In this week’s edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: No change in passing rates since introduction of STAAR test, Obama stresses education as a response to Baltimore unrest and an interview with Colleen Reutebuch of the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at the University of Texas at Austin.
John Reynolds
John Reynolds was the newsletters editor for the Tribune from 2013 to 2017. Prior to that, he was a reporter for Quorum Report, a non-partisan online political newsletter focusing on the ins and outs under the Dome, for more than seven years – covering the waterfront from health and human services and redistricting to pensions and elections. A native of Atlanta, Ga., he started his journalistic career one day after the attacks of Sept. 11 in Lubbock, Texas, where he rotated through a slew of beats at The Avalanche-Journal. He received his undergraduate degree from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and studied at the University of Georgia's graduate school in journalism. When not at work, he actively attempts to convince himself he is adept at tennis with varying levels of success. And he has adopted the Austin custom of appreciating smoked meats and listening to music in grassy/muddy fields.
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The Brief: April 30, 2015
A gathering of Hispanic evangelicals in Houston on Wednesday attracted two Republicans eyeing a run for the White House who repeated positions on immigration that have gotten them in hot water with party conservatives.
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The Brief: April 29, 2015
Gone are accusations of gamesmanship as lawmakers get to work finding common ground on the session’s border security bill.
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New in Trib+Health: Inside the Blue Bell Recall
In this week’s edition of the Trib+Health newsletter: A detailed look at the Blue Bell ice cream recall, a health reporter’s cancer diagnosis refocuses the conversation on screenings and an interview with John Warner, CEO of UT Southwestern University Hospitals.
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The Brief: April 28, 2015
The House is set to consider its tax relief package today as the impasse between its approach emphasizing a cut to the sales tax rate and the Senate’s recipe that relies on a property tax reduction shows no sign of resolution.
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The Brief: April 27, 2015
There was more fallout late last week from the Southern Methodist University-led research study that linked wastewater injection wells to a swarm of earthquakes near Reno and Azle in late 2013 and early 2014.
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New in Texas Weekly: Tensions Rise in the Chambers
Budget conferees are named, the House sends a message on tax cut talks and a fractious breakfast for the Big Three — all that and more in the latest issue of our subscriber-only newsletter for political insiders ($).
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The Brief: April 24, 2015
The House and Senate made some gestures of goodwill on Thursday designed to lower the tensions that had developed between the chambers this week.
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At a Glance: Budget Conferees Through the Years
A handy guide of budget conferee rosters for the past six legislative sessions.
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What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate
As budget conferees begin work, the two chambers are finding it difficult to get on the same page on taxes and other issues.
