The State Commission on Judicial Conduct is taking on Judge Sharon Keller’s appeal of its sanction.
August 2010
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2010: Nobody’s Schedule Is Perfect
Pop quiz: Which elected official’s spokesman argued that their workload “may not be evident through a simple review of listings on a calendar”?
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Public Education
The Brief: Aug. 6, 2010
With a friend like the federal government, who needs enemies?
Posted inState Government
Fundraiser in Chief
President Obama is coming to Austin and Dallas on Monday. He’ll make a stop on the University of Texas campus to deliver a speech before throngs of supporters — and, no doubt, protesters. But as Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, the main focus of his trip is green, not burnt orange.
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Health care
Digging Up the Past
Young adults who age out of Texas foster care often request their records to reconnect with estranged siblings, to track down biological families or to understand what they endured. But child welfare advocates complain the state routinely denies these requests, saying the records can’t be found or will take months or even years to compile — assuming they respond at all. State officials admit they have a large backlog but insist they’ve beefed up staff and are putting new policies in place to address it.
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Demographics
Crossing While Contagious
The 1,200-mile border it shares with Mexico makes Texas one the most vulnerable states when it comes to imported infectious diseases. In a majority of cases, Customs and Border Protection officers are unable to detect these public health threats at ports of entry, according to a new Centers for Disease Control study.
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2010: An Opponent for Birdwell [Updated]
Democratic officials in Senate District 22 got together in a Hillsboro restaurant Thursday evening and nominated John Cullar to run for the state Senate seat now held by Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury.
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Public Education
TribBlog: Dewhurst: “We Will File Suit”
Texas will sue the federal government, yet again, if Texas-specific requirements are not removed from budget legislation that passed the U.S. Senate today, according to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.
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Ads Infinitum: Bill White’s “Part-Time Perry”
For his latest attack on Gov. Rick Perry, challenger Bill White has found the perfect messenger: Todd Rundgren.