The Texas judicial system can do a better job handling the cases of kids in long-term foster care, according to a study released today by Texas Appleseed.
TribBlog: Study: Courts Can Do Better With Foster Kids
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Demographics
Exile on Main Street
There are two paths to asylum in the United States. Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez, whose life was threatened by the Mexican military, may have taken the wrong one.
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State Government
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 63
In this week’s TribCast, Ross, Elise, Ben and Reeve discuss budget numbers, Senate rules, the U.S. Senate race and the inaugural buzz heard around Austin.
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Demographics
Michael Williams Sizes Up Senate Race
Michael Williams is leaving the Railroad Commission in April and preparing to announce his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. In an interview today with the Trib’s Ross Ramsey, he talked about the 2012 race and about his confidence that minorities don’t face any special hurdles in Texas GOP primaries.
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Higher Education
TribBlog: Killing Them With Contact
Among the most controversial issues in House Bill 1, the base budget, is its denial of state funding to four community colleges. While the bill does not represent a final decision, critics say presenting the proposed budget executions this way is as dangerous as the methodology behind the decision is misleading.
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Health care
TribBlog: LBB: State Must Improve Care For Disabled
The way Texas is currently providing care for people with disabilities — keeping all its state institutions in operation, despite increasing demand for community-based care — is not cost effective, and should be changed, according to an analysis released by the Legislative Budget Board on Wednesday.
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On the Records: Once, Twice, Three Times a Governor
Most people know that Gov. Rick Perry, inaugurated to a third term Tuesday, has served longer than any other chief executive in Texas history. What’s remarkable, though, is just how much longer than the state’s previous governors — even those who’ve served during the modern era.
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The Midday Brief: Jan. 19, 2011
Your afternoon reading: the budget (and backlash), the two-thirds rule and another entrant to the Senate race
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Energy
TribBlog: The Drilling Grilling
More than 40 people crammed into the Texas Railroad Commission’s hearing today on what caused two water wells in Parker County to become contaminated by natural gas. Missing: the Environmental Protection Agency.
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TribBlog: The Two-Thirds Discussion
In a party-line vote, the Texas Senate adopted its rules today without making any changes to the rule that requires the consent of two-thirds of the body to bring an issue to the floor. Of course, no change means that controversial legislation on voter ID — as it was last session — is exempt.
