Gov. Rick Perry said he’s activating the “first phase of the state’s spillover violence contingency plan” in the wake of increasing drug violence on the Texas-Mexico border. But the next sentence of the press release says he’s not telling anyone what the plan is, for security reasons.
TribBlog: Perry Activates Border “Spillover” Plan
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Higher Education
Skipping the Beach
Members of the UT-Austin University Democrats said goodbye to a Spring Break filled with fun in the sun… and hello to the vacant stares of congressional staffers today.
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Demographics
The Brief: March 16, 2010
U.S. authorities teamed with Mexican law enforcement agents on Monday and scoured the streets of the border city of Juarez in search of clues to the weekend murder of three people, including two U.S. citizens, with ties to the U.S. Consulate in that violent city.
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Meet Kesha Rogers
She’s the Democratic nominee for Congress in Tom DeLay’s old seat. But Texas Democrats don’t want anything to do with her, citing her alignment with the LaRouche movement’s “thuggish” behavior and more.
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GOP@SXSWi
The GOP sent its online designers to South by Southwest in Austin to talk about the party’s efforts to reach wired voters.
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GOP@SXSWi
The web launch of the Republican National Committee online, explained by some of the designers.
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Grounds for Debate
For the politically disenchanted Texan who can’t cozy up to the Tea Party, an alternative brew is now available. It’s called the Coffee Party.
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Congress
The Curious Case of Kesha Rogers
She’s their nominee for Congress in Tom DeLay’s old district, but Kesha Rogers — who considers health care reform “fascist” and wants Barack Obama impeached — has few friends in the Democratic Party.
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Demographics
TribBlog: Perry Pleads Again for Drones, National Guard on Border
With the violent Mexican drug war creeping ever closer to the U.S. side of the border, Gov. Rick Perry is calling again for the federal government to put unmanned aerial vehicles and National Guard troops on the Texas-Mexico border.
