Your afternoon reading: good news for Donna Howard, Huckabee in border spat, and a Perry appointee’s political history raises questions
February 2011
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Public Education
Athletics: Where Budget Balancers Fear to Tread?
With Texas public schools facing cuts of as much as $10 billion in state funding, predictions of the consequences have been dire: teacher layoffs, bigger class sizes, fewer instructional days. One topic conspicuously absent from the conversation: athletics.
Posted in
Demographics
Mexican Border Police Chief Gunned Down
The police chief in the border city across the Rio Grande from Laredo was killed late Wednesday, less than five weeks after taking office.
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Public Education
LiveBlog: TribLive with Rob Eissler
House Public Education Committee Chairman Rob Eissler talked with Texas Tribune CEO and Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith this morning. Here is our liveblog.
Posted inState Government
The Brief: Feb. 3, 2011
Reading this on a device tethered to an electrical outlet? Thank your lucky stars. Also, thank Mexico.
Posted in
Guides
Texplainer: Where Do I Park at the Capitol?
There are almost 1,600 parking choices when you come to see your lawmakers in action under the pink dome — though a fraction of them get reserved for special interest groups.
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Demographics
E-Verify Battle Could Soon Greet Texas Lawmakers
At least half a dozen bills have been filed in the Texas House mandating the use of the federal electronic employment verification system known as E-Verify. But is the system so fraught with errors that it actually hinders employers who use it to check the eligibility of new hires?
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Health care
The Texas Tribune Weekly TribCast: Ep 65
In this week’s TribCast, Evan, Ross, Reeve and Ben discuss the budget’s structural deficit, the effort to repeal health care reform, the back-and-forth over House District 48 and if 2011 will be the year Texas bans smoking.
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Energy
EPA Proposes New Regulations on Rocket Fuel Ingredient
The Environmental Protection Agency is developing new drinking-water regulations for a toxic rocket-fuel ingredient found in 26 states — including Texas.
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Health care
Health Care Advocates Offer Emotional Testimony
From patients and parents to nurses and practitioners, the many faces of Texans affected by health care budget cuts gathered at the Capitol today to give an earful to lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee.