The University of Texas / Texas Tribune poll, conducted from February 1-7, shows Gov. Rick Perry holding a 24-point lead over U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Republican gubernatorial primary contest, with Debra Medina posing a surprisingly strong challenge to Hutchison for second place. Full Story
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Former FEMA head Joe Allbaugh jumped into the Medina-9/11 kerfuffle, landing landing himself squarely with Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the scorn section. Full Story
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"An affront to the men and women who are sacrificing their lives..." Full Story
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The number of Texas physicians who use electronic medical records has been on the rise for the last four years, according to a Texas Medical Association study. Full Story
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The primary matchup between perennial opponents state Rep. Al Edwards, D-Houston, and former state Rep. Borris Miles is going where most haven't publicly gone before: the urinal. Full Story
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"Should be ashamed." Full Story
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Beck and Medina, Wilson remembered and the rest of your afternoon reading. Full Story
The GOP gubernatorial candidate tries to get out in front of the Glenn Beck-fueled controversy. Full Story
Glenn Beck thinks Debra Medina's comments on 9/11 just steered her campaign onto the fast-track "back to 4 percent." Full Story
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Charlie Wilson dies, sales tax revenues are down and an April runoff still looks likely. Full Story
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The U.S. Border Patrol has stopped a controversial program that shipped illegal immigrants back to Mexico through the tiny Texas border town of Presidio — for now. Full Story
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The Dallas mayor left a hugely successful private sector career to lead the country’s ninth-largest city through an economic meltdown and the aftermath of a City Hall corruption scandal. And he doesn’t regret a minute of it. Here, he talks about fighting a sky-high crime rate, how he keeps party politics from his office, and every urban area's Achilles' heel: education. Full Story
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The recession has caused a spike in enrollment at two-year schools like Austin Community College, which now educates more than 40,000 students — within striking distance of the great behemoth, the University of Texas at Austin. Full Story
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Rick Perry has 49 percent; Kay Bailey Hutchison has 27 percent and Debra Medina has 19 percent, according to a new survey done for the Texas Credit Union League. On the Democratic side, Bill White got 51 percent to Farouk Shami's 19 percent. Full Story
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Former Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson died in Lufkin today at age 76. Full Story
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
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The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has released its best bets for how to meet the 5 percent budget reduction requested by Gov. Rick Perry and other state leaders. Full Story
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Paging Dr. Doug Ross. Debra Medina may soon be endangering your popularity. Full Story
How will lawmakers deal with a budget shortfall of at least $11 billion — and maybe several billion more — in the next legislative session? In all likelihood, by doing what they did in 2003, when things were almost this bad. Full Story
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Immunization advocates want to expand our vaccination database, but the well-educated, middle-class parents who oppose them are organized and driven — and could force lawmakers to take sides in the tussle between personal freedom and public health. Full Story
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