T-Squared: Our Six-Month Stats
I'm pleased to report that the Trib's first-half-of-the-year traffic and fundraising numbers are significantly ahead of where they were in 2011. Full Story
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The Brief: July 2, 2012
Repercussions from Mexico's presidential election Sunday may soon begin to ripple north. Full Story
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PRI's Peña Nieto Projected Winner of Mexican Election
After 12 years of rule under the conservative National Action Party, Mexicans on Sunday elected Enrique Peña Nieto, a candidate from the Institutional Revolutionary Party, to lead Texas’ largest trade partner and southern neighbor. Full Story
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Turnout Key in GOP Senate Runoff
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Ted Cruz will spend the month of July fighting to win the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. Turnout and campaign messages will play a key role in who claims victory. Full Story
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Interactive Map: Texas House Committee Clout
Use this interactive to explore the geographic distribution of committee members in the Texas House, by committee, to see who's got what clout on what subject. Choose a committee and the map highlights the district of each member and, in a different color, the home districts of the chairs, vice chairs and co-chairs. Full Story
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Election Day in Mexico Has Attention of Texans
Texas lawmakers are watching Sunday's Mexican election with great interest. Some are concerned that if the Institutional Revolutionary Party returns to power, it would revive its tainted past. Full Story
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Mexico's Election Does Little to Ease Fears About Violence Along Border
No matter who wins Sunday's presidential election in Mexico, many on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border believe that cartel-related violence will continue across Mexico. Full Story
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaronson on the crackdown on barratry, Batheja on the scant differences between Ted Cruz and David Dewhurst, Grissom on a newsmaking trial's new venue, Hamilton on the UVA-UT parallels, Ramsey on corporate political giving and disclosure, Ramshaw and Luthra on what constitutional health reform means for Texas, my interview with three presidential campaign strategists, M. Smith on San Antonio's plan for full-day pre-K and Part 5 of Tan's series on family planning: The best of our best from June 25-28, 2012. Full Story
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The Evening Brief: June 29, 2012
Your evening reading: Dewhurst comes out against Medicaid expansion; sparks fly at Garcia, Veasey debate; San Antonio eying sales tax increase for pre-K program Full Story
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Former EPA Official Al Armendariz Joining Sierra Club
Two months after Al Armendariz resigned from his post as a Texas-based regional director for the Environmental Protection Agency, the Sierra Club has announced that Armendariz is joining its "Beyond Coal" campaign. Full Story
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Guest Column: Health Reform Ruling is Good for Texas
Thursday's court ruling, is, to paraphrase the vice president, a really big deal for the country and for Texas. Full Story
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Guest Column: Health Reform Ruling is Bad for Texas
The Supreme Court's ruling to uphold federal health reform represents a net defeat for Texas families struggling to afford health care in a market fatally distorted by government intervention and fiat. Full Story
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The Brief: June 29, 2012
Texas' political leadership took Thursday's news hard, but the next step for them — implementing federal health care reform in its entirety — may be even harder. Full Story
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More Areas in Gulf of Mexico to be Opened for Drilling
The Obama administration has announced plans to to expand drilling activities in the Gulf of Mexico, even as lingering effects of the disastrous 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill are still felt along parts of the Texas coastline. Full Story
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San Antonio Considers Tax for Pre-K Initiative
An eighth-of-a-cent sales tax increase is being proposed in San Antonio to fund full-day pre-kindergarten for primarily low-income children in the city. Full Story
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Court Stays the Course on Politics and Business
Corporations and unions can play in politics, but complete disclosures are not required. A corporate political campaign in Texas two years ago was unusual, featuring an unknown corporation that was open about what it was doing. Full Story
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On Most Major Issues, Cruz and Dewhurst Agree
On a wide range of issues at the front of Republican voters' minds, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former Solicitor General Ted Cruz essentially agree. Actual policy differences between the candidates are exceedingly narrow. Full Story
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Video: In Washington, Texans React to Health Ruling
After the high court ruled on Thursday, members of Texas' congressional delegation — and other Texans on hand for the decision — reacted with equal parts joy and outrage. Full Story
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Cruz and Patrick Have Heated Debate on Dewhurst's Record
Former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz and state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, had a tense exchange Thursday on Patrick’s radio show as they debated Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst's record. Full Story
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After Health Reform Ruling, Texas Has Big Decisions to Make
In the wake of Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding federal health reform, Texas must decide whether to expand Medicaid and whether to roll out a consumer marketplace for comparing and purchasing insurance coverage. Full Story
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