2010: Matt Hearts Rick
Hmm, maybe the Great Burka is right. Full Story
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The Midday Brief: November 12, 2009
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
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On the Records: Campaign-Finance FAIL.
Numbers and text don't mix. Full Story
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2010: Dick Cheney in Houston Next Week
Former VP Dick Cheney is coming back to Texas. He'll be at a Houston fundraiser for gubernatorial hopeful Kay Bailey Hutchison. Full Story
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Is Texas in the Race?
The federal government is giving away $4.35 billion to state education systems through Race to the Top. But is Texas already out? Full Story
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The Brief: November 12, 2009
One little speech and everybody’s all atwitter. Full Story
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Broken Border, Part Five: Safer?
In some places, the governor's border security efforts have led to a reduction in crime — in rural counties, for instance, where there aren't many people and there wasn't much crime to begin with. But in large urban counties like El Paso and Webb, it's a different story. Full Story
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Off The Books, Part Two: Contractor Conflicts
State contractors – many of whom get paid top dollar to advise Texas agencies – are largely immune from reporting conflicts of interest. Full Story
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T-Squared: Share and Share Alike
We've made it easier for you to push our stories out to the world — out to your world — on Facebook and Twitter. Full Story
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HuTube: Rick Perry Calls For Bigger, Better Tea Parties
Watch Governor Rick Perry's Wednesday speech at the Midland County Republican Women's luncheon, where he claims President Barack Obama is "beyond not caring about Texas." Full Story
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TribBlog: The Inside of Hasan's Apartment
All-star Dallas Morning News journalists Lee Hancock and Courtney Perry somehow finagled their way into the apartment of Maj. Nidal Hasan, the army psychiatrist who murdered more than a dozen people at Fort Hood last week. Full Story
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The Midday Brief: November 11, 2009
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
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Party Hoppers
"It’d be like someone standing at the Alamo going, ‘I’m not gonna survive this thing,’ and all of a sudden he jumps up and starts speaking Spanish!" says Rep. Mark Homer, D-Paris. Maybe so, but switching parties usually works out. Full Story
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Robert's Rules
State schools chief Robert Scott recently failed to get the Legislature to increase the cap on charter schools — then found a legal way to do it anyway, much to the dismay of state Democrats and teachers unions. Full Story
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Texas Weekly: Private, Patient-centered Health Insurance
A patient-centered approach to health care reform would build on America's world-leading quality and high patient satisfaction in a way that extends those benefits to even more people and empowers all patients to make their own medical decisions. Full Story
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On the Records: Redact Much?
The Texas Public Information Act allows agencies to redact information for security and privacy reasons. The Texas Border Sheriff's Coalition decided redact just about everything they possibly could on the invoices they sent me. Full Story
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The Brief: November 11, 2009
There was a bittersweet note of unity preceding what will undoubtedly prove a poignant Veteran’s Day. Full Story
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2010: Hopson's BFF
Republican Brian Walker, who lost a close race to Democrat Chuck Hopson in 2008, endorsed Hopson's reelection bid next year — now that Hopson has switched to the GOP. Full Story
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Off The Books, Part One: High-Price High-Tech
State agencies are spending tens of millions of dollars every year on information technology contract workers, employees who aren’t on the state payroll – but whose pay often dwarfs those who are. Full Story
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Texas Weekly: A National Plan for Affordable Insurance
To insure most Texans, two big changes are needed: a guarantee of affordable insurance pricing for everyone, and a strong subsidy system for those who can't pay without help. Full Story
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