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  • Redistricting Orders Create Political Chaos

    By Ross Ramsey

    Forget everything. The candidate announcements, the relocations, the decisions not to run again, the who vs. who and the campaign finance. With a Friday night order, the U.S. Supreme Court turned Texas election season into chaos. Full Story 

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    Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman

  • Report Raises Doubts About Obama-Backed Visa Program

    By Hernán Rozemberg

    The expansion of a program that would allow some foreigners to enter the U.S. without a visa has strong support from the White House. But as Hernán Rozemberg of Fronteras reports, a federal report has raised concerns about how the program will impact the government’s ability to manage the system. Full Story 

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  • Perry Looks for Momentum in Iowa

    By Jay Root

    Hoping to build momentum after a strong performance in his latest nationally televised debate, Gov. Rick Perry hit a Sunday morning TV show, spoke to two church congregations and staged a boisterous rally at a coffee shop in central Iowa. Full Story 

    Rick Perry addresses supporters at Cafe Diem in Ames, Iowa on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011. Perry has a Sharpie pen in his hand to illustrate his vow to veto government-expanding legislation.
    Credit: Ben Philpott

  • 2011: A Bad Year for Ozone Pollution

    By Kate Galbraith

    Levels of lung-damaging ozone spiked this year across Texas, especially in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Scientists are still trying to understand why, though the hot weather is likely part of the cause. Questions are also rising about the ozone impacts of oil and gas drilling. Full Story 

    Downtown Dallas
    Credit: Justin Cozart

  • TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

    By Ross Ramsey

    Root on Rick Perry's controversial new ad, Tan on the fallout, Aaronson's map of where the food stamps go, my interview with Stephen Colbert's campaign finance lawyer, Aguilar on the drop in the number of illegal immigrants crossing into Texas, Hamilton on the growth of unregulated colleges, Galbraith's interview with S. David Freeman on the environmental failures of public power, Grissom on the newest state agency and and Hamilton and M. Smith on a sudden change at the top of UT's law school: The best of our best content from December 5 to 9, 2011. Full Story 

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    Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman

  • Morrison Won't Run for Re-election

    By Ross Ramsey

    State Rep. Geanie Morrison, R-Victoria, won't seek re-election. The seven-term legislator told her hometown paper, the Victoria Advocate, that the court-drawn redistricting maps made another run difficult. Full Story 

    The House chamber below a mostly empty gallery during the final days of the special session on June 27, 2011.
    Credit: Bob Daemmrich

  • Updated: The 2012 Holdouts List

    By Ross Ramsey

    Some are waiting to see what the courts will do. Others want to see if any opponents surface. Regardless, with six days to go until the filing deadline, how many incumbents haven't filed yet? A whole bunch. Full Story 

    Former state Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, shown in 2011, took the reins as chancellor of the Texas Tech University System in 2014.
    Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera

  • Updated: The 2012 Quit List

    By Ross Ramsey

    So far, 27 26 members of the Texas House, four members of the Texas Senate, three State Board of Education members and two U.S. congressmen have said they won't seek re-election. Full Story 

    State Rep. Scott Hochberg, D-Houston, speaks to the press about two school finance measures filed on March 8, 2011
    Credit: Bob Daemmrich

  • Graduation-Rates Campaign Heads to Dallas

    By Reeve Hamilton

    A new billboard that will tower over Dallas' North Central Expressway on Monday offers a startling message on college graduation rates, an effort by a state business group to turn the spotlight on the the state's lagging higher ed outcomes. Full Story 

    The Texas Association of Business erected a billboard for the day in Austin highlighting the failure of colleges and universities to graduate students with degrees or certifications.
    Credit: Texas Association of Business

  • Defeated Candidates Ask Voters for Another Shot

    By Ross Ramsey

    They lost in 2010, but some candidates are hoping by now that voters have changed their minds. The 2012 ballot will be stippled with officeholders who were cast out by voters last election but want to try again. Full Story 

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