2010: White Only 4% Behind Perry?
Democrat Bill White runs stronger against Republican Rick Perry than either of Perry's Republican primary rivals, according to a new Daily Kos/Research 2000 Texas Poll. Full Story
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The Midday Brief: February 12, 2010
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
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TribBlog: Tax Revenues Continue to Fall
Sales tax collections fell by double digits, again. Full Story
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2010: Newspaper Endorsements: SAEN for Gilbert
"Gilbert is far more knowledgeable about agriculture issues and state government than Friedman." Full Story
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2010: Newspaper Endorsements: DMN, SAEN on Lite Guv
"Earle has the better insight into the levers of power in government," says the Morning News. "Chavez-Thompson is undoubtedly the best Democratic candidate in the race," says the Express-News. Full Story
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TribBlog: NYT Mag on SBOE's "Christian Nation"
It seems the social conservatives on the State Board of Education may be on their way to getting more ink than any other politicians in modern Texas history, a cause that will be helped in this Sunday's printing of The New York Times Magazine. Full Story
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TribBlog: TX Supreme Court To Consider "Pole Tax"
The Texas Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of a $5 tax on admission to the state's strip clubs — a measure lawmakers implemented in 2007 to raise money for sexual assault prevention and low-income health insurance. Full Story
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Ads Infinitum: KBH's "Honest"
With early voting starting next week and public poll numbers in the twenties, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's latest spot aims to remind voters why they should like her more than the incumbent governor. Full Story
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2010: 100k Jobs or I'll Quit!
Farouk Shami's latest promise. Full Story
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The Brief: February 12, 2010
Debra Medina, take comfort in the words of Cat Stevens — "The first cut is the deepest." Especially if the cut is about 9/11 truthers. Full Story
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TribBlog: CPPP Says Texas Kids Fare Worse Than Most
Texas kids are poorer, hungrier and more often uninsured than kids in almost any other state, according to the Center for Public Policy Priorities. Full Story
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Blame the Whistleblower?
When a West Texas sheriff criminally charged a nurse who reported an unethical doctor to the Texas Medical Board, it sent shockwaves through the nation’s nursing community. But her acquittal has done little to calm the furor. Full Story
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Texas Tea
The Tea Party is a movement more than an organization, with various Texas offshoots that agree on some things and not on others. Like whether to be a PAC or a nonprofit. Which issues to emphasize. And whether to endorse — gulp — Democrats. Full Story
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Perry, White Way Ahead
In the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, Rick Perry and Bill White are way out front in their respective primaries. Full Story
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The Polling Center: First Take on the February 2010 Results
The University of Texas / Texas Tribune poll, conducted from February 1-7, shows Gov. Rick Perry holding a 24-point lead over U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Republican gubernatorial primary contest, with Debra Medina posing a surprisingly strong challenge to Hutchison for second place. Full Story
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2010: Allbaugh Joins the Medina Dogpile
Former FEMA head Joe Allbaugh jumped into the Medina-9/11 kerfuffle, landing landing himself squarely with Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the scorn section. Full Story
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2010: And KBH Slams Medina
"An affront to the men and women who are sacrificing their lives..." Full Story
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TribBlog: Growing Number of Physicians Use e-Records
The number of Texas physicians who use electronic medical records has been on the rise for the last four years, according to a Texas Medical Association study. Full Story
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2010: Borris Miles Keeps it Flowing
The primary matchup between perennial opponents state Rep. Al Edwards, D-Houston, and former state Rep. Borris Miles is going where most haven't publicly gone before: the urinal. Full Story
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2010: Perry Slams Medina
"Should be ashamed." Full Story
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