Lloyd Doggett

TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

By Evan Smith June 4, 2011

Aaronson and Grissom on a freshman lawmaker who didn't mind making waves, Aguilar on E-Verify's new lease on life, Galbraith on the state's plodding progress toward solar power, Hamilton on Warren Chisum's exit, Philpott on the remapping of Lloyd Doggett's district, Ramsey on a proposed change to ethics laws for Texas pols, Ramshaw on efforts by the state to take control of Medicaid and Medicare, Root on why a Rick presidential bid shouldn't be underestimated, M. Smith on the unraveling of school finance legislation and Tan and Dehn on the highs and lows of the 82nd legislative session: The best of our best content from May 30 to June 3, 2011. Full Story

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Imperiled Doggett "Ready to Battle" New Map

By Ben Philpott, KUT News June 1, 2011

Under a new congressional redistricting map, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, would lose 60,000 constituents who voted for President Barack Obama in 2008. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune talked with Doggett about the proposal, which the congressman said "plunged a dagger into the heart" of Travis County. Full Story

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A Meandering Route to a Congressional Redistricting Map

By Ross Ramsey May 23, 2011

When it comes to congressional redistricting in Texas, inaction is louder than words. Full Story

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Interactive: What $830M in Federal Aid Means for Your School District

By Morgan Smith and Ryan Murphy May 12, 2011

Since the repeal of the Doggett amendment on the use of federal education stimulus dollars, $830 million has been rolling in to Texas schools. Use our interactive maps to see which districts benefited and which lost out under the money's new terms. Full Story

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Doggett Dismayed by Redistricting Plan

By Justin Dehn April 18, 2011

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, reacts to the proposed split of his current district. Full Story
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 75

By Reeve Hamilton April 13, 2011

This week on the TribCast, Evan, Ross, Reeve, and Morgan discuss rumors of the death of campus carry legislation, a controversial amendment with many names, and the latest on redistricting and the budget. Full Story
Hispanics at Heart of Redistricting Debate

By Ben Philpott, KUT News April 8, 2011

Expect just about every redistricting decision made this year to center on the state's rapidly growing Hispanic population. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports on how the search for Hispanic-majority districts could affect the re-election chances of some lawmakers. Full Story

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Hispanics at Heart of Redistricting Debate

By Ben Philpott, KUT News April 8, 2011

Expect just about every redistricting decision made this year to center on the state's rapidly growing Hispanic population. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports on how the search for Hispanic-majority districts could affect the re-election chances of some lawmakers. Full Story

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U.S. House Votes on Texas Education Money [Updated]

By Morgan Smith Feb. 19, 2011

In the latest round of the political feud over $830 million in federal funding, House Republicans, led by U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville, passed a bill Saturday that attempts to block the enforcement of the Texas-specific Education Jobs amendment. Full Story

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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

By Evan Smith Feb. 19, 2011

The best of our best content from Feb. 14 to 18, 2011. Full Story
Texplainer: Can the Lege Overrule Perry on Education Money?

By Morgan Smith Feb. 14, 2011

Gov. Rick Perry has said he can't sign an application to receive $10 billion in federal education aid because it requires an assurance he cannot constitutionally make: that the Lege will not use the money to offset state funding of public education. Full Story

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Perry, Doggett and Their $830 Million Feud

By Morgan Smith Feb. 14, 2011

Six months after Congress established the $10 billion Education Jobs Fund to help states retain and hire teachers, Texas is one of only two states that has not received its money. Whether the state will gets it depends on a game of political chicken between Gov. Rick Perry and a certain Austin Democrat. Full Story

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Doggett Responds to Perry Jabs

By Morgan Smith Feb. 8, 2011

That "certain Texas congressman" whom Gov. Rick Perry called out in his address today for blocking federal education money responds. U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett says Perry's jibe "says less about the state of the state and more about his own state of denial." Full Story

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TribBlog: Doggett Pops Perry on Education

By Evan Smith Jan. 11, 2011

On the letters page of Wednesday's New York Times, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, slams Gov. Rick Perry for failing to take $830 million in federal money that Perry and other Republicans complained had strings attached but that Doggett says would have prevented "anti-education 'smoke and mirrors' budgeting" by the state. Full Story
Keep Austin Sane

By Ben Philpott, KUT News Nov. 1, 2010

While tens of thousands of people crowded the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, Austinites gathered at the Texas Capitol for a companion event. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports. Full Story
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

By Evan Smith Aug. 14, 2010

Stiles on Bill White's donor-appointees, M. Smith on a form of meritless lawsuit that's still legal in Texas, Ramshaw on what federal health care reform means for the future of physician-owned specialty hospitals, Galbraith's interview with the chairman of the Public Utility Commission, Philpott on the latest flap over federal education funding, Grissom on the finally-in-compliance Dallas County Jail, Titus on the oiled pelicans of the BP spill, Hamilton's interview with the new chancellor of the Texas State University System, Ramsey on the political and legal definitions of residency, Hu on Barack Obama's visit to Austin and Aguilar on what the U.S. could be doing to aid Mexico: The best of our best from August 9 to 13, 2010. Full Story
GOP to Doggett: "Doggone It!"

By Ben Philpott, KUT News Aug. 12, 2010

The state's GOP leaders say the strings attached to $800 million in federal education funding by U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, are not only too restrictive — they could be unconstitutional. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune has this report. Full Story

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The Weekly TribCast: Episode 41

By Ben Philpott, KUT News Aug. 11, 2010

Ben, Ross, Evan and Matt talk about President Obama's visit to Texas and who didn't want to be seen with him, the battle over strings attached to federal education money, Bill White's donor-appointees and the legal and political definitions of residency. Full Story
Every Doggett Has His Day

By Ben Philpott, KUT News Aug. 11, 2010

The U.S. House has passed a bill on Tuesday that is expected to send about $800 million to bolster the state’s education budget. But thanks to an amendment added by U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, the funding comes with Texas-specific strings attached. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune has this report. Full Story

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TribBlog: Dewhurst: "We Will File Suit"

By Reeve Hamilton Aug. 5, 2010

Texas will sue the federal government, yet again, if Texas-specific requirements are not removed from budget legislation that passed the U.S. Senate today, according to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. Full Story

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