Ramshaw’s four-parter on the rural health care condundrum and depressing take-out on sexual abuse in youth lock-ups. Ramsey on filing day follies and the untimely death of a Democratic mainstay. Aguilar on the U.S. government’s detention center mea culpa. Grissom on alien deportations in the name of making our streets safer. Rapoport on the organization and association endorsement dance. Hamilton on whether coattails exist. Hu and Philpott’s multimedia profile of Linda Chavez-Thompson. And Philpott on big gubernatorial campaign bucks and even bigger candidate angst over the ways journalists are using social and new media to cover them. The best of our best from January 4 to January 8, 2010.
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
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Energy
TribBlog: Clearing the Air
Texas needs to clean up its air. The candidates for governor say they know how to do it.
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Energy
2010: Class is In
Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson invited both of the Democrats running for his job to stop by for a crash course on what the General Land Office does.
Posted inState Government
The Brief: January 8, 2010
Many Texans may be in need of some good news today.
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Health care
Guest Column: Save Rural Health Care Now
Why the 85 percent of Texans in and near urban areas should be concerned about the health care needs of the 15 percent who don’t.
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Health care
The Prescription: An Austin Eye Doctor’s View
Members of Congress are working to reconcile two massive health care bills that Texas doctors say will affect their practices and their patients. As part of his continuing exploration of how the effort to rewrite health care policy is playing here, KUT’s Nathan Bernier talked to an eye doctor in North Austin.
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Demographics
Fighting for Security
Immigration advocates say the feds are deporting thousands of illegal aliens who are minor offenders and some who’ve committed no crimes at all. But federal officials and local law enforcement argue that they’re simply making Texas streets safer.
Posted inState Government
Running Uphill
The Republicans have rolled out their slate of candidates in Travis County, which has been enemy territory — but this year, party leaders hope a sluggish economy and dissatisfaction with health care reform give them an opening. Ben Philpott, covering the 2010 elections for KUT News and the Tribune, filed this report.
