The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission hopes a pair of apps will increase safety and compliance next year during spring break.
Governor’s Office
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Energy
State Climatologist Has Eye on the Sky for Texas
John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas’ state climatologist since 2000, has seen his duties explode in the last 18 months amid public clamor for information on the drought.
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State Government
If Perry Runs Again, Then What Happens to Abbott?
Greg Abbott is all set to run for governor, but now Rick Perry might be in his way. It feels similar to 2010, when many thought Perry was a lame duck, but he ran again.
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Politics
The Morning After: Perry Returns from the Trail
When the Legislature decamped from Austin in July, there was a sense of order in Texas politics. And yet, as Rick Perry returns a mere seven months later, conditions on the ground in Texas border on the chaotic.
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State Government
Perry at Home: Fewer Foes = Fewer Complaints
Lame duck or not, Rick Perry is still the Republican governor of a strongly Republican state. In Texas, he controls the levers of government, muzzles the news media and has no meaningful political opposition.
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Politics
Rick Perry and Texas Voters: The Morning After
The underlying fundamentals that buttressed Gov. Rick Perry’s political power in the state are not much changed, and they suggest that the governor will reassert his powerful presence in Texas politics now that he is back.
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Politics
Video: Perry Not Playing For Second Place
Perry, who came in fifth place in the Iowa caucuses, says he didn’t come to South Carolina to “come in second.” But the governor declined to say what whether he would give up and go home if he doesn’t win the Palmetto State.
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State Government
In Redistricting Fight, a Comfort Zone for Abbott
The attorney general is in the happy position of defending redistricting maps that benefit his allies and punish his foes — all in the name of official state business.
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Economy
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Root and Tan on the restoration of the Governor’s Mansion and on the Perrys’ expensive replacement digs, E. Smith’s TribLive interview with three freshman legislators in El Paso, M. Smith on tough financial standards for local school districts, Ramshaw and Murphy on Texas docs paid by drug companies, yours truly on new congressional and legislative redistricting maps, Hamilton on the biggest competitive endeavor in Brownsville’s schools and Aguilar on how border mayors feel about military equipment in their cities: The best of our best content from November 21 to 25, 2011.
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State Government
Video: Perry’s Journey From Ranch to Luxury Mansion
In 2008, Gov. Rick Perry moved from the Governor’s Mansion into a $10,000 a month estate in West Austin. Perry says security is his top concern and “to do that on the cheap is pretty hard to do.” His critics say he’s living a luxurious lifestyle on the taxpayers’ dime.
