Some are waiting to see what the courts will do. Others want to see if any opponents surface. Regardless, with six days to go until the filing deadline, how many incumbents haven’t filed yet? A whole bunch.
2011
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Health care
Interactive: Dems Fight Insurance Department Effort to Delay Reform
Texas Democrats say the state Department of Insurance’s request for a delay in implementing federal health reform rules could cost Texans $260 million in premium credits and rebates over the next three years.
Posted inState Government
Updated: The 2012 Quit List
So far, 27 26 members of the Texas House, four members of the Texas Senate, three State Board of Education members and two U.S. congressmen have said they won’t seek re-election.
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Higher Education
Graduation-Rates Campaign Heads to Dallas
A new billboard that will tower over Dallas’ North Central Expressway on Monday offers a startling message on college graduation rates, an effort by a state business group to turn the spotlight on the the state’s lagging higher ed outcomes.
Posted inState Government
The Brief: Dec. 9, 2011
Once again, intense backlash has caught the Rick Perry campaign flat-footed.
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Demographics
Illegal Crossings Fall as Border Rhetoric Soars
A sour economy, increased border law enforcement and skyrocketing smuggling fees are keeping more would-be crossers at home. But you wouldn’t know it from the presidential campaigns.
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Higher Education
Unregulated Religious Colleges Stir Fears of Diploma Mills
New federal regulations have prompted state officials to revisit a 2007 Texas Supreme Court decision that some call a “key victory for Christian education” and others say could open the door to diploma mills.
Posted inState Government
Defeated Candidates Ask Voters for Another Shot
They lost in 2010, but some candidates are hoping by now that voters have changed their minds. The 2012 ballot will be stippled with officeholders who were cast out by voters last election but want to try again.
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Inside Intelligence
Inside Intelligence: The Road to the White House
With a month to go before people in other states starting voting on presidential candidates, we asked the insiders for their current take on those races. First things first: They don’t see much of a window for Gov. Rick Perry.
Posted inState Government
Campaign Chatter
Political news from around the state, starting with a rematch of a lively 2010 primary race in Northeast Texas.
