Texas local school bureaucrats are not graduating enough of our students ready for college or career. We need to wake up, and wake up now, to the deeper truth that it is time to stop blaming the messengers. It is time to fix the problem. Full Story
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The former prosecutor, state lawmaker, Texas Tech chancellor and AT&T executive talks about his latest initiative to make casino gambling legal in Texas. Full Story
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Mitt Romney hit up Dallas donors on Tuesday as he struggled to move past the "47 percent" controversy overwhelming his campaign. Full Story
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Harris County says it is running out of room to store blood in closed investigations. The district attorney is asking the attorney general to allow courts to order the destruction of old evidence. Some worry that could set a dangerous precedent. Full Story
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Wildfire season across the American West and Texas is getting longer and more destructive every year, according to a new report from the research organization Climate Central. Full Story
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El Paso Democrat Martha Dominguez's apparent absence from the campaign trail has prompted her SBOE opponent to call her a "ghost" — and has sparked criticism from members of her own party. But that may not stop her from winning the race. Full Story
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After populations in Texas plummeted last year due to disease and drought, quail counts are on the rise this season. But that small increase might not be enough to bring hunters out in full force. Full Story
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Republican Randy Weber, a state representative from Pearland trying to make the leap to U.S. Congress in CD-14, unveiled his first commercial of the general election — a takeoff on the president's "You didn't build that" speech. Full Story
Your evening reading: Texas Democrats slam Romney as he visits Dallas for fundraiser; Hancock scores Huckabee endorsement; National Guard aiding search for missing radioactive device in Texas Full Story
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For this week's nonscientific survey of political and governmental insiders, we asked horse race questions about competitive races for the state's top criminal court, Congress and the state Senate. Full Story
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The tough-but-charming YNN political journalist succeeds Thanh Tan as our on-air brand. Capitol power players, consider yourselves warned. Full Story
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Democrat Keith Hampton is focusing his campaign to lead the state’s top criminal court on winning over Republicans. That is the key, he says, to defeating controversial long-time Judge Sharon Keller. Full Story
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Mitt Romney's push on Monday to refocus his campaign on policy issues — including immigration — was instead engulfed by the latest controversy to hit the presidential race. Full Story
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In the last several days, multiple universities, including two in Texas, have received bomb threats. The different responses highlight the individual nature of each case and raise questions of how best to go about warning a campus. Full Story
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It’s a story that goes back years: If Hispanics voted in large numbers, Texas might change from Rick Perry red to game-changing blue. But observers say that theory oversimplifies a diverse demographic. Full Story
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Worries about the new presidential government in Mexico are overblown, says San Antonio native Nelson Balido, the president of the Border Trade Alliance, who recently met with the president-elect’s transition team in Mexico City. Full Story
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More landowners and public safety officials have begun calling on the state to respond to last year's devastating wildfires by lighting more fires — so-called prescribed burns that help remove the dry grass and brush that fuel the blazes. Full Story
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U.S. Senate candidates Ted Cruz and Paul Sadler have agreed to a second Dallas debate, this one hosted by KERA and set for Oct. 19. Full Story
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The Supreme Court of Texas heard arguments Tuesday in a case challenging the constitutionality of the state's primary business tax, a case that could have major implications for the way the state funds schools. Full Story
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Your evening reading: Gallego, Lampson launch TV ad campaigns; in leaked video, Romney jokes he'd have better shot at winning if his father was Mexican; commission to request emergency appropriation to cover Medicaid Full Story
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