Check out Census 2010’s latest pitchman, Karl Rove. The man known as Bush’s Brain draws on his appreciation for James Madison to sell the Census to those who haven’t mailed in their forms yet.
Immigration
In-depth reporting on border issues, policies, communities, and the impact of immigration across the state, from The Texas Tribune.
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TribBlog: A Redistricting Compromise?
Republican and Democratic members of the Texas congressional delegation are discussing a possible compromise designed to cool off the overheated politics of congressional redistricting by dividing the expected spoils once U.S. Census figures are in and the reapportionment process begins in 2011, two members of the delegation say.
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TribBlog: First Responders
Census Day isn’t until tomorrow, but residents in some Texas cities and counties got a significant head start, according to the latest questionnaire response rates.
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TribBlog: Bad News for Texas Immigrants
A midterm Congressional report released today by the National Latino Congreso asserts Texas’ U.S. House delegation votes against progressive immigration reform proposals 63 percent of the time.
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Worse Than Colombia
That’s how Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw described the violence raging in Mexico’s drug war at a House hearing on Tuesday.
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TribBlog: IAPA to Latin America: “Enough With the Apathy”
The unsolved murder of a border journalist gunned down in front of his daughter has prompted the Inter American Press Association to call on Mexican President Felipe Calderon to address the country’s “negligence, apathy and irregularities” when investigating the deaths of members of the media.
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TribBlog: McCraw Says Mexico Worse Than Colombia
The situation in Mexico is worse now than the Colombian drug war of the 1980s and 1990s ever was, Texas Department of Homeland Security Director Steve McCraw told state lawmakers today.
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TribBlog: Census Director “Concerned” About Texas
Texans’ lagging response to the U.S. census questionnaire is getting the attention of the higher-ups at the bureau.
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James Baker Says …
The former secretary of state talked foreign policy, partisan politics and the national debt at an event co-presented by the Tribune, the Center for Politics and Governance at UT’s LBJ School of Public Affairs, and the LBJ Library.
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“The Dumping Point”
Detainees with mental impairments lack proper medical evaluation when they enter the federal immigration detention system and don’t get adequate medication and access to social services, according to a new study.