Watch Governor Rick Perry’s Wednesday speech at the Midland County Republican Women’s luncheon, where he claims President Barack Obama is “beyond not caring about Texas.”
State Government
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Jose Rodriguez on his 2010 Senate bid
Democratic El Paso County Attorney Jose Rodriguez talks about why he’s running for the Texas Senate. He announced Sunday that he will campaign for the seat state Sen. Eliot Shapleigh is vacating.
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Politics
Party Hoppers
“It’d be like someone standing at the Alamo going, ‘I’m not gonna survive this thing,’ and all of a sudden he jumps up and starts speaking Spanish!” says Rep. Mark Homer, D-Paris. Maybe so, but switching parties usually works out.
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Hopson vs. Walker 2008 commercial
Brian Walker, a former opponent who endorsed Chuck Hopson’s bid for reelection after Hopson’s party switch (from the Democrats to the Republicans), was the subject of a Hopson attack ad in last year’s election.
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Public Education
Robert’s Rules
State schools chief Robert Scott recently failed to get the Legislature to increase the cap on charter schools — then found a legal way to do it anyway, much to the dismay of state Democrats and teachers unions.
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Politics
2010: Hopson’s BFF
Republican Brian Walker, who lost a close race to Democrat Chuck Hopson in 2008, endorsed Hopson’s reelection bid next year — now that Hopson has switched to the GOP.
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Criminal Justice
Off The Books, Part One: High-Price High-Tech
State agencies are spending tens of millions of dollars every year on information technology contract workers, employees who aren’t on the state payroll – but whose pay often dwarfs those who are.
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Criminal Justice
Forensic Science Chairmen Face Off
John Bradley, the Williamson County District Attorney and the newly-appointed chairman of the Texas Forensic Science Commission, spent his morning answering a steady stream of questions from Texas lawmakers. At issue, if and when his panel will re-open the investigation into whether faulty science led to the arson conviction of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed by the state in 2004.
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John Bradley vs. Sam Bassett
A video mash up of former Texas Forensic Science Commission chair, Sam Bassett, responding to the testimony of the current chair, John Bradley.