Callegari Won't Seek Re-election in 2014
Katy Republican Bill Callegari said Monday he won't seek another term in the Texas House, bringing to 12 the number of state representatives who won't be up for re-election in 2014. Full Story
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Newsreel: DeLay, Navigators and Pauken
This week in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: Tom DeLay's conviction is overturned, Rick Perry wants to regulate Obamacare "navigators" and Tom Pauken makes his case for governor. Full Story
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TribLive: A Conversation With Dan Patrick
Full video of my 9/19 TribLive conversation with state Sen. Dan Patrick, Republican of Houston, a candidate for lieutenant governor in 2014. Full Story
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TribLive: Patrick on the Abortion Filibuster
At Thursday's TribLive conversation, state Sen. Dan Patrick, Republican of Houston, a candidate for lieutenant governor, criticized David Dewhurst's handling of the 83rd session's now-famous abortion filibuster. Full Story
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TribLive: Patrick on Democratic Chairmen
At Thursday's TribLive conversation, state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, a candidate for lieutenant governor, revealed how he'd dole out the chairmanships of Senate committees. Full Story
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Watson Responds to Perry's Move to Regulate Insurance Navigators
In a letter Thursday, state Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, says Gov. Rick Perry's move to establish strict rules for so-called health insurance navigators defies the intent of a law legislators passed this year. Full Story
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TribLive: Patrick on the Two-Thirds Rule
At Thursday's TribLive conversation, state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, a candidate for lieutenant governor, explained his ongoing opposition to the Senate's two-thirds rule. Full Story
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Perry, O'Malley Face Off in Job Creation Debate
Gov. Rick Perry, who has targeted Maryland as part of his ongoing campaign to lure out-of-state companies to the Lone Star State, went head to head with Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley on job creation on Wednesday. Full Story
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Group Targets Perry's Business-Recruiting Trips
As Gov. Rick Perry visits Maryland in his latest effort to recruit businesses to relocate to Texas, a Washington, D.C.-based group is taking aim at the governor’s trips and raising questions over how they are funded. Full Story
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Districts Weighing School Marshal Program
Under a law passed this year, Texas school districts can choose to allow trained employees to carry concealed handguns on campus. But some districts that already employ their own peace officers have no plans to implement the program. Full Story
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Committee Plans Hearings in UT Regent Impeachment Probe
The Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations on Monday began outlining its plans to investigate whether a University of Texas regent should face impeachment. Full Story
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Newsreel: A New Chief, Perry Goes East and a Smoking Idea
This week in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: The Texas Supreme Court gets a new chief justice, Gov. Rick Perry is headed to Maryland and a former Texas attorney general thinks the state might be entitled to billions more in tobacco settlement money. Full Story
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Hot Seat: A Conversation With Leach and Paxton
At our 9/11 Hot Seat conversation at the University of Texas at Dallas, state Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, and state Sen. Ken Paxton, R-McKinney, talked about public education, water, transportation and other issues in play in the 83rd session. Full Story
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DPS Extends Hours to Process Free Voter ID Cards
Texas driver’s license offices are expanding hours of operation, offering voters a weekend chance to apply for free photo ID certificates required if they don't have other acceptable forms of identitification. Full Story
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Perry's Communications Director Leaving for Insurance Department Job
Allison Castle, the governor's communications director, is leaving for a job at the Texas Department of Insurance. Full Story
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Perry Takes Aim at Maryland in Latest Campaign
Maryland is Gov. Rick Perry's latest target as he works to lure out-of-state businesses to the Lone Star State. Full Story
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New Laws Aim to Level the Playing Field for Texas Distillers
As Texas starts to implement new laws that make it easier for distillers to make and sell their products, Gov. Rick Perry on Monday declared September "Texas Craft Spirits Month." Full Story
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TribLive: The Future of Latino Health Care
On Sept. 5, Becca Aaronson talked with Dr. Esteban López of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Dr. Amelie Ramirez of the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio and state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, on health care in what will be soon be a majority-Latino state. Full Story
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Outbreaks Fuel a Renewed Push for Vaccinations
A measles outbreak at a church and soaring rates of whooping cough across the state are drawing renewed calls for immunization legislation, which medical professionals argue would help the state prevent public health crises. Full Story
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Speaker's Original Band of 11 Shrinks to a Quartet
Joe Straus became speaker of the Texas House with the help of a relatively small group of Republicans who rebelled against a sitting speaker. Less than five years later, only four of them are left. Full Story
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