A commissioner’s court resolution supporting Arizona’s controversial immigration law has split rural Hudspeth County in far West Texas, whose 3,000 residents are largely Hispanic. Commissioner Jim Ed Miller, who introduced the resolution, says he simply wants the federal government to do its job and stop illegals from crossing the border. “Now what the hell is wrong with upholding the law?” he asks. But commissioner Wayne West, who opposed it, describes the prospect of law enforcement asking people to prove their citizenship as “nothing but pure harassment.”
Hudspeth County, Arizona
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Energy
“Accidents Happen Sometimes”
In the wake of the BP catastrophe, former Railroad Commissioner Barry Williamson is defending the federal Minerals Management Service, which he led during the Exxon Valdez spill. “Was there a failure of regulation? I don’t know,” he says. “There may not have been.”
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TribBlog: Making a Buck Off “Kill Obama” — Updated
The Victoria Advocate, like many other papers, uses a photo service that allows readers to buy the pictures it publishes in a variety of formats. So now readers can purchase T-shirts, mouse pads, coffee mugs, even a puzzle featuring a photo of the words “Kill Obama” spray-painted on pavement.
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Politics
The Polling Center: Bill White’s “Everywhere Else” Problem
Bill White’s problem is an “everywhere else” problem, which is only partly rural in nature.
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The Brief: May 27, 2010
Everything is bigger in Texas, including estimated costs of health care reform.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
We Like It Better Here
A majority of Texans believe the state is on the right track, while a plurality thinks the country is on the wrong track, according to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Public Education
Are You Ready for Some Football?
Allen High School is a study in bigness: A 5,000-student campus with a 650-member marching band supporting a football team that draws 8,000 fans to away games. And now — the pinnacle of suburban spoils — the Collin County community will break ground on an 18,000-seat stadium, the largest occupied by a single team. Pricetag: $60 million.
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T-Squared
T-Squared: We Know Who You Are
As we fan out across the state to solicit memberships, major gifts and corporate underwriting, we’re hearing only good things about the size of our audience — a 25 million page view run rate in the first year is no small potatoes — but we’re increasingly getting questions about who that audience is. Who’s reading the Trib?
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Demographics
Waiting Their Turn
The number of unresolved cases in the federal immigration detention system has reached an all-time high, driven in part by surging backlogs in Texas, especially in San Antonio and El Paso. Blame it on not enough judges.
