At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, former state Rep. Sid Miller, R-Stephenville, a 2014 candidate for Texas Agriculture Commissioner, talked about why he would have opposed the farm bill recently passed by Congress.
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TribLive: Miller on Water
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, former state Rep. Sid Miller, R-Stephenville, a 2014 candidate for Texas Agriculture Commissioner, explained why the state’s water crisis would be his first priority if he’s elected — and what he’d do about it.
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TribLive: A Conversation With Sid Miller
Full video of my 2/13 TribLive conversation with former state Rep. Sid Miller, R-Stephenville, a 2014 candidate for Texas Agriculture Commissioner.
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The Brief: Feb. 13, 2014
Ted Cruz put his party’s Senate leaders in a tough spot Wednesday: vote against the Democrats on raising the debt limit and risk damaging global markets, or vote with the Democrats and hand Tea Party challengers a line of attack.
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The Brief: Feb. 12, 2014
Former Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos was sentenced Tuesday to 13 years in prison for his role in a corruption scheme that in recent days has become a hot topic in the governor’s race.
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The Brief: Feb. 11, 2014
On paper and in person, GOP gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott pushed back on Monday against critics of his use of the term “third world” to describe corruption in Texas.
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The Brief: Feb. 10, 2014
News broke Sunday night of a big move at the UT System: Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa will be stepping down after a successor is named.
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The Brief: Feb. 7, 2014
The rise of anti-immigrant rhetoric in the GOP lieutenant governor’s race — and personified by state Sen. Dan Patrick — is angering several Hispanic party leaders to the point where one of them is considering voting for a Democrat in the general election.
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Health care
The Brief: Feb. 6, 2014
Chris Christie is coming to Texas on Thursday and with a large target on his back placed there by Democrats.
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The Brief: Feb. 4, 2014
Greg Abbott has reversed the campaign fundraising storyline of a month ago, raising more than three times the cash as the combined efforts of Wendy Davis and Battleground Texas.