Thevenot on the non-stop wonder that is the State Board of Education and its latest efforts to set curriculum standards, E. Smith’s post-election sit-down interview with Bill White at TribLive made some news and got the November pugilism started, Ramshaw on whether it makes sense for the state to call patients and remind them to take their pills, and on the state’s botched attempt to save baby blood samples for medical research, Hamilton’s interview with Steve Murdock on the state’s demographic destiny, M. Smith on whooping cranes, fresh water, and an effort to use the endangered species act to protect them both, Grissom on potties, pickups, and other equipment purchased with federal homeland security money and Stiles’ latest data and map on where that money went, Aguilar on the “voluntary fasting” protesting conditions and treatment at an immigrant detention facility, Kreighbaum on football, the new sport at UTSA, and Philpott on Rick Perry and Bill White retooling their appeals for the general election. The best of our best from March 8 to 12, 2010.
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
TribBlog: Skinner Asks Perry for Reprieve
Lawyers for death row inmate Hank Skinner sent Gov. Rick Perry a letter yesterday asking him for a 30-day reprieve from Skinner’s scheduled March 24 execution. The lawyers also asked Perry to order DNA testing on evidence that Skinner says could prove his innocence.
TribBlog: SBOE = State Beatniks of Education
State Board of Education conservatives stand up for the sex-and-drugs Beat Generation, but still can’t stomach the sex-and-drugs Hip-Hop generation.
TribBlog: Court Says Vaccine Preservative and Autism Not Linked
The new rulings could result in a decrease in the number of lawsuits surrounding vaccines.
TribBlog: Promises Broken? [Updated]
Texas border leaders on Friday unleashed a diatribe at the interim director of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for postponing a planned pay raise for federal agents and failing to beef up protection of the state’s border region.
The Brief: March 12, 2010
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of the State Board of Education.
A Conversation with Bill White
The full audio recording from TribLive featuring Democratic gubernatorial nominee Bill White. White discusses his top priorities in his run for governor, why he won’t promise to freeze or lower taxes and how he’ll beat back charges that he’s a liberal trial lawyer.
A Conversation with Bill White
The Democratic gubernatorial nominee on why he finds Rick Perry wanting, whether he’d raise taxes, and how he can win in a red state.
Farming Under Fire
The fourth and final installment of KUT Radio’s series on the Texas National Guard in Afghanistan.




