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Federal Government Shutdown to Keep Texas Workers Home
Thousands of “nonessential” Texas federal employees will be off the job until Congress passes legislation to turn the government’s lights back on. Texas has the nation’s third-highest concentration of federal employees.
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Demographics
Staples Emphasizes Leadership in Campaign Video
A new web video from Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples, a candidate for lieutenant governor, features scenes from his campaign’s bus tour and urges voters to “stand with Staples,” saying that “leadership begins with action.”
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Cornyn Imagines a Blue Texas in New Ad
In a new ad touting his re-election campaign and his KeepItRed website, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, imagines a Texas gone blue. Spoiler alert: He doesn’t think it would be a utopian state.
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The Brief: Sept. 30, 2013
Nine programming tracks, 150 speakers and 45 events — oh, and a looming government shutdown — made for a weekend of high political drama in Texas.
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Politics
TribuneFest: A Conversation With Wendy Davis
Full video of my one-on-one with state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, at the 2013 Texas Tribune Festival.
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TribuneFest: Davis on Running for Governor
At the 2013 Texas Tribune Festival, state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, gave the clearest indication yet of why and how she’d run for governor.
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Criminal Justice
Liveblog: Keynote Speakers at The Texas Tribune Festival
We liveblogged The 2013 Texas Tribune Festival’s Keynote track, which included conversations with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and state Sen. Wendy Davis, a talk on the Tea Party’s goals and a session on efforts to turn Texas blue. Read the highlights here.
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TribuneFest: A Conversation With Ted Cruz
Full video of my one-on-one with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz at the 2013 Texas Tribune Festival.
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Health care
Anita Perry: By Law, Abortion “Could Be a Woman’s Right”
Texas first lady Anita Perry said Saturday that while there’s no daylight between her and her husband on abortion, it’s not her job to judge women who undergo the procedure under state law.