The glare of the front-runner spotlight may be getting to Ron Paul.
2011
Posted inState Government
Before Hiatus, Perry Bus Tour Gains Traction
Today is the last day of Gov. Rick Perry’s pre-Christmas Iowa bus tour. Perry will return Friday to Texas for a brief Christmas break, then it’s back to campaigning. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports.
Posted inHealth care
Interactive: Mental Health Shortage More Critical in Minority Communities
In Texas, where mental health professionals are already hard to come by, another issue has exacerbated the situation in the state’s growing minority populations: finding treatment providers who understand the communities’ cultural and language differences.
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Demographics
Progress or Posturing? Arpaio Investigation Drawing Mixed Reviews
While some immigration advocates are hailing the Obama administration’s condemnation of alleged civil rights abuses by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, others question the timing.
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Energy
Despite Drought, Trinity River Still Flowing
In a curious development amid the year’s record-setting drought, the Trinity River — which runs south from Dallas and empties into the Gulf just east of Houston — has kept on flowing. Dave Fehling of KUHF News reports on where all the water is coming from.
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State Government
Perry Rival Wants Probe of Retirement Pay
An old Republican rival of Gov. Rick Perry is calling on state and federal officials to investigate whether he broke the law when he began collecting his lucrative pension without actually leaving his job.
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TribCast
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 111
Reeve, Ben and Rebecca Kaplan of CBS News and National Journal take some time off from tailing Gov. Rick Perry on his bus tour through Iowa to review how it’s gone so far.
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State Government
Texas Counties Object to April 3 Primaries
In papers filed in federal court today, officials who administer the state’s elections said the April 3 primaries — agreed to by the Democratic and Republican parties and ordered by a panel of federal judges — create an impossible situation.
Posted inState Government
Perry Envisions His First 100 Days as President
On the penultimate day of his pre-Christmas bus tour through Iowa, Gov. Rick Perry laid out an outline — a very skeletal outline — of the first hundred days of his hypothetical presidency.
Posted inState Government
Perry Super PAC Smacks Newt and Mitt
A new ad from Make Us Great Again, the Super PAC supporting Rick Perry’s White House run, is pummeling his chief rivals, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney.
