Removals of Texas children from abusive homes have reached their highest point since the 2008 polygamist sect raid, when hundreds were taken into custody in a single day.
Rising Removals
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Politics
Assessing Bill White
Two Houston bloggers duke it out over the wisdom and promise of the mayor’s gubernatorial candidacy.
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State Government
2010: Stalking Steve Ogden
Rep. Dan Gattis says state Sen. Steve Ogden is running for reelection after all. But Ogden has maintained radio silence, not commenting (except through staff, who are happy to tell reporters that there’s no comment available).
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2010: Business, Politics, and Charity
The City of Laredo and Farouk Systems — the Houston company founded and run by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Farouk Shami — brought 96 soldiers who couldn’t afford the trip from El Paso for an early Thanksgiving with family last week.
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State Government
TribBlog: A Bolly-“Good Business Decision”
Dan Patrick is changing the programming at his Dallas station exclusively to Indian music.
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Politics
The Brief: November 30, 2009
With the Thanksgiving behind us, it’s time to put noses back to the grindstone — unless you are state Rep. Dan Gattis, R-Georgetown.
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Economy
Stymied by Stimulus?
The stimulus money increased funding for education last session. But can the state keep it up next session without more federal money?
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Politics
Pleading the Tenth
The final amendment in the Bill of Rights provides state leaders their best avenue around federal policies they don’t agree with. That is, if the Tenth Amendment actually means something.
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Economy
Beyond Textbooks and Tests
Hoping to push a wide array of digital content and teaching tools to public schools, the Texas Education Agency has cut a deal with a division of The New York Times for an electronic curriculum portal and searchable access to the newspaper’s content since 1851.
