Amid reports that a merger deal might soon be struck between Houston-based Continental Airlines and United Airlines, with the latter as the surviving company headquartered in Chicago, state Rep. Garnet Coleman discusses Houston’s long-standing relationship with Continental.
TribBlog: Coleman on Continental
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State Government
TribBlog: Hodge Sentenced to a Year in Prison
A U.S. district judge has sentenced embattled former state Rep. Terri Hodge to a year in prison in a Dallas City Hall corruption scandal that has already netted several other convictions.
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Criminal Justice
2010: Did Lehrmann Violate Ethics Rules?
Debra Lehrmann may have violated campaign finance laws during her bid to become the Republican Supreme Court nominee, according to a complaint filed today with the Texas Ethics Commission.
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Public Education
On the Records: Mapping Texas Education
We’ve created three new maps for visualizing district-level demographics in Texas schools.
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The Brief: April 27, 2010
Why Perry and White won’t debate, a murder spree in Dallas and fresh rage over Arizona’s immigration bill.
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Immigration
Raving Arizona
There’s been plenty of intense reaction across the country to new immigration laws passed in The Grand Canyon State. Ben Philpott, who covers public policy for KUT News and the Tribune, reports on how both sides are already looking ahead to future battlegrounds.
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Higher Education
Inman Inside
Every Friday since a blast at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia killed 29 miners, graduate students at UT’s LBJ School of Public Affairs have been treated to an insider briefing. The name of their course is Managing Crises, and their professor, Admiral Bobby Ray Inman, is dealing with a big one.
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Cleaning Up the Gulf
Work continues to plug the oil well leaking in the Gulf of Mexico after the explosion and sinking of the BP-operated Deepwater Horizon rig. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports on clean up efforts.
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Public Education
Grade Stagflation
Hundreds of school districts can continue giving failing students inflated grades, after a Travis County Civil Court judge declined to rule in a lawsuit challenging the state’s interpretation of a new law mandating “honest grades.”
