In our first TribCast recorded in front of a live studio audience, Evan, Ross, Elise and Ben discuss the results of the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll, Gov. Rick Perry’s new TV ad and the state’s looming budget deficit — is it even bigger than we thought?
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 46
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Public Education
TribBlog: American Grandstand
Members of the State Board of Education’s hard-right wing appear poised to inject themselves into the national fray over Islamic influence in America with a resolution warning textbook publishers that a “pro-Islamic/anti-Christian bias has tainted some past Texas Social Studies textbooks.”
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Energy
TribBlog: Fine Lines
Despite opposition from Hill Country landowners, the Texas Public Utility Commission declined to throw out one of the proposed wind-power transmission lines through Hill Country during an open meeting this morning.
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Ads Infinitum: White Campaign on the Silver Screen
It may feature small actors, but the newest political ad for Democratic gubernatorial Bill White is destined for the big screen.
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TribBlog: Riddle on “Godless” Liberalism
“I tend not to hold back,” said state Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Tomball, at a Wednesday morning TribLive event. True to her word, she went on to denounce what she referred to as the “liberal, progressive, godless way.”
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Ads Infinitum: Chet Edwards’ “Hay”
Fighting to keep his seat from Republican challenger Bill Flores, incumbent U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, went on the air Wednesday with a new television ad highlighting his support for veterans.
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Perry: Why I Won’t Debate That “Harvard Boy”
Video footage from a Tuesday press conference at which the “good ol’ fightin’ Texas Aggie” explains why he won’t debate that “Harvard boy.” Courtesy of our news partners of WFAA-TV in Dallas.
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The Brief: Sept. 15, 2010
The great debate debate, like all good (and great) things, must come to an end.
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State Government
The Fight For Ceci
Frank and Chila Covington could hardly be mistaken for cruel. For four decades, they showered their daughter, Ceci, who has Down syndrome, with love, affection and opportunity. But when they argued with a group home provider who insisted that Ceci needed psychotropic medication, their world turned upside down. In the time it took for the provider to accuse the Covingtons of “cruelty,” a Tarrant County judge called a secret hearing and removed their guardianship, telling them they could no longer communicate with their own child. And he had every legal right to do so.
