Hey, Governor, you couldn’t have served up that bit of Texas color in your Newsweek interview?
Apr 27, 2010 9:26 pm
TribBlog: DHS Says Skies Too Crowded For Drones
Texasโ congested air space is preventing the deployment of unmanned aerial drones to the southern border, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
TribBlog: Coleman on Continental
Amid reports that a merger deal might soon be struck between Houston-based Continental Airlines and United Airlines, with the latter as the surviving company headquartered in Chicago, state Rep. Garnet Coleman discusses Houston’s long-standing relationship with Continental.
TribBlog: Hodge Sentenced to a Year in Prison
A U.S. district judge has sentenced embattled former state Rep. Terri Hodge to a year in prison in a Dallas City Hall corruption scandal that has already netted several other convictions.
2010: Did Lehrmann Violate Ethics Rules?
Debra Lehrmann may have violated campaign finance laws during her bid to become the Republican Supreme Court nominee, according to a complaint filed today with the Texas Ethics Commission.
On the Records: Mapping Texas Education
We’ve created three new maps for visualizing district-level demographics in Texas schools.
The Brief: April 27, 2010
Why Perry and White won’t debate, a murder spree in Dallas and fresh rage over Arizona’s immigration bill.
Cleaning Up the Gulf
Work continues to plug the oil well leaking in the Gulf of Mexico after the explosion and sinking of the BP-operated Deepwater Horizon rig. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports on clean up efforts.
Grade Stagflation
Hundreds of school districts can continue giving failing students inflated grades, after a Travis County Civil Court judge declined to rule in a lawsuit challenging the stateโs interpretation of a new law mandating โhonest grades.โ



