The Brief: Dec. 16, 2011
In the last debate of the year, Rick Perry survived, but Ron Paul thrived. Full Story
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UT President Ends Tough Year With Another Battle
It's been a year marked by high profile wars waged by UT President Bill Powers — to some, the university’s Dumbledore; to others, a bee in the bonnet of higher education reformers. The latest drama is unfolding in the law school he used to run. Full Story
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In Redistricting Fight, a Comfort Zone for Abbott
The attorney general is in the happy position of defending redistricting maps that benefit his allies and punish his foes — all in the name of official state business. Full Story
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Texas Could Feel Effects of Alarming Wyoming Fracking Study
A report from the Environmental Protection Agency showing that gas drilling led to water contamination in a Wyoming town sent shockwaves through the energy industry this week. Mose Buchele of KUT News reports on what the findings could mean for drilling in Texas. Full Story
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Texas GOP Candidates Make Final Statements in Iowa
Thursday night's Fox News Republican debate in Sioux City was billed as a chance for the GOP presidential candidates to give their closing arguments to Iowans. So how did Texas' two candidates do? Full Story
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Anti-Cockfighting Law Could Aid Enforcement
Animal welfare activists are hoping for a renewed crackdown on illegal cockfighting now that laws passed last legislative session are in effect. Forcing the birds to fight was already illegal; now, it's also against the law to breed the birds or attend a fight. Full Story
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Gaffe-Free Debate for Perry, but Paul Performs
Gov. Rick Perry survived his second straight debate without a major stumble and wants to be the "Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses." U.S. Rep. Ron Paul stole the show, but his isolationist foreign policy views may have alarmed some Republicans. Full Story
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Campaign Chatter
The latest from the campaign trail, an election this week, and a few interesting new candidates. Full Story
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Timing is Everything
When is a filing deadline not a filing deadline? When you don't have maps. Full Story
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Splitsville
If you can't hold congressional and legislative primaries on March 6 — because you don't have maps in time — what happens next? Full Story
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Voter ID, With a Wisconsin Twist
Interested in Texas' Voter ID law? Watch Wisconsin. Full Story
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Keeping the School Finance Cases Straight
By the end of the year, there will likely be four school finance lawsuits filed against the state. Here's a primer. Full Story
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Inside Intelligence: Primary Concerns
The state doesn't have maps for its congressional and legislative districts, throwing the date what was going to be a March 6 primary into question. It seemed like a good time to ask the insiders about this. Full Story
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DOJ Report: "America's Toughest Sheriff" Violated Civil Rights
Arizona sheriff and Gov. Rick Perry endorser Joe Arpaio allegedly engaged in discriminatory law enforcement practices and racial profiling of Latinos, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Justice. Full Story
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Weekend Insider: Perry's Iowa Bus Tour, Mexican Cowboys Fans
In this episode of Weekend Insider, Gov. Rick Perry heads out on a bus tour of Iowa, and reporters Ben Philpott and Jay Root are along for the ride. Reporter Julian Aguilar takes a different type of bus tour — from Mexico to Dallas with some serious Cowboys fans. Full Story
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The Midday Brief: Dec. 15, 2011
Your afternoon reading: Perry ad targets Gingrich, Romney; executions, death sentences drop in Texas; Perry's scandal fixer Full Story
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Video: Latest Perry Ad Targets Romney, Gingrich
The Perry campaign's latest attack ad labels Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich as "political insiders." Both are running ahead of the Texas governor in most polls. Full Story
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Executions, Death Sentences Drop in Texas, Nation
Leading a national downward trend in the use of the death penalty, Texas has executed just 13 prisoners so far in 2011, the lowest number in more than a decade. And juries meted out only eight new death sentences. Full Story
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Move to Managed Care Comes With Strings Attached
The federal government has granted Texas permission to move almost all of its Medicaid patients into managed care in an effort to save money. But as Carrie Feibel of KUHF News reports, hospitals will now have to do more to show how they spend — and prove they deserve — state money. Full Story
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Perry is Texas Monthly's Bum Steer of the Year
The magazine was reluctant to confer its "lowest honor" on the Texas governor until his now-infamous brain freeze. "In that moment," editor Jake Silverstein writes, "all our resistance melted away." Full Story
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