Ramsey on the fourth University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll (with insights into the statewide races, issues, the budget, and Texans’ view of the national scene), Hamilton and Thevenot in Galveston on the anniversary of Hurricane Ike, Ramshaw on secret hearings that separate children from their guardians, Hu on what former state Rep. Bill Zedler did for doctor-donors who were under investigation, Aguilar on the troubles around Mexico’s bicentennial, Galbraith talks coal and wind with the head of the Sierra Club, E. Smith interviews state Rep. Debbie Riddle about tourism babies and godless liberals, Grissom on why complaints about city jails go unaddressed, Philpott on the debate that will apparently never happen and Stiles continues to put the major-party gubernatorial candidates on the map: The best of our best from September 13 to 17, 2010.
Demographics
Explore population trends, diversity, and data shaping Texas communities, politics, and policy.
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More Texans are Poor, Uninsured
Census Data released Thursday shows a troubling rise in the number of impoverished Americans and Texans — along with a shift in the number of Texans who have insurance. Mose Buchele of KUT News reports.
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A Conversation With Debbie Riddle
For the 12th event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the GOP state representative from Tomball about what she really said on CNN, whether “tourism” babies are a threat to national security, why an Arizona-style immigration law would be right for Texas and whether she’ll back Joe Straus for speaker.
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The Show Must Go On
Despite the violence-fueled cancellation of bicentennial festivities in other major border towns, Nuevo Laredo plans to forge ahead with its celebration of Mexican Independence Day.
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TribBlog: UT’s First Majority-Minority Class
For the first time in the school’s history, the freshman class at the University of Texas has more minority students than white students.
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Criminal Justice
A Hardline in the Sand
Nearly half of all Texans would repeal the constitutional promise of citizenship for anyone born on U.S. soil, and nearly two-thirds would favor Arizona-style laws allowing the police to ask about the immigration status of anyone they stop for any reason, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.
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The Polling Center: Is Rick Perry Really Vulnerable?
Make no mistake: A Democrat running in a statewide race in Texas who is not losing by double-digits is doing relatively well. But this raises the larger question: Can Bill White actually win?
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Galbraith’s three-parter on the battle over wind power transmission lines, Grissom on a convicted killer who got probation, Aguilar on how the U.S. census counts inmates in the Texas prison system, Stiles launches a new interactive tool tracking the candidates for governor, Hamilton on the Texas A&M University System’s latest accountability measure for faculty, Hu’s interview with Democratic megadonor Steve “Back to Basics” Mostyn, Philpott on how the Texas economy compares to that of other states and Ramsey on the start of the 2010 election sprint: The best of our best from Sept. 6 to 10, 2010.
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On the Records: Mapping Lottery Sales
Earlier this week, the Austin American-Statesman published an interesting series about the Texas Lottery. We mapped the data, which the paper’s editors graciously released, to visualize fiscal year 2009 sales and residents’ income characteristics by zip code.
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Charles Miller: The TT Interview
The former chairman of the UT System Board of Regents on why demography is destiny, why higher education isn’t necessarily the key determinant of the state’s economic future, why Texas doesn’t need more tier-one schools and how colleges abuse the financial aid system.
