Both immigrants’ rights groups and conservative lawmakers are criticizing the White House’s plan, announced Friday, to deal with the influx of migrants illegally crossing Texas’ southern border.
Rick Perry
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Energy
The Brief: June 20, 2014
Gov. Rick Perry spent his lunch hour Thursday with a couple dozen reporters in Washington, D.C., in an attempt to turn the page on last week’s controversial remarks on homosexuality and to once again stoke talk of a 2016 presidential run.
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Criminal Justice
DPS Addresses New Border Operation
UPDATED: The Texas DPS said Thursday that as part of its new mission, it will partner with local and federal authorities to “deter and disrupt drug and human trafficking, and other border-related crimes.”
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Energy
The Brief: June 19, 2014
Texas’ top leadership on Wednesday evening gave orders to boost spending at the Texas-Mexico border by $1.3 million a week through at least the end of the calendar year.
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Politics
The Brief: June 18, 2014
In the new University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, the influence of the Tea Party is seen in a hardening line on immigration and views on the state’s role in addressing the gender wage gap.
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Criminal Justice
Patrick Wants Emergency Spending for Border Security
UPDATED: Dan Patrick, the GOP candidate for lieutenant governor, joined some of his conservative colleagues on Tuesday in calling for “immediate action” to address the surge of undocumented immigrants crossing into Texas.
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Health care
The Brief: June 17, 2014
The value of a four-year college degree is becoming less apparent to Texans, according to the latest installment of the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Politics
Video: Perry Addresses State GOP Convention
Check out Gov. Rick Perry’s full remarks to delegates at the 2014 Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.
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Inside Texas Politics: Cantor, Congress and Conventions
On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics, I talked with host Jason Whitely and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Bud Kennedy about the latest UT/TT poll, Eric Cantor, the GOP state platform and more.
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The Brief: June 13, 2014
Could President Obama be so unpopular in Texas that he’s making it difficult for Democratic candidates in the state, such as gubernatorial hopeful Wendy Davis?
