Debra Medina may have been shut out of the Republican Party of Texas’ 2010 Convention in Dallas, but her new advocacy group will still celebrate in the city next weekend.
TribBlog: “We Texans” Will Party
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The Brief: June 1, 2010
Still months away from a BP solution that works, Dallas’ Parkland Hospital under investigation … again, Fort Hood shooter headed to a courtroom and Texas’ textbooks don’t hold the clout most thought they did.
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I’m From the Border
What does it mean to be a Texan? For some of us, it’s where we live now. For historian David Romo, it’s where he grew up. Romo’s roots in Mexico are a vital part of who he is, as he explains in Texas Monthly’s special “Where I’m From” issue, on newsstands now, and in a companion radio piece that airs on June 4 at 3 p.m. on Austin public radio station KUT-FM and at kut.org.
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Energy
The Pollution “Police”
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has nearly doubled its number of administrative enforcement actions against polluters in the last five years — yet critics charge the agency still levies penalties too small to act as a deterrent.
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The Ditch: Do It Yourself
On Friday, state agencies were told to cut another 10 percent from their budgets as a way of closing what could be an $18 billion biennial shortfall. But those cuts will only scratch the surface of what’s needed, so what to do next?
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T-Squared
T-Squared: Now With More Energy…
Effective today, the Trib has a dedicated energy reporter on staff: Kate Galbraith, formerly of The Economist and The New York Times.
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Where’s the Beef?
Beef prices usually go up during the summer — but this year, it’s not just seasonal. Texas is dealing with a smaller cattle herd, and as Erika Aguilar of KUT News reports, some say it’s because we’re losing ranchers.
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Health care
Threatening the Safety Net
The biggest consumer benefit of federal health care reform — adding millions more Americans to insurance rolls — could spell disaster for some public hospitals.
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Criminal Justice
Memorial Data
Since our November launch, we’ve published more than 30 web applications made from government records, including the most comprehensive public payroll database in the state, an interactive database with all 160,000 inmates serving time in the 100-plus state prison units, rankings of more than 5,800 public schools, a comprehensive list of every red-light enforcement camera in Texas, and databases with state-level fundraising and spending for members of the Legislature and statewide elected officials. Readers have viewed these pages more than 2.3 million times — more than a third of the site’s overall traffic.
