2010: Hold Your Green Horses [Updated]
The Texas Democratic Party won Thursday's battle against the Green Party — but the war isn't over yet. Full Story
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The Brief: June 10, 2010
Is the race for governor over? Full Story
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2010: Perry: White Should Resign [Updated]
Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that Democrat Bill White should leave the governor's race it's true that he owned part of a company that got taxpayer money to deal with Hurricane Rita while White was mayor. White's campaign responded by saying Perry is lying about White's record to avoid debating the Democrat before the November election. Full Story
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The Brief: June 9, 2010
It's Bill White versus the campaign hydra this week. Full Story
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Been Down This Road Before
As the Texas Department of Transportation heads into a House Transportation Committee hearing today to review a highly critical 628-page audit, the value of the $2 million report is being called into question. Full Story
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2010: White Releases Income Tax Returns [Updated]
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White — after weeks of nagging from Republican Gov. Rick Perry — released his personal income tax returns dating back to 2004. Full Story
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TribBlog: Political Football [Updated]
Shopping for a new athletic conference? Make sure the political alignment matches up with the school alignment. Full Story
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TribBlog: Campaigns Sound Off Over 'Fight Club' [Updated]
The day after the Texas Tribune and the Houston Chronicle collaborated to expose a fight club — this one involving young girls at a Houston-area residential treatment center for foster kids — gubernatorial hopeful Bill White's campaign sounded off on it, blaming Gov. Rick Perry for not being aware of the abuse. Full Story
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The Brief: June 7, 2010
Forecasters pegging a looming state budget shortfall at $18 billion don't have Gov. Rick Perry particularly worried. Full Story
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Forced to Fight
Workers at a center for distressed children in Manvel provoked seven developmentally disabled girls into a fight of biting and bruising, while they laughed, cheered and promised the winners after-school snacks. The fight was one of more than 250 incidents of abuse and mistreatment in residential treatment centers over the last two years, based on a Houston Chronicle/Texas Tribune review of Department of Family and Protective Services records. Full Story
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TribBlog: Let's Hear It for Building Codes
Texas will adopt stricter energy efficiency requirements for new buildings, the State Energy Conservation Office announced today. They will go into effect in 2011 and 2012. Full Story
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Ads Infinitum: Perry Goes After "Cap & Trade" [Updated]
Gov. Rick Perry's latest web ad sits challenger Bill White next to someone he might not want to be pictured with right now — Barack Obama. Full Story
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The Pollution Wars
Since last week's announcement that the EPA is getting tough on Texas, the state and the feds have been going at it. But does alll the hubbub mean that the air we breathe is dangerous? Full Story
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The Weekly Tribcast Episode 31
In this week's TribCast, Ross, Evan, Ben and Reeve discuss the summer political fundraising season, TxDOT's audit, how population projections will impact into redistricting and the politics of pollution. Full Story
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TribBlog: Perry Takes a Knee [Updated]
Gov. Rick Perry's having knee surgery on Friday. In an e-mail sent out this afternoon, Dana Parish, deputy finance director for Texans for Rick Perry, notified supporters that a campaign event had been rescheduled because of the impending surgery. Full Story
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The Brief: June 2, 2010
The Fort Hood shooter made his first courtroom appearance Tuesday, but a trial, the military court decided, won't happen until October. Full Story
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TribBlog: Still Not Racing to the Top [Updated]
Gov. Rick Perry wasn't interested in federal "Race to the Top" money before — and he isn't now, either. Full Story
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TribBlog: The 10 Percent Solution
Fresh off of asking for five percent cuts from state agencies and actually approving $1.2 billion of what was proposed, the state's top three leaders are asking for ten percent cuts in the amounts the agencies will be seeking next time the Legislature meets. Full Story
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The Polling Center: Bill White’s “Everywhere Else” Problem
Bill White’s problem is an “everywhere else” problem, which is only partly rural in nature. Full Story
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We Like It Better Here
A majority of Texans believe the state is on the right track, while a plurality thinks the country is on the wrong track, according to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Full Story
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