two students advance to state spelling meet Two Jasper High School students are headed to the state UIL Academics contest after placing at Saturday's Regional Spelling competition at Blinn College in Brenham.

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Thu Apr 25, 2013

Texas Tribune

Legislators Seek Action on Medicaid Fraud Measures

After the discovery that the state was spending millions of dollars on fraudulent Medicaid dental and orthodontic care, state lawmakers held hearings ahead of the legislative session to identify what went wrong and how to prevent future fraud.

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Tue Apr 23, 2013

KHOU-TV Houston

Houston forecast: Rain on the way late Tuesday

Some much needed rain is heading to parts of southeast Texas as a cool front pushes through late Tuesday, said KHOU 11 News Meteorologist Mario Gomez.

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