TribBlog: CPPP Says Texas Kids Fare Worse Than Most
Texas kids are poorer, hungrier and more often uninsured than kids in almost any other state, according to the Center for Public Policy Priorities. Full Story
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Blame the Whistleblower?
When a West Texas sheriff criminally charged a nurse who reported an unethical doctor to the Texas Medical Board, it sent shockwaves through the nation’s nursing community. But her acquittal has done little to calm the furor. Full Story
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Texas Tea
The Tea Party is a movement more than an organization, with various Texas offshoots that agree on some things and not on others. Like whether to be a PAC or a nonprofit. Which issues to emphasize. And whether to endorse — gulp — Democrats. Full Story
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Perry, White Way Ahead
In the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, Rick Perry and Bill White are way out front in their respective primaries. Full Story
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The Polling Center: First Take on the February 2010 Results
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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2010: Allbaugh Joins the Medina Dogpile
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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2010: And KBH Slams Medina
"An affront to the men and women who are sacrificing their lives..." Full Story
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TribBlog: Growing Number of Physicians Use e-Records
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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2010: Borris Miles Keeps it Flowing
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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2010: Perry Slams Medina
"Should be ashamed." Full Story
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The Midday Brief: February 11, 2010
Beck and Medina, Wilson remembered and the rest of your afternoon reading. Full Story
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2010: Medina Responds to 9/11 Flap
The GOP gubernatorial candidate tries to get out in front of the Glenn Beck-fueled controversy. Full Story
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2010: Debra Medina, Glenn Beck, and 9/11 "Truth"
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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The Brief: February 11, 2010
Charlie Wilson dies, sales tax revenues are down and an April runoff still looks likely. Full Story
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Off the Bus
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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Tom Leppert: The TT Interview
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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From Bust to Boom
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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2010: New Poll, Same Story
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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TribBlog: Charlie Wilson Dead at 76
Former Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson died in Lufkin today at age 76. Full Story
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The Midday Brief: February 10, 2010
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
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