U.S. National Guard troops will soon patrol the United States’ border with Mexico — again.
TribBlog: U.S. Troops Will Be Sent to the Border … Again
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Energy
TribBlog: W. is for Wind
Former President George W. Bush appeared in rousing, joke-cracking form in a rare speech this morning the American Wind Energy Association’s conference in Dallas. He praised Texas wind energy, bashed the media, refused to bash his successor and said his grandchildren will be driving electric cars. He also gave away the first line of his forthcoming memoir, a quote from his wife that got him to quit drinking.
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Economy
TribBlog: Texans Back Casino Gambling, Oppose Taxes
A new Rasmussen Reports poll finds that 57 percent of Texans favor legalizing casino gambling as a means to draw down the coming budget shortfall, but only 21 percent support higher taxes.
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Demographics
Guest Column: For Arizona
If the federal law was enforced, there would be no need for an Arizona law or any other law in a state that is proposing similar legislation.
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Criminal Justice
Justice Delayed
Death row inmate Hank Skinner bought himself some time Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to address whether he can bring a federal civil rights lawsuit instead of making a habeas corpus claim. But legal experts say he’s unlikely to escape his ultimate punishment.
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Collared Greens
Texas has among the most restrictive ballot access laws of any state, which is why the Green Party hasn’t put its candidates before voters here since 2002. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports that party activists hope to end the dry spell this year.
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Economy
A Lousy Grade
More than two-thirds of Texans say their confidence in the state’s public schools ranges from shaky to nonexistent, according to the new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll. A majority of Texans believe that crime, low academic standards, lack of parental involvement and not enough funding are “major” problems that public schools face — but two-thirds say “too much religion in the schools” is not a problem.
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Demographics
Guest Column: Against Arizona
The Arizona law misses the mark because it fails to address the underlying problems with our broken borders.
