“Static kill” has emerged as an early candidate for term of the year.
August 2010
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State Government
Kip Averitt: The TT Interview
The McGregor Republican — who quit the Texas Senate earlier this year — talked to the Tribune on Tuesday about politics and parties, redistricting, things left undone and how the Legislature changed during his time there.
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Criminal Justice
Reservoir Dogged
In 2004, two brothers thought they had found the perfect ecologically friendly business venture: create a wetlands preserve on 4,000 acres of neglected farmland along the Sulphur River in Northeast Texas and make a pile of money selling mitigation credits to developers who build over environmentally sensitive lands elsewhere. Seven years later, the only thing stopping them from realizing that dream is the state of Texas, which has plans to submerge their property under 80 feet of water.
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State Government
A Conversation with Kip Averitt
No longer a government official, former state Sen. Kip Averitt talked with the Tribune’s Ross Ramsey about politics and parties, redistricting, things left undone and how the Legislature has changed during his time there.
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T-Squared
T-Squared: The Kids Are All Right
Our remarkable crop of summer interns — optimistic and high-spirited at a low moment for our business — are the future of this thing we do. Their schools should be proud of what they accomplished over the last two months. They themselves should be. We certainly are.
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Public Education
Autism in Texas Schools: Ben’s Story
Central Texas parent Charity Smith Bartell discusses the challenges her autistic son faces in the Texas public school system. Unsatisfied with Ben’s progress in the classroom, Bartell has invested her own time and money into tutoring him at home to meet his complex educational needs.
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Public Education
Special Needs
After a decade in which Texas has seen a 400 percent increase in the number of children with autism, lawmakers are wrestling with how best to educate the afflicted — and how to pay for it.
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T-Squared
T-Squared: The Nine-Month Stats
Monthly uniques and page views are much higher than we projected; more of our visitors are from outside Austin than we ever could have hoped; and our search engine optimization strategy is paying off: All is better-than-well here at the Trib.
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On the Records: Mapping Governor’s Race Contributions [Updated]
What do per-capita contribution maps tell us about the Texas governor’s race?