A subdued first day of the special session disguised a brewing Republican show of legislative force.
June 2011
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Politics
Imperiled Doggett “Ready to Battle” New Map
Under a new congressional redistricting map, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, would lose 60,000 constituents who voted for President Barack Obama in 2008. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune talked with Doggett about the proposal, which the congressman said “plunged a dagger into the heart” of Travis County.
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State Government
Sizing Up a Rick Perry White House Bid
There’s a sort of collective disbelief within the Texas political establishment about Republican Gov. Rick Perry testing the uncertain waters of a presidential campaign. But if critics have learned nothing else about Perry, they should know this: Underestimate him at your peril.