Did state Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Tomball, really say minorities were used to entitlements?
TribBlog: Riddle Me This
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TribBlog: AG Asked to Rule on Transgender Marriage
The El Paso County attorney wants the state’s top lawyer to tell her whether she can issue a marriage certificate to a woman and a biological male who had a sex change operation to become a woman.
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Demographics
TribBlog: Berman: Perry Did Not Lie to Me
Arch-conservative state Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, has two points he’d like to clarify.
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Politics
TribBlog: Of Rats and Men
State Sen. Kirk Watson’s spoof of the governor’s coyote adventure …
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Demographics
The Brief: May 4, 2010 [Updated]
Rick Perry and Janet Napolitano: just a couple of old border governors talkin’ homeland security.
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Environment
Oil Spill: How Will It Affect Shrimping and Fishing?
People who catch shrimp and fish along the Texas Gulf Coast are waiting to see if the oil spill drifts closer and taints the water they depend on to make a living. Fritz Jaenike, the General Manager of Harlingen Shrimp Farms in the Rio Grande Valley, the oldest shrimp farm in Texas, talks to Jennifer Stayton of KUT News.
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Demographics
Is Texas a Sanctuary State?
Aides to Gov. Rick Perry’s re-election campaign have accused his Democratic challenger, Bill White, the former mayor of Houston, of running a “sanctuary city,” where officers don’t inquire about immigration status during routine patrols and investigations. But Houston’s policy is remarkably similar to that of Texas DPS under Perry. If Houston is a sanctuary city, why isn’t Texas a sanctuary state?
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Environment
Oil Spill: AGs Look for Legal Remedies
Texas Attorney General Abbott and his colleagues in other Gulf Coast states are casting their legal eyes on the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Erika Aguilar of KUT News reports.
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Energy
Spill, Baby, Spill
A trio of pieces from our partners at public radio station KUT in Austin examines the potential impact on Texas of the disastrous oil spill off the Louisiana coast. Ericka Aguilar reports on Attorney General Greg Abbott’s meetings with other Gulf Coast states on potential legal action against British Petroleum, Nathan Bernier asks whether the oil might make its way to Texas — possibly driven by a hurricane, and Jennifer Stayton looks at the effects on fisheries.
