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.
Obama for … Texas?!?
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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.
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A Day at SBOE in 127 Seconds
In which we go to the standing-room only State Board of Education meeting and the many rallies for and against proposed history curriculum standards. The board (and the numerous stakeholders in this debate) argued all week long.
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Energy
TribBlog: Room at the Top, and Then Some
Jan Newton — who chairs the board of directors at the state’s electric utility grid operator — is stepping down from that post, leaving the agency with interim officeholders and holes in key positions at the top of its organization chart.
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Kirk Watson: Bill White’s A Nerd
State Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, sizes up the Democratic gubernatorial nominee at the TribLive event on Wednesday. Watch to see why Watson argues being a nerd is a good thing this election year.
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Demographics
TribBlog: Cattle, Catfish and Cartels
Nearly two months after border-area cattle inspection stations in Mexico ceased operations amid security concerns, the sites have reopened on the Texas side of the border. A popular South Texas lake, however, is now on the radar.
