As the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality prepares for a legislative review next year, one of its ex-commissioners is consulting with environmentalists who are critical of the agency and the Perry administration.
State Government
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Who’s Funding the Governor’s Race?
To find the most-common occupations among the thousands of people who’ve donated to the major candidates in the last year, we created word clouds, a visualization technique that boosts the size of words depending on their frequency.
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2010: Rasmussen Reports Medina Gaining
Take a look at the toplines from the latest Rasmussen poll, conducted after the first GOP gubernatorial debate. A Perry challenger’s gaining ground, but it’s not Hutchison.
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State Government
2010: Following the Money
In spite of what both campaigns said last month, agriculture commission candidate Hank Gilbert got two-thirds of his money from gubernatorial candidate Farouk Shami. Gilbert reported it to the state; Shami didn’t. And both Democrats say the money had nothing to do with Gilbert’s decision to get out of Shami’s race.
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2010: See Alma Run. For What?
Alma Aguado is running for Governor of Texas and, if Kay Bailey Hutchinson retires, for the U.S. Senate. While she says she would rather be governor, her Facebook page for politicians still reads, “Alma Aguado for U.S. Senate.”
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The Brief: January 18, 2010
Debra Medina has a dream — and it’s not just to bring a gun into a grocery store.
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Criminal Justice
Guest Column: The 2010 Agenda: Criminal Justice
In response to shrinking budgets, there’s a risk that lawmakers might feel compelled to scale back funding for treatment and diversion programming. Instead, it’s time for the state to seriously consider closing one or more of the 112 prison units it currently operates.
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A Conversation with Joe Straus
For the first of our TribLive events, I interviewed the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives about his first session leading his colleagues, the coming budget turmoil, the controversial plans for a renovation of the Governor’s Mansion, the “scary as hell” health care reforms in play in Congress, and, of course, the titanic battle of Rick vs. Kay.