How will Thursday’s shooting change security guidelines at the Capitol?
Dan Patrick
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State Government
TribBlog: Perry Commends DPS Troopers Who Nabbed Capitol Shooter
A man entered Sen. Dan Patrick’s office, then fired shots outside the Capitol. No injuries have been reported.
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2010: Truth Behind the Tweet
It’s the end of the week. Productivity is down and the need for distraction is up. Luckily, a psychology professor has a tool that could easily fill a political junkie’s afternoon.
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The Brief: December 22, 2009
State Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, will be hiking, not running, in 2010.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Stiles and Thevenot collaborate on the salaries paid to superintendents, and even compare them on price per student… Ramsey’s look at redistricting and next year’s elections… Aguilar’s report on jails, brought to you by the federal agency that’s in the ag business… Rapoport’s peek at the power behind Texas pre-kindergarten programs… Smith’s conversation with Dan Patrick, in three parts… Grissom’s narrative on a circular immigration and deportation route financed by two governments… Ramshaw finds doctors agreeing on public policy and split on strategy and tactics… Hu’s latest Stump Interrupted puts the camera on Farouk Shami… Hamilton’s story on two retired cops who are taking on cargo theft in Texas… And Kreighbaum and Stiles pop open the itineraries of your folks in Congress. The best of our best from December 12 to 18, 2009.
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Dan Patrick on His Future
The Republican state senator from Houston on whether he wants to run for statewide office in Texas.
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Dan Patrick on Rick vs. Kay
The state senator from Houston and radio talk show host explains why he’s for Governor Perry in the Republican primary but not against Senator Hutchison.
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An Interview with Dan Patrick
The full twenty minutes with the Republican state senator from Houston, who talks power, politics and why he loves life in the Lege.
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Dan Patrick on the Two-thirds Rule
The Republican state senator from Houston explains why the longstanding parliamentary tradition is “arbitrary” — and why his party should better exercise its power.
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Politics
The Charter School Waiting Game
Nearly 130,000 students attend Texas charter schools, but 40,000 more are waiting to get in.
