State Rep. Allan Ritter, D-Nederland, is telling associates he will switch to the Republican Party next week.
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Economy
TribBlog: The 2.5 Percent Solution [Updated]
As expected, state leaders are asking state agencies to cut their current budgets even more. This time, by 2.5 percent.
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Demographics
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
M. Smith and Butrymowicz of the Hechinger Institute on charter schools and public schools making nice in the Valley, Ramsey’s interview with House Speaker candidate Ken Paxton and column on the coming budget carnage, Hu on the Legislature’s disappearing white Democratic women, Grissom on the sheriff who busted Willie Nelson, Hamilton talks higher ed accountability with the chair of the Governor’s Business Council, Aguilar on the arrest of a cartel kingpin, Ramshaw on the explosive growth in the number of adult Texans with diabetes, Philpott on state incentive funding under fire and Galbraith on the greening of Houston: The best of our best from November 29 to December 3, 2010.
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Branch: Calling it a Speaker’s Race is “Generous”
At this morning’s TribLive event, state Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, speaks out on the challenge to his close friend and colleague, Speaker Joe Straus.
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State Government
Ken Paxton: The TT Interview
The Republican state representative from McKinney on why he’s running for speaker, why Joe Straus is “the most controversial Republican elected official … that maybe has ever happened,” the role of outside groups in what has historically been a forum for the most inside of insider politics and whether he thinks he can really win.
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State Government
TribBlog: All Politics is Local
Freshman state Rep. Van Taylor, R-Plano, says he’s supporting Ken Paxton’s challenge to incumbent House Speaker Joe Straus.
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State Government
Debbie Irvine: The TT Interview
The newly christened executive director of the Texas Legislative Council on how the upcoming session is going to be “really, really difficult,” how technology has changed her job, whether redistricting maps can get drawn and agreed upon by June and how she keeps politics from impacting her work.
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TribBlog: Ready for His Closeup
The newest video touting Joe Straus for reelection as Speaker looks like the intro for one of those lifetime achievement statues they give away on the awards shows.
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TribBlog: Paxton Adds Two
Add state Reps. Erwin Cain of Como and James White of Hillister to the list of members backing Ken Paxton, R-McKinney, for speaker of the House.
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Higher Education
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Grissom (with Tedesco of the San Antonio Express-News) on high-speed police chases on the Texas-Mexico border, Hu and Hamilton draw a roadmap through the tangle of the Speaker’s Race, M. Smith on the trouble with electronic supplements to science textbooks, Ramshaw interviews patient privacy advocate Deborah Peel, Aguilar on Cuba and Texas and trade, Hamilton on the latest in biotech from Texas A&M University, Stiles on who’s in the money in Congress, Hu on the controversial renewal of the state lottery contract, yours truly on Tom DeLay’s victory in the face of his conviction on money-laundering charges, and E. Smith with a Thanksgiving cornucopia of TribLive videos: The best of our best from November 22 to 26, 2010.