Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune on what to look for in tonight's Republican debate, what it will take for Gov. Rick Perry to rebound and why the governor may have the upper hand this time around. Full Story
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The deputy executive administrator of the Texas Water Development Board on overseeing the 295-page water plan, what the state should spend to fully ensure it has adequate water supplies and what scares her about the future. Full Story
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A series of shaky debates and heightened scrutiny of Gov. Rick Perry’s record have some second-guessing the GOP candidate as he heads into Tuesday's debate. Can he use it as a political do-over to get his campaign back on track? Full Story
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Your afternoon reading: Perry attack ad slams Romney on health care; poll shows Perry at 4 percent in New Hampshire; A&M group calls for special session over in-state tuition law Full Story
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A student organization at Gov. Rick Perry’s alma mater, Texas A&M, has started a petition requesting that the governor immediately call a special legislative session to end in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry's presidential campaign has produced an online attack ad aimed at Mitt Romney, accusing him of providing a blueprint for President Barack Obama's federal health care reform plan with the program he signed into law as governor of Massachusetts. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry, down but not out, faces a critical test this week. Full Story
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In this week's nonscientific survey of government and political insiders, we asked about the news about Gov. Rick Perry, and which stories will fade and which will linger. Full Story
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Researchers in Dallas hope their clinical tests will improve care for soldiers in the Middle East and even for construction workers, firefighters and other outdoor workers who sustain bleeding injuries in the Texas summer heat. Full Story
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The redrawing of political district lines — which ideally happens just once a decade after a federal census — could create a series of crazy election cycles for Texas voters and candidates. It happened in the 1990s, and it could happen again now. Full Story
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In the wake of Michael Morton's release from prison last week based on DNA testing that shows someone else killed his wife 25 years ago, defense lawyers are calling for reforms to ensure prosecutors must turn over exculpatory evidence. Full Story
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Rick Perry brought his A-game to Iowa on Saturday, promising a jobs plan next week and giving much-improved answers to questions on immigration and Social Security. But his audiences weren’t always sold. Full Story
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Murphy, Ramshaw and Root on Rick Perry and race, Philpott on Perry's vague economic plans, Tan and Wiseman on Barack Obama's foray into Texas to defend his jobs plan, Aguilar on Perry's proposal to send U.S. troops to Mexico, Ramshaw on efforts to leash rising health care costs, M. Smith on upcoming legal challenges to the state's school finance system, Aaronson interactively explores Medicare spending proposals, Galbraith on efforts to pass — and to oppose — a $6 billion water program, Grissom on the release of a man wrongly convicted of murder and Hamilton on efforts to let the public write some legislation: The best of our best content from October 3 to 7, 2011. Full Story
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U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann's proposal came ahead of the Family Research Council’s Values Voters Summit on Friday, a chance for the candidates to showcase their social-conservative credentials. Full Story
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Rick Perry made an appeal to social conservatives at the Family Research Council’s Values Voters Summit on Friday, vowing his faith-guided principles and history of job creation in Texas would get a troubled nation back on track. Full Story
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Your afternoon reading: Perry courting conservatives at Values Voter Summit; forecaster says Perry still has an edge over Romney; Texas Republicans blast unemployment numbers Full Story
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Texas’s congressional Republicans seized on new unemployment numbers to decry President Obama’s economic policies days after he stopped in Mesquite to sell his jobs plan. Full Story
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Hey, Texplainer: With several states racing to move up their primaries, will my vote even matter when Texas holds its primary? Yes, at least for every candidate other than the ones running for president — and maybe for them, too. Full Story
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Full video of the keynote speech by former Obama health reform adviser Neera Tanden in the Health and Human Services track at the 2011 Texas Tribune Festival. Full Story
Gov. Rick Perry's campaign is reenergized by fundraising numbers that seem to assure a two-man race with Mitt Romney for the GOP presidential nomination. But Perry has a dark cloud on the horizon: two high-stakes presidential debates. Full Story
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