Aaronson analyzes TWIA claims and lawyer fees, Aguilar talks border security and voter ID with Chuy Hinojosa, Grissom on the latest inmate exonerated via DNA evidence, Hamilton interviews John Sharp on higher ed and the SEC, Murphy interactively maps the changes wrought by redistricting, Philpott on who’s running Texas while Rick Perry is out campaigning for president, Ramsey on Perry’s history of off-the-cuff remarks, Ramshaw on Perry’s childhood years in Paint Creek, Root on Perry’s extraordinary first week on the trail and Tan on even more ways Texas will change on Sept. 1: The best of our best content from Aug. 15-19, 2011.
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Demographics
Guest Column: Why Rick Perry is Bad for Hispanics
As the last legislative session demonstrated, the governor has a failing record on issues important to Latinos, including public education, expanded pre-K, college access, redistricting and immigration.
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Politics
Updated: Jackson Chooses Congress Over State Senate
As expected, state Sen. Mike Jackson, R-La Porte, will run for Congress next year instead of for re-election to the Texas Senate. State Rep. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, may run for his Senate seat.
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Interactive: The Texas Tribune Redistricting Viewer
Building on the success of our previous redistricting interactive, the Tribune has prepared a new version that includes the redistricting maps for the state House, Senate and State Board of Education.
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Criminal Justice
State Seeks Clearance for Political Maps
Texas bypassed the Obama administration’s Department of Justice on Tuesday, opting to ask a panel of federal judges in Washington, D.C., to review the state’s new maps for congressional, legislative and State Board of Education districts.
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Politics
First Election Stop: San Antonio
That exhibition of musical chairs is contingent on the outcomes of several lawsuits filed against this or that piece of the new political maps drawn by the Legislature earlier this year.
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State Government
Redistricting Fights Move From Capitol to Courthouse
Texas lawmakers actually finished their redistricting work this year, drawing new maps for Congress, the Texas House and Senate, and for the State Board of Education. But the fight is just starting, and could last beyond next year’s elections.
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State Government
The Midday Brief: July 1, 2011
Your afternoon reading: Rick Perry may or may not be running for president, but he definitely had back surgery today. Also, his security detail may not have to disclose their travel records after all.
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Politics
Video: Martinez Fischer, Texas Redistricting on CNN
CNN is anticipating another redistricting showdown in Texas. The Mexican American Legislative Caucus, led by state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, is preparing for a court battle over the newly-passed congressional map.
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Interactive: Lege’s New Congressional Map
SB 4, the Legislature’s attempt at redrawing congressional lines to make room for four new districts, has made its way through the House and Senate and been sent to Gov. Rick Perry. Use our interactive map to see how each district would change under the proposal.
