The Evening Brief: Sept. 24, 2012
Your evening reading: FreedomWorks endorses Hughes for House speaker; Cornyn says he's open to campaign finance reform; former state GOP chairman dies Full Story
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Texas SAT Scores Drop, but Participation Rates Surge
More black and Hispanic students in Texas are taking the SAT, but they aren't doing as well, according to a report released Monday by the Texas Education Agency. Full Story
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Kimbrough Leaving Youth Agency, Returning to DPS
Texas Juvenile Justice Department spokesman Jim Hurley said Jay Kimbrough, who served as interim leader of the agency from May until this month, will be returning to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Full Story
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Gallego's Spanish-Language Ad Foreshadows Debate
State Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, challenging U.S. Rep. Francisco "Quico" Canseco, R-San Antonio, in the race for Congressional District 23, is running a Spanish-language biographical spot in advance of their Spanish-language debate this week. Full Story
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The Brief: Sept. 24, 2012
Miss the Tribune Festival over the weekend? Fret not. Full Story
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The Texas Tribune Festival: A Recap
For those of you who missed the second annual Texas Tribune festival, you're in luck: Our reporters liveblogged virtually every event. Full Story
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The Oops Diaries: Gay Pollster's Role in Anti-Gay TV Ad Was Concealed
Gov. Rick Perry's anti-gay "Strong" ad was one of the most controversial (and heavily mocked) TV spots of the 2012 campaign. Tribune reporter Jay Root's new book, Oops!, pulls back the curtain on the internal struggle over the ad. Full Story
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Climate Change Could Bring Vampire Bats to Texas
Contrary to a recent alarming news report in Central Texas, there are no vampire bats in the state, or even the U.S. But according to one scientific model, climate change threatens to push populations of the blood-hungry creatures close to Texas. Full Story
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Candidates Walk Fine Line Between Primary, General Elections
The problem with very partisan primary elections is that the winning candidates risk being too partisan for general election voters. Full Story
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Festival Liveblog: A Conversation About the 2012 Presidential Race
We're liveblogging from The Texas Tribune Festival's closing session, A Conversation About the 2012 Presidential Race, with panelists Gwen Ifill, Hendrik Hertzberg and Julie Mason. Full Story
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Liveblog: Speaker Straus at the Texas Tribune Festival
We're liveblogging this weekend from The Texas Tribune Festival, and from this special morning session with Texas House Speaker Joe Straus. Full Story
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The Oops Diaries: Sleep Disorder Contributed to Perry's Unraveling
Before "oops moment" entered the political lexicon, Rick Perry was already becoming known for gaffes. Now it's clear the former presidential contender's health problems — including previously undiagnosed sleep apnea and pain from back surgery — were major contributing factors. Full Story
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Texas Weekly Newsreel: Paul Sadler, Committees, Dancing
This week in the Newsreel: Paul Sadler tries to get the word out about his campaign for U.S. Senate, state senators (and others) wait for committee assignments, and Texas Supreme Court Justice Dale Wainwright resigns. And there's some dancing. Full Story
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Liveblog: Trade & Transportation at The Texas Tribune Festival
We're liveblogging this weekend from The Texas Tribune Festival's Trade & Transportation track, which includes panels on light rail in Texas, the future of trade and the upcoming legislative session. Full Story
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Liveblog: Energy & Environment at The Texas Tribune Festival
We're liveblogging this weekend from The Texas Tribune Festival's Energy & Environment track, which includes panels on the future of water in Texas, the state's electricity woes and the upcoming legislative session. Full Story
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Liveblog: Health & Human Services at The Texas Tribune Festival
We're liveblogging this weekend from The Texas Tribune Festival's Health & Human Services track, which includes panels on the Affordable Care Act, family planning, stem cell policy and the upcoming legislative session. Full Story
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Liveblog: Public & Higher Education at The Texas Tribune Festival
We're liveblogging this weekend from The Texas Tribune Festival's Public & Higher Education track, which includes panels on the future of school finance, standardized testing, the emerging Hispanic majority and the upcoming legislative session. Full Story
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Liveblog: Race & Immigration at The Texas Tribune Festival
We're liveblogging this weekend from The Texas Tribune Festival's Race & Immigration track, which includes panels on the future of Texas politics, the DREAM Act, voter ID and whether Texas still needs the Voting Rights Act. Full Story
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Liveblog: Law & Order at The Texas Tribune Festival
We're liveblogging this weekend from The Texas Tribune Festival's Law & Order track, which includes panels on exonerated inmates, forensic science, prosecutorial misconduct and the future of juvenile justice. Full Story
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Swartsell digs in Dallas’ garbage and finds green, M. Smith on a “ghost” candidate in El Paso, Hamilton on university responses to bomb threats, Grissom on soaring hepatitis costs in state prisons, Galbraith on the real causes of power outages, Batheja on Paul Sadler’s underdog race for U.S. Senate, Aguilar’s interview with a Houston Republican who is trying to solve the immigration problem, Aaronson reports on the biggest uninsured population in the U.S. and Dehn’s Weekend Insider peeks at Root’s new book on the Perry presidential campaign: The best of our best from Sept. 17 to 21, 2012. Full Story
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