Ramshaw and Stiles on the tepid growth of Big D during the last decade, Hamilton talks immigration with state Rep. Leo Berman, M. Smith on Texas education’s Race to the Top efforts and more: The best of our best content from Feb. 28 to March 4, 2011.
March 2011
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Health care
The Week in Texas Politics Recap: Feb. 28 to March 4
No time to follow every twist and turn of the Texas Legislature? We’ve made it easier for you with our weekly recaps of the action under the dome.
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Guides
Texplainer: Can a Judge Still Serve After Losing an Election?
Ever wonder what a defeated judge is doing up on the bench? Texplainer’s got your answer.
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Politics
Lawmakers Ratchet Up the Rhetoric
Texas lawmakers, out to protect their interests this session, appear to be ratcheting up their rhetoric. Politics as usual or a serious lapse in civil discourse?
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The Midday Brief: Top Texas Headlines for March 4, 2011
Your afternoon reading: state ordered to pay for five exonerees; grassroots education protests brewing; lawmaker wants easier Capitol access
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Public Education
State Releases Updated Superintendent Pay
The Texas Education Agency released new superintendent salary data this week, so we’ve updated our news app and added some new features.
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State Government
Interactive: Mapping How Rural Development Dollars Are Spent
Urban luxuries — say, running water — aren’t guaranteed everywhere in Texas. The state Department of Rural Affairs helps rural Texans get basic amenities, but the agency is on Gov. Rick Perry’s budget chopping block.
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Criminal Justice
Judge: Big Pharma Lawsuit May Proceed
A judge has ruled the state may continue its legal challenge against the pharmaceutical company Janssen over allegations it offered officials kickbacks to get a schizophrenia medicine on a preferred drug list.
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The Brief: Top Texas News for March 4, 2011
A slew of amendments — some serious, some not so much — couldn’t keep the Texas House from tentatively approving one of the strictest abortion laws in the country Thursday night.
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Energy
When Is a Tax Not a Tax?
Many Texas lawmakers have forsworn taxes, but they also promised to educate kids, to build roads, to care for the needy and to do what government is expected to do. It’s the adult version of those mathematical story problems that made sixth grade so much fun.