It's summertime in Texas, and things only got warmer this weekend in Dallas as the state Republican party whipped up clouds of hot, thick anti-Washington fervor.
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Get out your streamers and sparkles and red, white and blue (oh, and your cowboy boot raffle ticket, too). It's the state Republican convention!
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Is the race for governor over?
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It's Bill White versus the campaign hydra this week.
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Efforts to contain the oil still gushing into the Gulf of Mexico finally seem to be making headway, but the government is now warning that the remaining slick may have a mind of its own.
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Forecasters pegging a looming state budget shortfall at $18 billion don't have Gov. Rick Perry particularly worried.
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Physician-owned hospitals, which provide some of the best health care in the nation but have been in danger since health insurance reform passed, are taking their case to court.
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For Gov. Rick Perry, the fight between the state of Texas and the Environmental Protection Agency — a textbook example of states' rights versus federal authority — may be heating up at just the right time.
