This week on the TribCast, Ross, Reeve, Emily, and Julian discuss the theatrics of the end of the special session and look forward to the interim.
David Dewhurst
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State Government
The End Game: Special Session Wraps Up Today
The House couldn’t get the votes it needed to suspend the rules to take up the TSA anti-groping bill before the clock runs out today.
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Demographics
The Brief: June 24, 2011
Not every crowd is an adoring crowd. Gov. Rick Perry got a reality check in San Antonio this week.
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Updated: Perry Adds TSA Anti-Groping Bill to Call
Gov. Rick Perry has added Transportation Security Administration (TSA) anti-groping legislation to the agenda for the special legislative session.
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State Government
Updated: As Special Session Winds Down, TWIA Fight Continues
Calling it “absolutely” must-pass legislation, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said this afternoon he is working with senators to hammer out a bill to reform the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.
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Criminal Justice
Poll: Obama Almost as Popular as Perry in Texas
Likely voters in Texas approve of President Barack Obama almost as much as they approve of Gov. Rick Perry, according to the third and final release of poll results from the Texas Lyceum, a nonprofit, nonpartisan group of civic leaders.
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State Government
TribLive: Why Dewhurst Made the Ten Worst List
At this morning’s TribLive conversation, the authors of Texas Monthly’s biennial Best and Worst Legislators story explained why they put Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst on the Ten Worst list.
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State Government
For Big Three, Session Ends as It Started: It’s Complicated
If you wanted to know where the governor, the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the House would stand at the end of the legislative session, you could have seen it all months ago.
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Why Club for Growth Endorsed Ted Cruz for Senate
“We’re convinced he’ll be a leader,” the bellwether conservative group’s president tells the Tribune. “He’s committed to pro-growth issues. When we find someone like him, we move quickly.”
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State Government
“Anti-Groping” Bill May Be Reborn in Special Session
The “anti-groping” bill may not be dead just yet. State Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview, who authored the original bill, is renewing his quest to uphold the Fourth Amendment in the special session.
