“Don’t mess with Texas … textbooks,” Norris orders liberals.
TribBlog: History with Chuck Norris!
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2010: May Specials
Voters in South Dallas and Central Texas will have special elections on May 8 to pick new legislators. Gov. Rick Perry called those to replace Rep. Terri Hodge, D-Dallas, in HD-100, and Sen. Kip Averitt, R-Waco, in SD-22.
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Demographics
TribBlog: Cornyn, Hutchison Want Obama to Visit Violent Border
U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison, both Republicans, sent President Obama a letter today, calling for him to get busy trying to quell the violence on the U.S.-Mexico border and stop it from spilling into Texas.
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Public Education
TribBlog: Colbert on the State Board of “Edjukashun”
The Colbert Report joins the media fray over Texas history standards, joking “You see, Jefferson coined the term ‘separation of church and state.’ So Texas has coined the term, ‘separation of Jefferson and history.’”
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Criminal Justice
TribBlog: You Want Me to What? Really? [UPDATED]
“There’s really no e-mail to send you my questions?” Nope, she said, you’ll have to fax them. Fax?! No e-mail?!?
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Criminal Justice
The Polling Center: Droning to the Choir
The governor’s political radar is characteristically fine-tuned here, at least for the short term.
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State Government
2010: Officially, Sibley’s In
Former Sen. David Sibley, R-Waco, wants his old job back. The senator-turned-lobbyist has been hinting for a couple of weeks and now says he’ll be a candidate for his former seat now that Kip Averitt is resigning.
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Demographics
The Brief: March 17, 2010
The violence in the border city of Juarez has offered Gov. Rick Perry another shot at the federal government and what he deems is its failure to secure the nation’s border with Mexico.
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State Government
The Runoffs: HD-47
Republicans in southwest Travis County still need to choose between Paul Workman and Holly Turner before setting their sights on State Rep. Valinda Bolton, D-Austin, in November. Ben Philpott, covering the 2010 elections for KUT News and the Tribune, filed this report.
