State Rep. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, says that he won’t be a candidate for Congress in the seat opened by Ron Paul’s decision not to seek another term — but he might run for the state Senate.
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State Seeks Clearance for Political Maps
Texas bypassed the Obama administration’s Department of Justice on Tuesday, opting to ask a panel of federal judges in Washington, D.C., to review the state’s new maps for congressional, legislative and State Board of Education districts.
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Perry Spends $1 Million in First Half of 2011
Gov. Rick Perry, who is considering a run for the White House, has spent nearly $1 million in state campaign funds since January, shelling out thousands of dollars for out-of-state travel, hotels and meetings, records released Friday show.
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First Election Stop: San Antonio
That exhibition of musical chairs is contingent on the outcomes of several lawsuits filed against this or that piece of the new political maps drawn by the Legislature earlier this year.
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Campaign Chatter
The legislative session is over, the new maps have been drawn, and candidates are starting to make their decisions about whether to run, and for what offices.
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Rick Perry: The Democrat Years
Gov. Rick Perry, a no-apologies conservative known for slashing government spending and opposing all tax increases, is about as Republican as you can get. Except when he wasn’t.
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Health care
Perry’s Pact With Social Conservatives Vaulted Him Atop His Party
Rick Perry has forged a coalition of economic, religious and social conservatives that helped him become the state’s longest-serving governor, poised to run a national race.
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Americans for Rick Perry Super PAC Files With FEC
Dave Carney, Perry’s top political consultant, told the Tribune on Thursday that the Super PAC, which can raise and spend unlimited money on political contests, isn’t affiliated with the governor of Texas or with his explorations of the presidential race.
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Higher Education
The Pundit vs. the Professor: A Debate About Academic Tenure
Naomi Schaefer Riley, author of the book The Faculty Lounges … And Other Reasons You Won’t Get the College Education You Pay For, and Daniel Hamermesh, economics professor at the University of Texas at Austin, debate the merits of tenure.
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Higher Education
A&M System Nixes Controversial Teaching Awards Program
Today, in one of his first acts as the new Texas A&M University System interim chancellor, Jay Kimbrough discontinued a controversial Teaching Excellence Awards program.