Sounds and photos from the funeral of Sergio Adrían Hernández Güereca, 15, in Ciudad Juárez. Güereca was shot and killed on June 7 by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on the banks of the Rio Grande near downtown El Paso.
Farewell to “Keko”
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TribBlog: Voter ID Fight Ramping Up Again?
The issue that nearly derailed the 2009 session could be back in 2011, according to the chairman of the House Elections Committee.
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Energy
TribBlog: Texas v. the EPA, Round 2
In the latest bout of the state’s legal contretemps with the Environmental Protection Agency, Attorney General Greg Abbott announced today that Texas will challenge the federal agency’s decision to disapprove its qualified facilities program.
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Demographics
HuTube: Laser Beams to Stop Immigration?
Texas Republican convention-goers not only support Arizona-style immigration laws — some are proposing “laser beams” and “electric wire” to keep more immigrants from crossing the border illegally.
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TribBlog: Channeling Obama? [Updated]
The Lone Star Project, a Democratic group, claims to have found Republican Stefani Carter’s muse.
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Health care
TribBlog: State Suspends Daystar Placements
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has suspended all new placements of foster children at the Daystar Residential Treatment Center outside of Houston, following a Texas Tribune/Houston Chronicle investigation that revealed workers forced young girls to fight each other in return for snacks.
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2010: Carville Protege Joins Team White
Chad Clanton, a Waco-born Democratic consultant and well-known protege of James Carville, has joined the Bill White gubernatorial campaign to “work on a variety of projects … on multiple media channels,” says White spokeswoman Katy Bacon.
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The Brief: June 14, 2010
It’s summertime in Texas, and things only got warmer this weekend in Dallas as the state Republican party whipped up clouds of hot, thick anti-Washington fervor.
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Spreading the Gospel of Texas
Since George W. Bush exited the White House, Texas has lost in place at the center of the political universe. But Texas Republicans, who gathered this weekend in Dallas, say there’s still plenty here for the rest of the nation to emulate and embrace. Ben Philpott filed this report for KUT News and the Tribune.
