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February 2011
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Congress
Tom Leppert: “Why I’m Running”
Exiting Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert has released a lengthy (as in, more than three minutes) video on YouTube explaining why the Republican is running for U.S. Senate.
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The Midday Brief: Top Texas Headlines for Feb. 25, 2011
Your afternoon reading: Perry defends Wisconsin governor; terror suspect appears in Lubbock court; Leppert announces Senate run
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Tom Leppert Announces Senate Bid
It’s official. Republican Tom Leppert, who stepped down as mayor of Dallas this week, told a Dallas TV station that he is joining the race to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in 2012.
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State Government
Perry, O’Malley Talk Wisconsin, Jobs at Governors Meeting
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the Republican Governors Association chairman, squared off with Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, the Democratic Governors Association chief, this morning. Here’s the video, courtesy of Politico.
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Health care
Audio: A Conversation About Health Care
For our latest TribLive event, I talked about federal health care reform and the consequences of the state’s budget shortfall on health and human services programs with state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Simonton, Anne Dunkelberg of the Center for Public Policy Priorities and Tom Banning of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians.
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Health care
TribLive: A Conversation About Health Care
For our latest TribLive event, I talked about federal health care reform with state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Simonton, Anne Dunkelberg of the Center for Public Policy Priorities and Tom Banning of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians.
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Health care
Zerwas on Health Exchange Legislation
At Wednesday’s TribLive conversation about health care, state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Simonton, explained why he’s introduced legislation to implement a crucial part of federal health care reform.
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Health care
Zerwas on Abortion and Women’s Health Programs
At Wednesday’s TribLive conversation about health care, state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Simonton, warned against defunding providers of women’s health services as an unintended consequence of defunding abortion providers.
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Health care
Zerwas and Zerwas and Dunkelberg on What’s Good and Bad About “Obamacare”
At Wednesday’s TribLive conversation about health care, state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Simonton, and Anne Dunkelberg of the Center for Public Policy Priorities talked about what they like and don’t like about federal health care reform.
