Does Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst have the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in the bag?
February 2011
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Senate Race Wide Open as Voters Are Glum About Future
Most Texas voters haven’t decided, but if they voted today, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst would lead the field for the Republican nomination to replace U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.
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Health care
Garnet Coleman: The TT Interview
The Democratic state representative from Houston on his Republican colleagues’ quest for a federal Medicaid waiver, the problem with block grants and what realistically the feds could do to help Texas and other states.
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The Midday Brief: Top Texas Headlines for Feb. 21, 2011
Your afternoon reading: Advanced Placement incentives, the budget shortfall and 1987, and one House member’s immigration solution
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TribLive: Carter, Burkett and Anderson Full Video
TribLive: Evan Smith interviews state Reps. Stefani Carter, R-Dallas, Cindy Burkett, R-Mesquite, and Rodney Anderson, R-Grand Prairie.
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Public Education
TribLive: Carter, Burkett and Anderson
Last Wednesday, I sat down with three first-term members of the Texas House — Stefani Carter, R-Dallas; Cindy Burkett, R-Mesquite; and Rodney Anderson, R-Grand Prairie — to talk about their first weeks in office.
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Public Education
Carter, Burkett and Anderson on Public Ed Cuts
At last Wednesday’s TribLive conversation, first-term House members Stefani Carter, R-Dallas, Cindy Burkett, R-Mesquite, and Rodney Anderson, R-Grand Prairie, explained why they think deep cuts to public education are possible.
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State Government
Carter, Burkett and Anderson on the Speaker’s Race
At last Wednesday’s TribLive conversation, first-term House member Cindy Burkett, R-Mesquite, explained why she voted against Speaker Joe Straus. Stefani Carter, R-Dallas, talked about losing the North Texas Tea Party’s “approved” status after she voted for Straus. And Rodney Anderson, R-Grand Prairie, weighed in on his own vote for Straus.
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State Government
Carter, Burkett and Anderson on the Rainy Day Fund
At last Wednesday’s TribLive conversation, first-term House members Stefani Carter, R-Dallas, Cindy Burkett, R-Mesquite, and Rodney Anderson, R-Grand Prairie, talked about whether the Legislature should dip into the Rainy Day Fund to reduce the size of the projected budget shortfall.
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A Conversation with Carter, Burkett and Anderson
Full audio of last Wednesday’s TribLive conversation with first-term House members Stefani Carter, R-Dallas, Cindy Burkett, R-Mesquite, and Rodney Anderson, R-Grand Prairie.