Only 20 percent of 750 Harris County residents surveyed said their personal situation had gotten better this year — the lowest rate in nearly three decades. 32 percent said things were getting worse.
TribBlog: How Houston is Feeling
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The Weekly TribCast: Episode 25
In this week’s TribCast, Evan, Ross, Elise and Reeve take on the latest topics in the Texas governor’s race, big budget problems ahead and everyone’s favorite political punching bag, the federal government.
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Public Education
TribBlog: A Hearing on History Hearings
The Mexican American Legislative Caucus, the Senate Hispanic Caucus and the House Black Caucus are throwing a “special hearing” to stoke backlash to the State Board of Education’s recasting of American history.
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2010: Perry On “Worst” List
Liberal watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington calls Gov. Rick Perry among the “worst,” throwing him in with scandal-ridden likes of Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina and New York’s Gov. David Paterson.
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Economy
The Road Funding Hole
It’s no secret the Texas Department of Transportation is broke. Texas Transportation Commission Chair Deirdre Delisi tells the Tribune’s CEO/Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith just how broke the agency is.
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Health care
TribBlog: Half of Texans Support Suing Over HC Reform
The latest Rasmussen poll reports 56 percent of likely Texas voters support suing the federal government to stop health care reform from becoming law.
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The Brief: April 21, 2010
Today, the Texas Ethics Commission votes on a rule reacting to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision allowing corporations to spend money in elections.
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Health care
Slipping Through the Cracks
What’s in an IQ score? For autistic or profoundly mentally ill Texans: everything. A growing number of disabled young adults are considered too high-functioning for state care services, but their families say they’re too dangerous to go without them. Admission to state-supported living centers is limited to disabled people with IQs under 70 — and community-based care is generally capped at an IQ of 75.
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State Government
Slideshow: Borderline IQ
What’s a mother to do when her autistic, suicidal son is too dangerous to live on his own — but has too high of an IQ to qualify for state care services? A day with Karen Bartholomeo and her adopted son, Cameron.
