Do the majority of Texans who call themselves independents actually behave that way at the polls? The inaugural UT/TT poll provides a decisive answer to that question: No.
The Polling Center: Are Texas Independents Really All That Independent?
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Health care
TribBlog: Restraints: A gut-wrenching case
Of all the tales of restraints gone wrong I heard while reporting this story on Texas special education students, this one is the worst:
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T-Squared
T-Squared: We’ve Got Your (Feed)Back
Forty-eight hours or so have passed since we opened for business, and your cards and letters — more like your tweets and e-mails — are telling us much of what we need to know about the changes you’d like to see to our site, things that would enhance your experience.
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Criminal Justice
The Brief: November 5, 2009
Recommendation: Do not get swine flu. Tracking the vaccine is getting to be like figuring out what happened to all the TARP money.
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Who will lead Houston next? Locke and Parker have opinions
Next month Houston voters will select a new mayor for the first time in six years, replacing the term-limited Bill White. The two remaining candidates discuss their paths to victory.
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Annise Parker discusses the Houston mayor’s race
Houston City Controller Annise Parker says she’s confident voters in the state’s largest city will select her as mayor in next month’s runoff election.
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Demographics
Mixed impressions inside the poll numbers
Texans say immigration tops their list of state concerns. Nearly half of them say illegal immigrants should be deported, as against 41 percent who think the immigrants should be allowed to keep their jobs, assimilate, and eventually be allowed to apply for legal status.
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Gene Locke discusses the Houston mayor race
Former Houston City Attorney Gene Locke said his “track record of getting things done” is the reason the city’s voters should select him in next month’s mayoral runoff.
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Bartlett on Rick vs. Kay … and Bush?
Dan Bartlett, George W. Bush’s communications director and counselor, talks to the Tribune’s Evan Smith about whether the former president’s loyalists — and the former president himself? — are taking sides in the Republican primary for governor.
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Higher Education
Audio: Neglected issues: Higher Education
Although Texas has more massive universities and small colleges than just about any other state, higher education doesn’t rank high among issues in play during the governor’s race. Reporting on the 2010 election for Tribune partner KUT-FM, Nathan Bernier explains why some people think it deserves greater attention.
