KUT’s series from Afghanistan continues with Douglas Wissing’s report on the Texas National Guard’s efforts to help Afghans build a fishing industry.
Fishing in Fatigues
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Fishing in Fatigues: The Texas Guard in Afghanistan
U.S. soldiers are taking on the Taliban off the battlefield as well. Members of the Texas National Guard’s Agribusiness Development Team — or ADT — are trying to win the trust of Afghan civilians by helping them build a sustainable agricultural economy.
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Economy
Bamboozled by the Establishment
The big-government crowd in Washington and elsewhere are bankrupting our country. And Republicans are just as culpable as Democrats in treating our taxpayer dollars as “other people’s money” to be spent as they and the special interests decide.
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Public Education
The Revision Thing
Two months after their controversial meetings about proposed changes to the social studies curriculum, State Board of Education members meet today to resume their deliberations. To help you follow along as the SBOE’s ideological blocs scrap over a flood of amendments, we’ve produced this annotated version of the high school history standards.
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The Amazing Races
Political eyes are already focused on November and the eleven congressional and legislative targets that everyone will be talking about.
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Demographics
Census and Sensibility
“You want a good count both because you want to have your representation and because you want to get the resources your community needs,” says demographer Steve Murdock.
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State Government
2010: Montague Mystery Solved
Inquiring minds wanted to know: What’s so different about Montague County, the one county Bill White failed to win in the primary? Turns out, nothing — it’s just like all the rest of them.
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State Government
TribBlog: Leaders OK Capitol Security Upgrades
The big three state leaders approved seven new security measures for the Capitol, and none of them are X-ray machines or metal detectors that the director of the top Texas police agency said are critical to keep the pink dome safe from armed intruders.
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Criminal Justice
On the Records: Visualize Texas’ Growth
Yesterday, Google formally announced its public data explorer, a cool new tool allowing anyone to make visualizations of government records and post them as embeds online.
