Rick Perry’s 28-year-old son, Griffin, has propelled himself into the headlines — and injected some much-needed energy into his father’s decidedly downtrodden candidacy — with his Twitter missives from the campaign trail.
Jan 13, 2012 5:00 am
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Higher Education
Texas Colleges Adjust Due to Labor Market Needs
As the economy begins to show signs of life, efforts are under way at two-year colleges across Texas to make the state’s higher ed offerings more responsive to the labor market.
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State Government
The Supremes Try to Untangle Texas Redistricting
The Supreme Court examines a simple question without an easy answer: Delay the Texas elections, or use maps that haven’t been vetted?
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State Government
Primaries: The Maps Are Just the Start of It
Once they have maps, election administrators say they need 60 to 80 days to put an election together, and the April 3 primaries won’t be possible, they say, if they don’t have maps by the end of the month. That’s just a couple of weeks.
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Politics
An Entertaining Tangle
The major Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate knocked heads Thursday night in a debate that was a good deal livelier than the presidential forums that have become a TV mainstay.
