The Brief: April 25, 2011
Though the House has already thrown the first punch, the Senate will enter the ring this week to fight for billions of dollars in state funding. Full Story
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David Muto was the editor of TribTalk, The Texas Tribune's opinion page. He is also the Tribune's copy editor. A Richardson native, he attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned degrees in journalism and Spanish.
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