The chief executive of the Texas electric grid operator discusses what caused the rolling blackouts across the state on Wednesday — and why he doesn’t know if he lost power in his own home.
Trip Doggett: The TT Interview
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State Government
Anchia Gets Super Bowl Seat — at the White House
State Rep. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, won’t be on the 50-yard line for Sunday’s Super Bowl in Arlington. But some could argue he’s got the next best seat: at the White House with Barack and Michelle Obama.
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Criminal Justice
Jail Officials: Mental Health Cuts Hurt Everyone
Slashing funds for community-based mental health care will hurt taxpayers and degrade the quality of life for thousands of mentally ill Texans and their families, Harris County Jail officials told Texas budget writers today in written testimony for the Senate Finance Committee.
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Demographics
Eissler: Don’t Check Immgration Status of Students
In our TribLive conversation this morning, state Rep. Rob Eissler, R-The Woodlands, the chair of the House Public Education Committee, said he opposed a bill by state Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Houston, that would require school districts to check the immigration status of students enrolling in Texas public schools.
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The Brief: Top Texas News for Feb. 4, 2011
Heat sounds good right about now, but not the kind the Gov. Rick Perry’s taking.
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State Government
“The Daily Show” Does the Speaker’s Race
The long-awaited Daily Show segment on alleged anti-Semitism in the 2011 Speaker’s race was, predictably, funny. And that John Oliver: such a punim!
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Economy
Texas Won’t Secede — But It Won’t Shut Up Either
Texas leaders aren’t talking about secession, after an outbreak of conversation a couple of years ago. But the germ of the idea remains in the anti-federalist talking points that fueled Gov. Rick Perry’s re-election campaign last year and provided the outline for his book, Fed Up!
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Health care
State Keeps Registry of Kids Who Abuse Kids
“Dear future son,” the North Texas father wrote in a prospective adoption letter. “I am a single dad who adopted a middle school boy in 2008. Now we are looking for one more kid so he will have a brother.” Instead, the father got shocking news: He would not be allowed to adopt again because his son is on a state registry of people who abuse children.
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Higher Education
Tier-One Contender Wary of Cuts
Jim Spaniolo, the president of UT-Arlington, said the university is committed to increasing its engagement with research that “could change the quality of life of many, many people” — but funding cuts resulting from the state’s budget shortfall would slow that momentum.
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Transportation
Lawmakers File “Complete Streets” Bill
Lawmakers today filed a bill they hope will help drivers, cyclists and pedestrians safely share the roads.
