Following Gov. Rick Perry’s indictment on charges of abuse of power and coercion, Texas Democrats are trying to capitalize, saying the case raises larger questions about ethics within the Republican Party.
August 2014
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Criminal Justice
Analysis: It’s Not the Crime, It’s the Politics
Friday’s indictment of Gov. Rick Perry could be to his possible presidential bid what a sewer leak is to the opening of a new restaurant: The food might not be the diners’ strongest memory of the meal.
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Criminal Justice
Grand Jury Indicts Perry Over Integrity Unit Veto
A grand jury indicted Rick Perry on Friday, alleging he abused his power by threatening to veto funding for the state’s anti-corruption unit unless Travis County DA Rosemary Lehmberg, who had pleaded guilty to drunk driving, stepped down.
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Energy
On Climate Rules, Texas Regulators Look Beyond Litigation
Texas should not bank on legal action to free itself from the Obama administration’s proposal to tackle climate change, two state regulators said Friday at a Public Utility Commission workshop.
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Energy
Christi Craddick: The TT Interview
The Railroad Commission’s new chairman on the agency’s dual role as an industry watchdog and champion, the push to ban fracking in Denton and the commission’s efforts on earthquakes and disposal wells.
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Politics
Lt. Gov. Race Could Be Good for Business
State Sens. Dan Patrick and Leticia Van de Putte have taken to promoting their business credentials while campaigning to become the state’s lieutenant governor in a race that influential groups say should be good for business.
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Demographics
Veterinary Medicine Lacks Hispanics in Texas, U.S.
There were 84 Hispanic veterinarians in Texas in 2010, making up less than 2 percent of the state’s 5,728 veterinarians, according to the 2014 book Changing Texas, whose lead author, Steve H. Murdock, is the former state demographer.
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Higher Education
In Final Months, Cigarroa Rises to His Own Defense
University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, in his final months on the job, is taking on critics, including the head of the Association of American Universities, in an effort, he said, to correct the record.
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Energy
The Brief: Aug. 15, 2014
One of the most intractable questions in Texas politics in recent years is why the state hasn’t moved blue despite drastic demographic changes. A new analysis from The New York Times sheds new light on why this is so.
Posted inState Government
Texas Medical Association PAC Backs Arrington
Jodey Arrington received the endorsement of TEXPAC, the political action committee for the Texas Medical Association, in his bid to win the vacant Senate District 28 seat.
