The Texas attorney general accuses BP of “once again prioritizing profits over environmental compliance” at its Texas City refinery.
TribBlog: Abbott Takes On BP
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Politics
The Polling Center: White’s No Mad Man
Bill White deciding to travel to points far from Austin and Dallas while President Barack Obama visits the state today to raise money and speak at the University of Texas presents us with yet another mountain-out-of-a-molehill political story in the long, hot summer of gassy coverage of the governor’s race. A look at Obama’s standing in Texas makes it clear that White would be nuts to share a stage with Obama unless he feels like doing a favor for Gov. Rick Perry’s ad team.
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Ads Infinitum: Rick Perry’s “Yes, We Can”
Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign has produced a star-studded web video in honor of President Barack Obama’s visit to Texas.
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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 …
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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.
