This week, we asked the insiders whether the school finance lawsuits will play in the elections and in the next legislative session.
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Higher Education
Higher Ed Guru: Seven Solutions a “Good Start”
Thomas Lindsay, recently selected to head the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Higher Education, attributes the state’s growing awareness of higher education to the discussion begun by the TPPF.
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Politics
Will Redistricting Court Battles Create Electoral Confusion?
The redrawing of political district lines — which ideally happens just once a decade after a federal census — could create a series of crazy election cycles for Texas voters and candidates. It happened in the 1990s, and it could happen again now.
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Inside Intelligence
Inside Intelligence: Bad News, Good News
It’s been a noisy week for Rick Perry, the presidential candidate, so we asked the insiders whether any of what they’ve heard and read over the last few days will stick. Will the stories have legs? Is the good news good enough to last? The bad news?
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Energy
Business Groups Back Water Ballot Measure
Next month, Texans will go to the polls to decide whether to authorize $6 billion in bonding authority dedicated to building and fixing water infrastructure. But some conservatives and Tea Party members have concerns about the measure.
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Politics
Campaign Chatter
Chris Harris and Will Hartnett say they won’t be back, but the horde of candidates for state and federal legislative seats is growing.
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Inside Intelligence
Inside Intelligence: The Money Side
Federal campaign fundraising deadlines are upon us, so we poked the insiders this week for their views on money and politics.
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Politics
When Second Place is the Same as Last
Nobody is required to pay attention to you just because you’re running for office. Not the news media, not the money people and not the voters. But where is the line on who’s in and who’s out?
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Politics
In the Map Rooms
The Justice Department didn’t find fault (put an asterisk here) with the Senate and State Board of Education redistricting maps from Texas, but told a federal court in Washington, DC, that it thinks the maps for the congressional delegation and for the Texas House go backwards in minority representation.
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Health care
In Third Debate, Perry Prepared But Stumbles
Gov. Rick Perry headed into his third Republican presidential debate with a lot to prove. He left with a mixed bag.