No surprise here, but still: State leaders want state agencies to cut five percent from their current budgets “due to the uncertainty of the state’s short-term economic future, as well as potentially substantial long-term costs associated with the passage of federal legislation currently being debated in Washington, D.C.”
TribBlog: Snip, Snip
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2010: Truth Behind the Tweet
It’s the end of the week. Productivity is down and the need for distraction is up. Luckily, a psychology professor has a tool that could easily fill a political junkie’s afternoon.
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Public Education
TribBlog: Don McLeroy in the Hizz
In the midst of the social studies curriculum revisions, the SBOE member and former chair kicks off a debate about, of all things, hip-hop.
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Ads Inifinitum: Hutchison’s “Cha-Ching”
Kay Bailey Hutchison’s latest campaign ad takes to the air today. They are calling it “Cha-Ching.”
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State Government
On the Records: Ready, Set, File
Today the campaigns file reports itemizing their donations and expenditures.
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Politics
The Brief: January 15, 2010
Note to self: don’t bring gun to the grocery store. Even if you wish you could.
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Public Education
Civil Civics
State Board of Education members played mostly nice with one another Thursday, as they added and subtracted historical figures to the social studies curriculum. In: the first Hispanic Texas Supreme Court justice, Tejanos who died at the Alamo, and W.E.B. Du Bois. Out: “Ma” Ferguson, Henry Cisneros, and Dolores Huerta.
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Debate Differences
Three candidates for the Republican Party nomination for Governor faced off last night in the first debate of the 2010 election. It’s been months since Governor Rick Perry and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison announced they’d be running for governor in 2010. The campaign machinery for both have been pumping out information throughout 2009. But for many voters – last night’s debate was their first chance to kick the tires and figure out how the candidates stand on a handful of topics. Ben Philpott, who’s covering the Texas governor’s race for KUT News and the Texas Tribune, reports on what differences emerged from last night’s debate.
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Not Exactly a Game-Changer
In the first debate of this political season, Rick Perry didn’t fall on his face, and Kay Bailey Hutchison didn’t either. For a politician with a reputation to protect, that’s the description of a win. The third candidate in the race, Debra Medina, held her own.
