Debra Medina, take comfort in the words of Cat Stevens — “The first cut is the deepest.” Especially if the cut is about 9/11 truthers.
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TribBlog: CPPP Says Texas Kids Fare Worse Than Most
Texas kids are poorer, hungrier and more often uninsured than kids in almost any other state, according to the Center for Public Policy Priorities.
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SBOE District 5 Candidate Forum: The Democrats
Four Democrats running for the District 5 seat spoke Thursday at a candidate forum: Josiah Ingalls, Rebecca Bell-Metereau, Daniel Boone and Robert Bohmfalk. Here’s the full audio.
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SBOE District 5 Candidate Forum: The Republicans
Two Republicans running for the District 5 seat spoke Thursday at a candidate forum: incumbent Ken Mercer and Tim Tuggey. Here’s the full audio.
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Back to School
Democrats and Republicans running for the State Board of Education in District 5 spoke Thursday at a candidate forum. Ben Philpott, who’s covering the 2010 elections for KUT News and the Tribune, filed this report.
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Texas Tea
The Tea Party is a movement more than an organization, with various Texas offshoots that agree on some things and not on others. Like whether to be a PAC or a nonprofit. Which issues to emphasize. And whether to endorse — gulp — Democrats.
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TribBlog: Hazardous to Our Health?
Doctors, patients, non-profits, and industry leaders lined up to testify today before the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Their message: Texans cannot afford any more cuts.
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2010: Allbaugh Joins the Medina Dogpile
Former FEMA head Joe Allbaugh jumped into the Medina-9/11 kerfuffle, landing landing himself squarely with Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the scorn section.
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2010: And KBH Slams Medina
“An affront to the men and women who are sacrificing their lives…”
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2010: Borris Miles Keeps it Flowing
The primary matchup between perennial opponents state Rep. Al Edwards, D-Houston, and former state Rep. Borris Miles is going where most haven’t publicly gone before: the urinal.