The Brief: Top Texas News for June 27, 2011

The Big Conversation:

Will they or won't they? That's the question lawmakers, who seem to have met for a matter of minutes in the waning days of the special legislative session, face today on a series of controversial measures Gov. Rick Perry added to the call, from the TSA anti-groping bill to "sanctuary cities."

More and more, it's looking like "won't." The House didn't even have the quorum needed to pass less controversial measures on Friday, the result not of subversive Democrats, but of Republican members on vacation or off in their districts. And even ...

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