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State Government
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Hutchison’s Friday Gaggle
Kay Bailey Hutchison reacts to the Rasmussen poll, Rick Perry’s remarks about Obama “trying to punish Texas” and more questions about her resignation timetable.
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State Government
Hire Power
Typically, Texas Child Protective Services experiences sky-high employee and caseworker vacancy rates, but as unemployment has soared, staffing numbers have blossomed — stabilizing child abuse caseloads. Why the bad economy is good news for one state agency.
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2010: A New Poll — and a New Lead for Perry
Rick Perry leads Kay Bailey Hutchison by 11 points in a new Rasmussen survey that’s out this morning.
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Health care
On the Records: Sick Of Waiting
Tired of waiting for the state to provide swine flu vaccine locations, The Dallas Morning News took matters into its own hands.
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Politics
Campaign Cash: To Cap, or Not to Cap?
Should the state set limits on political contributions? Depends on which candidate you ask.
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Criminal Justice
Behind Closed Doors
Should the Texas Forensic Science Commission meet in private? The new chairman, John Bradley, says there’s a good argument for it.
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Campaign finance: Kinky Friedman
Friedman, in his second run for governor, says public financing is the way to go.
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Campaign finance: Mark Miner
Rick Perry’s campaign spokesman says the governor opposes limits on contributions and thinks the solution is transparency, so that voters know who’s backing whom.
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Campaign finance: Kay Bailey Hutchison
Hutchison, a U.S. Sen. and gubernatorial candidate, says the state ought to impose limits on the size of campaign contributions.