Hey, Texplainer: Who becomes lieutenant governor if David Dewhurst resigns? Well, it’s a little complicated. But the bottom line is, you don’t get to decide.
Texplainer: What If a Lieutenant Governor Resigns?
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TribBlog: Disinvited to the Tea Party [Updated]
Voting for incumbent Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, did not come without consequences for state Rep. Stefani Carter, R-Dallas. It cost her “TeaApproved” status from the North Texas Tea Party.
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The Brief: Jan 21, 2011
Usually dormant for its first two months, the Legislature could get cracking as soon as next week.
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T-Squared
T-Squared: Our New iPad/iPhone App!
Late yesterday afternoon, Apple’s App Store kindly put our latest technological offering out to market: a brand new — and, naturally, free — iPad/iPhone app containing our news, blog posts, data applications and mutlimedia, our elected officials directory and our events listings.
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State Government
Climbing the Ladder
What happens if Gov. Rick Perry or Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst decide to run for federal office and win, creating a vacancy — or two — in Texas? That sound you hear is a herd of GOP pols rushing to update their resumes.
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Energy
Transmission Accomplished
At the heart of Texas’ wind-power boom lies a conundrum: Plenty of ranchers are eager to host wind turbines but few want to allow the unsightly high-voltage transmission lines needed to carry the power to distant cities. But state regulators are moving forward — and yesterday they approved a contentious project that runs through the Hill Country.
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Criminal Justice
How Do You Lose a 24-Foot Boat?
Or a $74,000 piece of radio equipment? Or more than 150 handguns and rifles? Those are just a few of the nearly 1,500 items that the Texas Department of Public Safety reported stolen or lost in the last decade. Some of the assets might still be in the possession of DPS or possibly were sold, but the agency’s inventory system is so poor that it’s hard to know what’s actually missing.
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Data App: Lege Seating Charts
Last week we helped you navigate the labyrinth of offices at the Texas Capitol complex. Today we’re releasing an interactive feature that shows where House and Senate members sit in their respective chambers.
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On the Records: Charting the 2010 Campaigns
The 2010 political campaigns are over, but looking back at the fundraising and spending that financed them is now fully possible thanks to records made public by the Texas Ethics Commission after Tuesday’s filing deadline.
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Energy
TribBlog: Smitherman Takes On the EPA
During a meeting today of the Public Utility Commission, chairman Barry Smitherman said that the Environmental Protection Agency was attempting to “disarm the U.S. economy,” with a raft of rules covering everything from fly-ash waste from coal plants to new rules on greenhouse gases.
