The Midday Brief: March 11, 2010
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
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TribBlog: Border Leaders on Drone Bandwagon
A group of elected officials and business leaders from the Texas-Mexico border today joined Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar in calls for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to deploy unmanned aerial surveillance drones to monitor the border. Full Story
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The Brief: March 11, 2010
A song for the State Board of Education: We've only just begun... Full Story
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Try, Try Again: The Texas Guard in Afghanistan
Farmer-soldiers from the Texas National Guard Agribusiness Development Team, working in Afghanistan, find out that what looks good in satellite imagery doesn’t always work out on the ground. Full Story
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The SBOE Gets Medieval
When State Board of Education members ventured into world history curriculum at Wednesday's meeting, they carried their modern-day political agendas with them. Full Story
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"The Texas of Today is the U.S. of Tomorrow"
That's what former state demographer Steve Murdock says about the dramatic population shifts happening throughout the state and the country — and why they matter. Full Story
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The Big Whoop
Whooping cranes, the Endangered Species Act and property rights clash on the Texas Coast. Full Story
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TribBlog: Rep. Allen Vaught, D-Hollywood [Updated]
Iraq War veteran and Dallas state Rep. Allen Vaught will add one other credential to his resume this week: movie star. Full Story
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The Midday Brief: March 10, 2010
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
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TribBlog: TEA Rips Fox News
"Highly inaccurate" news reports on changes to the social studies standards raised the ire of conservatives. Full Story
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TribBlog: History Hearings Off to Hot Start
Public testimony on the state's social studies curriculum has started here State Board of Education meeting. It's easy to tell from the banks of cameras and scribes, college students with bright yellow "Save Our History" t-shirts on and people from civil rights and conservative groups itching to testify. Full Story
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2010: Yancy Isn't Done
Darren Yancy, who came in second in a Senate race against a guy who doesn't want the job, says he'll be a candidate in the special election for the Waco seat held by Kip Averitt. Full Story
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The Brief: March 10, 2010
It may not have been heavy artillery, but it's safe to say the gubernatorial battle has begun. Full Story
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Census and Sensibility
"You want a good count both because you want to have your representation and because you want to get the resources your community needs," says demographer Steve Murdock. Full Story
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The Amazing Races
Political eyes are already focused on November and the eleven congressional and legislative targets that everyone will be talking about. Full Story
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The Revision Thing
Two months after their controversial meetings about proposed changes to the social studies curriculum, State Board of Education members meet today to resume their deliberations. To help you follow along as the SBOE's ideological blocs scrap over a flood of amendments, we've produced this annotated version of the high school history standards. Full Story
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Bamboozled by the Establishment
The big-government crowd in Washington and elsewhere are bankrupting our country. And Republicans are just as culpable as Democrats in treating our taxpayer dollars as “other people’s money” to be spent as they and the special interests decide. Full Story
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Fishing in Fatigues: The Texas Guard in Afghanistan
U.S. soldiers are taking on the Taliban off the battlefield as well. Members of the Texas National Guard’s Agribusiness Development Team — or ADT — are trying to win the trust of Afghan civilians by helping them build a sustainable agricultural economy. Full Story
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2010: Montague Mystery Solved
Inquiring minds wanted to know: What's so different about Montague County, the one county Bill White failed to win in the primary? Turns out, nothing — it's just like all the rest of them. Full Story
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TribBlog: Leaders OK Capitol Security Upgrades
The big three state leaders approved seven new security measures for the Capitol, and none of them are X-ray machines or metal detectors that the director of the top Texas police agency said are critical to keep the pink dome safe from armed intruders. Full Story
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