The sound of clanging and banging construction equipment may interrupt the tranquil noises of nature for Texas campers this spring and summer.
TribBlog: Coming To A State Park Near You…
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The Brief: April 8, 2010
Sales tax revenues are still down, Mexico needs more help and a former U.S. senator weighs in on Chet Edwards’ House seat.
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Criminal Justice
Whose Guns are They?
U.S. officials claim that most firearms used in crimes in Mexico are flowing south from Texas — with Houston, Dallas and the Rio Grande Valley as the top sources.
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Criminal Justice
The Inquisition
Ninety minutes of back-and-forth on Wednesday between a House committee and representatives of the Texas Forensic Science Commission — but not its chairman — covered the besieged agency’s nonexistent enforcement power, lack of written procedural guidelines, and public records policy. Oh, and the late Cameron Todd Willingham.
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State Government
Buyers Behind Bars
Inmates serving time in Texas prisons and state jails can buy certain “free world” goods provided that people outside unit walls send them money. During the last fiscal year, they spent about $95 million at prison commissaries. The most popular items? Instant soup, stamps and soft drinks, according to data obtained under the Texas Public Information Act.
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State Government
2010: What’s on the Special?
Voters in Central Texas, Dallas and Plano will get to vote for the third month in a row in May, in special elections for the Texas House and Senate. Three officeholders — Sen. Kip Averitt, R-Waco, and Reps. Terri Hodge, D-Dallas, and Brian McCall, R-Plano — resigned before their terms were up. Today was the deadline for candidate filing.
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The Weekly TribCast: Episode 23
In this week’s skirmish, the regular TribCast gang is back to talk about the runoff races on the April 13th ballot, the politics of NASCAR and the long road to finding road funding.
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Higher Education
TribBlog: Gay Jesus Resurrected
A theater student’s production of Terrence McNally’s play Corpus Christi — canceled amid protest at Tarleton State University — will see the stage after all, at Fort Worth’s Rose Marine Theater, according to The Dallas Morning News.
