Her office is studying efforts to release raw data in New York and San Francisco for ideas.
On the Records: Combs Studying Open Data
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The Midday Brief: February 3, 2010
Dallas Democrat Terri Hodge pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom Wednesday and agreed to resign her post as a state representative.
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Public Education
Heir Apparent
State Rep. Terri Hodge, D-Dallas, dropped her reelection bid on Wednesday to plead guilty to lying on a tax return. But it’s too early for Eric Johnson, her West Dallas-born, Ivy League-educated primary opponent, to claim victory.
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Politics
2010: White Would Lose to All 3 Repubs
Yes, even Debra Medina. So says the latest Rasmussen Reports poll.
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State Government
TribBlog: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Change
Sen. Cornyn said allowing openly gay men and women to serve in the U.S. military would hinder recruitment efforts.
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State Government
2010: Terri Hodge to Resign, Plead Guilty
The embattled state representative admits making a false statement on a federal tax return.
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The Brief: February 3, 2010
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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Economy
Burned Orange
A clash over a beloved campus music club at UT-Austin portends the gnashing of teeth at schools statewide as a budgetary winter threatens to envelop higher education.
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Barack the Knife
What happens in Washington doesn’t stay in Washington. Lawmakers, industry leaders and special interest groups are studying President Obama’s 2010 budget to figure out how spending cuts and other changes at the federal level could impact Texas. Ben Philpott, who’s covering politics and public policy for KUT News and the Tribune, filed this report.
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State Government
Seat Warmers?
Dallas County Republicans are jockeying for a chance to topple two freshman Democrats who seized House districts in 2008. The incumbent Dems — hoping to claim their first House majority in eight years — are girding for battle.
