Texas lawmakers have been fishing for ideas on how to fill a looming budget deficit when they return to Austin in 2011. Based on new projections out today, they’re gonna need a bigger boat.
TribBlog: $18 Billion Dollar Budget Hole
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Demographics
TribBlog: Perry Releases Updated Security Plan
Gov. Rick Perry today released his updated homeland security plan, and border congressmen want to know why he’s not sending more federal security money to the border.
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Criminal Justice
On the Records: Come and Take Our Data
Records in the Texas Tribune’s data library are licensed under Creative Commons, which means you’re free to download them, remix them and republish them — so long as you comply with our simple terms.
Posted inState Government
The Brief: May 11, 2010
Texans are not known for keeping their opinions to themselves.
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Energy
The Green Mile
Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham was in Austin yesterday as part of a travelling conference on how far we have to go to address the county’s renewable energy challenges. Abraham spoke with Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune about his message to public and private sector players.
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Higher Education
The Graduation Gap
For years, Texas universities have focused on getting more students onto to their campuses. The hard part, it turns out, is getting them to leave in no more than six years.
Posted inState Government
Cornyn on the Kagan Nomination
Now that Barack Obama has nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be the next U.S. Supreme Court justice, the hard part begins: getting her confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Ben Philpott, who’s reporting this election cycle for KUT News and the Tribune, asked U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, to preview the battle ahead.
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Health care
Doctors Without Borders
That’s right — they’re not from Texas. Newly licensed physicians enlisting to treat the state’s Medicaid and Medicare patients are more likely to have been trained at international medical schools, according to a review of state medical licensing data.
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Energy
TribBlog: Claytie Drops Suit Against Mayor
Clayton Williams Jr. and Fort Stockton Mayor Ruben Falcon have resolved at least one of their conflicts.
