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Ads Infinitum: Bill White’s “Texas Roots”
Have you ever wanted to see Democratic gubernatorial nominee Bill White’s family photos?
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State Government
The Brief: May 20, 2010
Calderon and Obama talk immigration and cartels, fun times with the SBOE, Bill White’s cheat sheet and the smoking ban that wasn’t in San Antonio.
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The SBOE Gets an Earful
Members of the State Board of Education, meeting in Austin this week, are scheduled to take a final vote on new social studies curriculum standards that will remain in place for a decade. Outside the meeting room at the William B. Travis Building, there is no shortage of opinions about the board’s work. Nathan Bernier of KUT News reports.
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Obama for … Texas?!?
Which part of “this is a red state” doesn’t Luke Hayes understand? Undaunted and optimistic, the 26-year-old state director of Organizing for America, the forward operating base for the president’s re-election bid, sees blue in our future — perhaps as soon as 2012.
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Public Education
Separation Anxiety
At a public hearing today, the State Board of Education’s social conservative bloc is expected to launch attacks on the church-state “wall” as part of hundreds of changes to the social studies curriculum standards, which could provide the outline for tests and textbooks years into the future. The board expects to take a final vote on the entire curriculum on Friday.
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Demographics
Border Bickering
Five members of the U.S. House are lashing out at Gov. Rick Perry for what they say is his refusal to allocate more of the federal funding that moves through his office to the border. Perry claims his hands are tied and insists the congressmen need to check their math. While the back and forth continues, residents of the border fear for their lives.
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The Weekly TribCast: Episode 29
In this week’s TribCast, Evan, Ross, Elise and Ben talk about the latest in the 2011 budget crisis, the “nerdiness” of Bill White and Gov. Rick Perry’s subscription to Food & Wine magazine.
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Public Education
HuTube: Inside the SBOE Hearing
The show outside this week’s State Board of Education meeting is almost as interesting as the show inside.
