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Inside Texas Politics: Grading the 84th Legislature

On this week's edition of WFAA-TV's Inside Texas Politics, host Jason Whitely, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Bud Kennedy and Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey look back on the 84th Legislature.

By John JordanJune 7, 2015, 12:27 p.m. CentralUpdated June 7, 2015, 12:27 p.m. Central

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Inside Texas Politics: Grading the 84th Legislature

by John Jordan, The Texas Tribune
June 7, 2015

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<p class="byline">by John Jordan, The Texas Tribune <br />June 7, 2015</p>
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Inside Texas Politics: Grading the 84th Legislature

John Jordan, The Texas Tribune
June 7, 2015

On this week's edition of WFAA-TV's Inside Texas Politics, host Jason Whitely, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Bud Kennedy and Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey look back on the 84th Legislature, which wrapped up its biennial business last Monday. 

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