Your evening reading: Cornyn draws Tea Party challenger; Perry heckled over Medicaid during speech in D.C.; hundreds rally at state Capitol for immigration reform
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TribLive: A Conversation with Erickson and Treviño
At the quarterly meeting of the Texas Lyceum, I interviewed Erick Erickson of RedState.com and Joshua Treviño of the Texas Public Policy Foundation about the evolving influence of conservative media.
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The Brief: Feb. 22, 2013
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn’s push to derail the confirmation of Chuck Hagel may have already fizzled.
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The Evening Brief: Feb. 21, 2013
Your evening reading: Cornyn and Cruz call on Obama to withdraw Hagel nomination; House passes $4.5 billion Medicaid IOU bill; Perry names three new UT System regents
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Demographics
TribLive: Anchia and Gonzales on Voter ID
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, state Reps. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, and Larry Gonzales, R-Round Rock, talked to Julián Aguilar about disenfranchising voters.
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The Brief: Feb. 21, 2013
Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s about-face on a key component of federal health care reform has turned attention toward Texas and Gov. Rick Perry.
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Health care
Perry Stands Firm on Rejecting Medicaid Expansion
If the pressure to expand Medicaid is getting to Gov. Rick Perry — now seven Republican governors, including his friend Rick Scott in Florida, support accepting federal dollars to cover poor adults — he’s not letting on.
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Higher Education
Dewhurst, Straus Renew Higher Ed Oversight Committee
The Joint Oversight Committee on Higher Education Governance, Excellence and Transparency, created in 2011 amid controversy surrounding the leadership of university system regents, will be renewed this session.
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Polling Center: The Partisan Split on Voting Rights
Overall, Texas voters — by a slight majority — believe the federal government should continue oversight of the state’s changes in election laws, according to the October 2012 University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. But partisans are split.
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The Brief: Feb. 20, 2013
An onslaught of media scrutiny doesn’t appear to have slowed Ted Cruz, who returned to Texas on Tuesday.