Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign has produced a star-studded web video in honor of President Barack Obama’s visit to Texas.
Ads Infinitum: Rick Perry’s “Yes, We Can”
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The Brief: Aug. 9, 2010
President Obama’s in Texas today. The forecast: sunny skies, triple-digit highs and … a 100-percent chance of awkwardness.
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Economy
Working in a Bad Economy
As the nation’s unemployment rate hovers around 9.5 percent, the jobless are hardest hit by the poor economy. But as Mose Buchele of KUT News reports, the stress of working through the downturn is also taking a toll on those who have jobs.
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Health care
The End of Private Practice?
Across Texas, hospital systems are scooping up physician groups and solo practitioners, scrambling to create the kinds of coordinated medical teams that federal health care reform puts a premium on. But some health care providers say the gold-rush-style push is an overreaction driven by fear of the unknown.
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Higher Education
Learnstrong
Can a $3 million marketing campaign to promote higher education change the culture of a country-sized state in which just 27 percent of the population has a college degree or certificate? It worked for cancer …
Posted inState Government
Bill’s Barack Problem
Ever had a date you didn’t want to introduce to your mother? Bill White knows how you felt. The Democratic nominee for governor will campaign today in Midland, Abilene and Alvarado. Where he won’t be is in Austin and Dallas, where Barack Obama, the leader of White’s party, will be holding two fundraisers and giving a speech on higher education — and, it turns out, meeting briefly with Rick Perry to talk about border issues. It remains to be seen whether avoiding the president is a plus or a minus in what is already an uphill battle to oust a 10-year incumbent.
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Demographics
“We Need Your Help Here”
A government report finds the U.S. has been too slow to aid Mexico and other crime-ridden countries at a time when drug-related violence is escalating. Efforts to combat alien smuggling have also fallen short.
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Energy
TribBlog: State’s Air Monitor Inaccurate? [Updated]
According to a study commissioned by the town of DISH, which sits in the heart of the gas-rich Barnett Shale region, a permanent air monitor recently installed by the state is giving false readings.
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Not Ready for Prime Time
There couldn’t be more difference between the two candidates for an open spot on the Texas Railroad Commission. If you see them one after the other, it’s hard to conclude that Republican David Porter is the better choice. He’s timid, uncomfortable in public, shows no signs of leadership and has apparently been through a quick political charm school curriculum designed to make him risk-averse and to keep him from making a mistake that would put the seat in Democratic hands.
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Health care
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Thevenot on bogus public school accountability rankings, Garcia-Ditta on what locals think of increased patrols on the border, Stiles and Ramsey on where Kay Bailey Hutchison’s donors have landed, Grissom on the pay gap between state and local police, Cervantes on how tweaks to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder will impact Texas, M. Smith on the sinking prospects for an East Texas wetlands project, Ergenbright on the challenge of educating autistic children, Aguilar on efforts to legalize medicinal marijuana, Ramshaw on former foster children having trouble getting records from the state and Burnson on public health officials battling imported infectious diseases: The best of our best from August 2 to 6, 2010.
