Speakers rally for the DREAM Act in Austin.
DREAM Act Speakers
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State Government
TribBlog: Paxton Announces For Speaker
State Rep. Ken Paxton, R-McKinney, is throwing his hat in the ring to be the next speaker of the House.
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The Brief: Nov. 11, 2010
A sudden spat was all it took to turn the speaker’s race into a full-fledged fight.
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Economy
Interactive: Senate Office Spending
State senators reduced the amount they spent on office expenses by $830,000 this year, or an average of nearly $26,000 per senator, an analysis by The Texas Tribune found.
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Criminal Justice
Traffic Patterns
Texas has the dubious distinction of being home to one of the busiest human trafficking routes in the country: the stretch of Interstate Highway 10 that runs from El Paso to Houston.
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Handout City
Over the last five years, cities and counties in Texas have shelled out $17 million more to hire lobbyists in Washington, D.C., according to disclosure forms analyzed by the Tribune. “Just like anyone else in the nation, we pay federal taxes, and we expect a return on those dollars,” says Larry Gilley, the city manager of Abilene, which paid $320,000 to lobbyists between January 2006 and October 2010.
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State Government
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 54
In this week’s TribCast, Evan, Ross, Elise and Ben look ahead to the next legislative session — the bills, the two-thirds rule and division in Republican ranks.
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State Government
TribBlog: Straus to Chisum: “Have You No Shame?”
The speaker’s race drama continues! House Speaker Joe Straus is hitting back — hard — at challenger state Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, calling on Chisum to “stop the threatening letters, mean-spirited emails, and angry phone calls.”
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Interactive: Local Government Lobbying Expenditures
These interactive bubble charts visualize the lobbying efforts of local government entities in Texas through 2005-2010. The larger colored bubbles represent cities or counties that spent the most on lobbying.
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Energy
TribBlog: Happy Day for the Hill Country
The Public Utility Commission will cancel plans to build one controversial wind-power transmission line, as well as a segment of a second — to Hill Country landowners’ undoubted relief.
