The head of the state’s Commission on Jail Standards could do time for being too open about a suicide in the Nueces County lockup. Is the indictment of Adan Muñoz retaliation by a sheriff his lawyer describes as a “crazy little bastard”? Regardless, an open government advocate calls it “outrageous.”
August 2010
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State Government
Iraq to the Future
President Obama is in El Paso today, visiting Fort Bliss before tonight’s White House address on the draw-down in Iraq. Against that backdrop, about 800 men and women of 36th Infantry Division of the Texas Army National Guard will ship out for Fort Lewis, Washington, to prepare for a nine-month tour in Iraq and the role they’ll play in bringing the U.S. presence there to a close by December 2011. Erika Aguilar of KUT News reports.
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Demographics
TribBlog: “La Barbie” Captured
Authorities in Mexico have detained the alleged Texas-born cartel leader Edgar Valdez Villarreal, also known as “La Barbie.”
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Demographics
TribBlog: Send in the Drone
State lawmakers have long been clamoring for an unmanned drone to boost security on the border. On Wednesday they’ll get their wish, as an unmanned drone begins patrolling the Texas skies.
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Congress
2010: Canseco Snubs Express-News [Updated]
Echoing Gov. Rick Perry’s refusal to interview with editorial boards across the state, Republican congressional candidate Francisco “Quico” Canseco says he won’t meet with his hometown paper.
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Ads Infinitum: White’s “Rick Perry’s Lobbyist Ball”
The latest ad from the Bill White campaign attacks the governor’s well-placed friends.
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Criminal Justice
A Conversation With Greg Abbott
For the 11th event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the attorney general of Texas on the politics and constitutionality of gay marriage, why he’s suing the feds over health care and why he filed a brief in support of the Arizona immigration law.
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Criminal Justice
Barbara Ann Radnofsky: The TT Interview
The Democratic nominee for attorney general on how long of a long-shot campaign she’s mounting, the incumbent’s predilection for “show lawsuits” and whether she’s willing to debate her opponent (we’ll give you one guess).