Gov. Rick Perry went on the air today with his first TV spot of the general election.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Galbraith’s three-parter on the battle over wind power transmission lines, Grissom on a convicted killer who got probation, Aguilar on how the U.S. census counts inmates in the Texas prison system, Stiles launches a new interactive tool tracking the candidates for governor, Hamilton on the Texas A&M University System’s latest accountability measure for faculty, Hu’s interview with Democratic megadonor Steve “Back to Basics” Mostyn, Philpott on how the Texas economy compares to that of other states and Ramsey on the start of the 2010 election sprint: The best of our best from Sept. 6 to 10, 2010.
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Energy
Series Explores Texas’ Transmission Lines for Wind Power
This week, the Tribune put together a three-part series exploring the state’s $5 billion transmission-line build-out to support wind power, which is mostly generated in West Texas but needs to be shipped to cities in Central and East Texas. The project is known as CREZ, short for Competitive Renewable Energy Zones.
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State Government
TribBlog: Mostyn Has “Gone Off the Deep End,” Taylor Says
State Rep. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, says the hullabaloo over his information request to the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association has been blown out of proportion. “I don’t know why Steve Mostyn has gone off the deep end over this,” he said.
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State Government
TribBlog: Taylor vs. Mostyn, Part Two
He may still be recovering after a near-fatal four-wheeler accident this summer, but Steve Mostyn’s in a fightin’ mood.
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Demographics
On the Records: Mapping Lottery Sales
Earlier this week, the Austin American-Statesman published an interesting series about the Texas Lottery. We mapped the data, which the paper’s editors graciously released, to visualize fiscal year 2009 sales and residents’ income characteristics by zip code.
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State Government
TribBlog: Taylor vs. Mostyn?
The co-chair of the House Committee on Insurance, state Rep. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, is asking the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association for details on a massive settlement paid out to 2,400 homeowners and their lawyer, Steve Mostyn. Mostyn, a prolific Democratic donor, says Taylor is targeting him for political reasons.
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Higher Education
Charles Miller Audio Highlights
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The Brief: Sept. 10, 2010
And so it continues, with the feds squaring off against the state yet again.
