TribBlog: Conservation Voters vs. Green Party
The typically Green-friendly Texas League of Conservation Voters has joined the chorus of those who don't think the Green Party of Texas should be on the November ballot. Full Story
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TribBlog: Voter ID Upheld in Indiana
The Indiana Supreme Court upheld the state's voter ID law. What does that mean for Texas? Full Story
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TribBlog: Failing at Fitness
Less than a third of the state's 3rd-to-12th-grade students can pass a physical fitness test — and that’s an improvement. Full Story
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The Midday Brief: July 1, 2010
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
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TribBlog: Flag Flop [Updated]
When former Gov. Dolph Briscoe Jr. died Sunday after a long illness, Gov. Rick Perry reached out to the U.S. government, asking for flags to be flown at half-mast at federal buildings in Texas. The response, Perry's office says, was a resounding no. Full Story
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The Brief: July 1, 2010
Let's just call it this season's other knock-down drag-out political fight. Full Story
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Sunset Grill
Physician fraud investigators inside the troubled Division of Workers' Compensation say state examiners failed to uncover serious problems there — and then recommended changes that would take key decisions away from trained physicians and give them to bureaucrats. Full Story
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Balking at Bacteria
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has voted not to allow higher levels of E. coli bacteria in the state's water sources, despite staff concerns that the current rules are unnecessarily stringent. Full Story
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Air Splitting
The battle over Texas' environmental regulations came to a head as the Environmental Protection Agency shot down the state's air-pollution permitting regime for large plants. It's the latest episode in a larger cultural and political fracas pitting Texas against Washington — and business against government — that continues to take center stage in the race for governor. Full Story
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The Weekly TribCast: Episode 35
In this week's TribCast, Ethe gang discusses the Democratic Convention in Corpus Christi, Bill White calling out President Barack Obama, and Mike Toomey's ties with the Green Party. Full Story
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TribBlog: EPA Shoots Down Texas Pollution Regulations
The Environmental Protection Agency has formally denounced the state's air-pollution permitting system for some of its biggest industrial plants — and reactions are pouring in. Full Story
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TribBlog: Uribe to the Rescue
"I'm all for Texas turning blue, but not like this," said Hector Uribe, Democratic candidate for land commissioner. Full Story
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TribBlog: DREAM On
A new poll indicates that, despite continuing tensions over immigration reform, a majority in the U.S. support a path to U.S. citizenship for undocumented immigrants who come to this country as youngsters. Full Story
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TribBlog: Nothing to See Here
Federal and military officials say Texans needn't worry about 17 Afghan military trainees who disappeared from Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Many of the Afghans, who were studying English, have been located — and they say none of them pose the national security threat U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and other lawmakers fear. Full Story
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The Midday Brief: June 30, 2010
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
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TribBlog: Lawmakers to DFPS: Tell Us About Abuse
The commissioner of the agency that oversees Texas foster children told lawmakers she regrets not telling them about a 2008 “fight club” involving developmentally disabled girls. She said the agency is moving quickly to address abuse and neglect inside Daystar Residential Inc. Full Story
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TribBlog: Staples, TDA Respond to Gilbert's Attack
Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples’ camp calls a recent attack by Hank Gilbert’s campaign “the lowest a political campaign has ever stooped in Texas politics." Full Story
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HuTube: Julian Castro Visits Stephen Colbert
San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro pays Stephen Colbert a visit with a hilarious result. Full Story
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The Brief: June 30, 2010
Tension — as if it wasn't already thick — is mounting between Gov. Rick Perry and Bill White. Full Story
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EPA to TCEQ: Step Off
The Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t think Texas is doing enough to keep its air clean, so today the agency is expected to tell the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality that the feds will take over air quality permitting for about 39 plants. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports. Full Story
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