“[N]obody in the race — perhaps on the entire ballot — offers a more admirable life story.”
State Government
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2010: Newspaper Endorsements: Star-Telegram for KBH, White
The laggard of the big five papers finally calls, “Bingo!” — joining its edit board counterparts elsewhere in supporting the senior U.S. senator and the former Houston mayor in the upcoming party primaries for governor.
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State Government
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Ramsey on Flintstone truthers, Thevenot on the explosion of “dual-credit” enrollees and the potential sacking of teachers when student test scores don’t measure up, Ramshaw on government-subsidized child care providers with troubled track records, Stiles’s enhanced state employee salary app and new dangerous day care app, Aguilar on our commie trading partner and the cost of being undercounted in the next census, Philpott on the legal wrangling over gay divorce and how social media fanned the flames of Debra Medina’s 9/11 flap, and our roundup of powderkeg party primaries: Hu in HD-20, M. Smith in CD-23, Ramsey in HD-98, Hamilton in HD-127, Grissom HD-76 and HD-78, and Rapoport in SBOE 5. The best of our best from February 15 to 19, 2010.
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State Government
TribBlog: Climbing Steadily
Voters in Texas’ 15 largest counties cast more than twice as many ballots during the first three days of early voting for the March Primary as they did during the same span in 2006.
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2010: The Tangled Web
Corporate grave robbers and the “Vickipedia” — now appearing on the Internet.
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Economy
TribBlog: Road Warriors
Introducing the House Select Committee on Transportation Funding.
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2010: Plano Mud Season
As promised, the race to replace state Rep. Brian McCall, R-Plano, is kicking into high gear — and it’s not pretty.
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Criminal Justice
Data App: Day Care Danger
More than 120 federally subsidized day care centers had their licenses denied or revoked by the state for violations of regulations and minimum standards in the last two years. Map their locations and drill down into the records by the provider name or action taken by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.