Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White today called on GOP Gov. Rick Perry to remove claims on his public and campaign Web sites that crime on the Texas border has dropped 65 percent. Perry campaign spokesman Mark Miner defended the claims. He said Perry’s claim refers to temporary crime drops in discreet areas during so-called “border surge” operations.
2010: White Attacks Perry’s Border Crime Claims
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Public Education
TribBlog: California Shuns Texas Textbooks
A Golden State senator says our State Board of Education can put its conservative spin on U.S. history where the sun don’t shine.
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Economy
TribBlog: Holding Steady
Texas unemployment held steady at 8.2 percent last month, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. That’s the same seasonally adjusted rate as in January, December, and November, but it’s up from 6.8 percent in February of 2009.
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The Brief: March 25, 2010
Yesterday was likely one of the worst days of Hank Skinner’s life — before it became what was probably one of the best days.
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The Runoffs: HD-52
Two Republicans are battling for the chance to win back a Williamson County legislative seat from first-term state Rep. Diana Maldonado, D-Round Rock. They differ more in style than substance. One says he has deeper ties to the district. The other touts more than a decade’s worth of experience as a Capitol insider.
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Criminal Justice
Skinner Gets a Stay
Hank Skinner was set to die Wednesday for the 1993 murders of his live-in girlfriend and her two mentally disabled adult sons — a crime he insists he did not commit. About an hour before he was to have poison pushed through his veins, the U.S. Supreme Court spared his life.
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An Evening With James Baker
Former Secretary of State James Baker visited the LBJ Library and Museum last night to talk with Texas Tribune Editor Evan Smith about the state of our world today. Ben Philpott, who’s covering politics and policy for KUT News and the Tribune was there. And reports on Baker’’ view of how the current administration is doing on some of the bigger foreign policy matters.
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Public Education
The Wild Card
“I was taught evolution, and it didn’t shake my faith in the Almighty whatsoever,” says George Clayton, who pulled off a stunning upset of incumbent Geraldine “Tincy” Miller, R-Dallas, in the GOP primary to win a seat on the State Board of Education. “Should creationism be taught as a counter to evolution? … No, I don’t think so. I think evolution is in the science book. It should be taught as a science.”
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Ever the Diplomat
Former Secretary of State James Baker traveled to Austin Wednesday night to talk with Texas Tribune CEO and Editor in Chief Evan Smith about the state of the world.
