Texas educators forcibly pinned down students with disabilities as many times in 2009 as they did in 2008, despite efforts to curb the practice.
Still Restrained
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Jerry Patterson: Why I’m a Big Fan of Obama
You know, don’t you, that the Land Commissioner is being facetious when he says that?
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2010: Watch the Debate, Wherever You Are
Can’t be in Denton for Thursday night’s Republican gubernatorial debate? Watch it from cities across the state, on these public and commercial television stations. Oh, and when in doubt, there’s always C-SPAN.
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Rick’s and Kay’s Spokesmen Face Off
In advance of Thursday’s debate, we mashed up Mark Miner and Jennifer Baker as they summed up this phase of the race.
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2010: Double Barrelled
Sen. John Cornyn says the only double standard that needs to be talked about is Senator Harry Reid’s.
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State Government
TribBlog: Access Granted
Should reporters wear muzzles when they’re around politicians? Some states seem to think so, but not, thankfully, Texas.
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Economy
The Brief: January 11, 2010
TV and politics collide this week, but it won’t include Tom DeLay’s dance moves.
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Attack of the Ads
Rick Perry’s and Kay Bailey Hutchison’s ads seem pretty tame so far, but in an everything’s-contested campaign cycle, even what constitutes an “attack ad” is grounds for debate.
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Health care
The Prescription: The Doctors are Out
Some physicians in undeserved areas of Texas worry that the doctor shortage is not being addressed in the health care reform debate. As part of his continuing exploration of the effort to rewrite health care policy, KUT’s Nathan Bernier talked to an East Austin doctor who’s doing his best to serve as many patients as possible.
