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The latest state government news from The Texas Tribune.

  • Now the Fun Begins

    Texas gained four seats in the 2010 congressional apportionment process, more than any other state.
  • TribBlog: Four for Paxton

    State Rep. Ken Paxton, R-McKinney
  • TribBlog: Force Play

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  • Dick Trabulsi: The TT Interview

    TLR President Dick Trabulsi with the Tribune's Ross Ramsey.
  • 2010: Re-recount

    State Rep. Donna Howard,  D-Austin,  and her GOP challenger, Dan Neil.
  • Unnecessary Nursing?

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  • A Tale of Two Switchers

    State Representatives Aaron Pena and Allan Ritter announce their switch to the Republican Party in a press conference at Republican Party of Texas headquarters in Austin.
  • Inside Intelligence: Party Switchers Should...

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  • The People's Choice

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  • TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

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  • Atmospheric Politics

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  • Crime Doesn't Pay

    British tourist Thomas Reeve was shot and killed in an Amarillo bar last fall by an armed robber, leaving behind an infant daughter. His parents’ efforts to claim financial assistance from the state’s Crime Victims Compensation Fund have been rebuffed because their son wasn’t a U.S. resident.
  • Him Again

    State Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, at the Texas GOP Convention in June, 2010
  • Mental Math

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  • No Setting Sun on the TCEQ

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  • Audio: Sunset on TCEQ

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