Republican Brian Birdwell has beaten David Sibley, a former Republican state senator, in the special runoff election in Senate District 22.
TribBlog: Birdwell Beats Sibley
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Higher Education
TribBlog: Court Rules Against Creationism as Science Ed Degree
On its website, the Dallas-based Institute for Creation Research promises an education that is “Biblical. Accurate. Certain.” But there’s one thing they can’t promise: a master’s degree in science education.
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TribBlog: Averitt: “Remote Chance” of Senate Return
Kip Averitt does not want to return to the Texas Senate — but depending on how tonight’s special-election runoff to replace him goes, the recently retired Republican Waco state senator says “it’s a remote chance.”
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State Government
TribBlog: Watchdogging Perry’s “Creature Comforts”
Texans for Public Justice, a nonprofit watchdog group, filed a complaint today urging the Texas Ethics Commission to require Gov. Rick Perry to provide detailed reports of campaign expenditures on the Governor’s Mansion.
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State Government
TribBlog: Berman Files, Slams Straus; Straus Hits Back
Speaker’s race 2011: Oh, yeah, it’s on.
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Politics
2010: Perry 43, White 43
According to a new poll released by Public Policy Polling, Democratic challenger Bill White is running neck and neck with incumbent Republican Gov. Rick Perry.
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Energy
Seeing Green
The Environmental Protection Agency’s campaign against Texas’ air pollution permitting process is well-known, but federal regulators are also working to tighten a number of other rules relating to power plant waste, ozone and greenhouse gas emissions. Texas businesses fear that the new regulations will dent the state’s fragile economic recovery. Environmentalists are, predictably, delighted.
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Health care
Medical Mission?
Are Texas medical schools missing a social conscience? Many fare poorly in a new study that ranks them based on their contributions to meeting the nation’s health care needs.
