On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics with host Jason Whitely and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Bud Kennedy, the focus is on North Texas, where both Dallas and neighboring Arlington had elections Saturday.
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Playlist: This Isn’t the Occasional Taco
Issues of surveillance and questions of paranoia kept coming up this week, so this week’s playlist of the news has a quartet of paranoia-themed songs — but we’re not telling you where they’ll crop up.
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Livestream: Watch Texas Legislators in Action
Watch members of the Texas House and Senate debate legislation using our livestream, courtesy of the Texas Legislature. And stay updated on the issues they’re debating with our Texas Legislative Guide.
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State Government
Texas House Approves State Hashtag Proposals
The Texas House on Friday gave near-unanimous support to a trio of proposals to designate state-specific hashtags. They are #txlege, #Texas and #TexasToDo.
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State Government
Video Shows Tense Exchange Between Pickett and Stickland
A week after a dramatic committee hearing that culminated in state Rep. Joe Pickett throwing fellow Rep. Jonathan Stickland out of the committee room, video of the hearing was posted online.
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State Government
Roundup: Garland Shooting, Jade Helm and a Lege Update
This week in the Roundup: Gov. Greg Abbott calls the Garland shooting a “heinous crime,” Abbott also defends his decision to order the Texas State Guard to monitor a federal military training exercise, and the Legislature advances key measures as the end of session nears.
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Public Education
Abbott’s Pre-K Bill Easily Passes Texas Senate
A key early education bill backed by Gov. Greg Abbott setting up grants to encourage higher quality pre-kindergarten programs has now cleared both chambers of the Legislature.
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Higher Education
Video: Sharp on Hazlewood
At our 5/7 conversation, John Sharp, the chancellor of the Texas A&M University System, discussed the gap between the cost of educating veterans and their kin under the Hazlewood law and what the Legislature has appropriated.
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Economy
Video: Sharp on Reregulating Tuition
At our 5/7 conversation, John Sharp, the chancellor of the Texas A&M University System, talked about the various legislative proposals to constrain the ability of public universities to raise tuition.
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Higher Education
Video: A Conversation With John Sharp
Full video of my 5/7 conversation with John Sharp, the chancellor of the Texas A&M University System.