How many former state officeholders are registered to lobby in Austin? The answer: 65, or a little less than 5 percent of the 1,475 lobbyists on the rolls at the Texas Ethics Commission, according to a Texas Tribune analysis.
The Ex Files
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Boone Pickens Clip 3/3
The oilman talks about about the BP spill, natural gas, wind and other topics.
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Energy
T. Boone Pickens: The TT Interview
The oilman told the Tribune that BP’s CEO has made some verbal “boo-boos” but that offshore work must continue: “You know, we can drill those wells in the deep water.”
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Boone Pickens Clip 1/3
The oilman talks about about the BP spill, natural gas, wind and other topics.
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Politics
The Big Hungry
Texas’ participation in the federally funded summer food service program is dismally low compared to the national average — meaning only a small percentage of the state’s 2.5 million low-income kids are getting free meals.
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The Weekly TribCast: Episode 32
In this week’s TribCast, the gang’s back together again to talk about Bill White’s release of his tax returns, the upcoming GOP convention and who’s backing the resurgence of the Green Party.
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Economy
TribBlog: Holding Out for a TxDOT Hero
Lawmakers have said it before, and today they said it again: Sweeping top-down change is needed within the Texas Department of Transportation.
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Demographics
TribBlog: Immigrant Application Fees Could Rise
Citing budget cuts and a decline is revenue, the USCIS is proposing fee increases for more than two dozen immigration-related documents.
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2010: Perry: White Should Resign [Updated]
Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that Democrat Bill White should leave the governor’s race it’s true that he owned part of a company that got taxpayer money to deal with Hurricane Rita while White was mayor. White’s campaign responded by saying Perry is lying about White’s record to avoid debating the Democrat before the November election.
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Watkins: Other Elected Officials Implicated
At this morning’s TribLive event, Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins told the Tribune’s Evan Smith that the two constables in the crosshairs of a corruption investigation are not the only elected officials in Dallas he’s investigating.
