Leaders from school districts across Texas had tough words for lawmakers as they gathered this morning to denounce the “devastating” cuts to state public education funding.
TribBlog: Superintendents Speak Out
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The Midday Brief: Jan 31, 2011
Your afternoon reading: health care reform ruled unconstitutional, and Democrats eye 2012 congressional seats
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Health care
TribBlog: Health Reform Ruled Unconstitutional [Updated]
A federal judge in Florida has ruled that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — the federal health care reform that was signed into law in March — is unconstitutional, largely because it forces all Americans to purchase insurance.
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The Brief: Jan. 31, 2011
It’s billions of dollars for the taking — and this session, it’s lawmakers’ forbidden fruit.
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Congress
Michael Williams on Why He’s Running
The 2012 U.S. Senate candidate explains the reason he’s entered the race — and addresses the question of whether Kay Bailey Hutchison is a consistent conservative.
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Demographics
Red Meat, Fast Track
Abortion politics is back on center stage, with Gov. Rick Perry putting it, voter photo ID, state support for a balanced federal budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution, eminent domain and a ban on sanctuary cities at the top of his list of priorities. Why?
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Demographics
Michael Williams on Being a Black Republican
The 2012 U.S. Senate candidate discusses whether his race will be a factor in the primary campaign.
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Health care
Health Reform Roulette
Even as Texas pursues a lawsuit attacking federal health care reform, some state officials are reluctantly laying the groundwork to implement parts of the law.
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State Government
A Conversation with Michael Williams
For our latest TribLive conversation, I sat down with the soon-to-be-ex Rairoad Commissioner and declared 2012 U.S. Senate candidate to talk about why he’s qualified to serve, what he thinks of his potential primary opponents and a range of issues that he’d face if he were in D.C. today.
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Inside Intelligence
Inside Intelligence: A Real Legislative Emergency is…
For the latest installment of our nonscientific survey of political and policy insiders on issues of the moment, we asked whether voter fraud is a policy issue or a political one, what should and shouldn’t be on the governor’s list of emergency items for the Legislature, how those designations should be used and whether the Legislature ought to be allowed to set its own early priorities.
