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Stimulus Funds Going To Key Lawmakers' States

USA Today | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Florida, Ississippi, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, California, House Appropriations Subcommittee, Texas, Army Corps of Engineers, Michigan, Stimulus, Illinois, Politics News

Most of the $2.2 billion in economic stimulus money for Army Corps of Engineers construction projects will be spent in the home districts of members o...

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This Week in Magazines: An Homage to Awful State Legislators

James Warren | Posted 07.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Texas, New Yorker, Nasa, State Senate, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Texas Monthly, Magazines, Media News
James Warren

Citizens across America, especially New York and Illinois, must read the July Texas Monthly so they can be reassured that their state legislators aren't the biggest idiots.

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The Road from McAllen to El Paso

Harold S. Luft | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Atul Gawande, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Healthcare, El Paso, Texas, Health, Politics News
Harold S. Luft

Research has shown that more access to, and time with, primary care physicians can lead to better management of chronic illness and less interventional work and costs.

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Gas Drilling Might Be Responsible For Series Of Earthquakes In Texas

AP | JEFF CARLTON | Posted 07.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Cleburne Texas, Texas, Drilling Texas Earthquakes, Gas Drilling, Green News

CLEBURNE, Texas — The earth moved here on June 2. It was the first recorded earthquake in this Texas town's 140-year history _ but not the last....

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268 Punished For Abusing Disabled In Texas

AP | JEFF CARLTON | Posted 07.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Texas, Corpus Christi State Schools, Texas Disabled, Home News

DALLAS — Nearly 270 employees were fired or suspended for abusing or neglecting residents of large, state-run institutions for the mentally disa...

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Texas Slams Federal Efforts To Fight Global Warming

Wall Street Journal | RUSSELL GOLD and ANGEL GONZALEZ | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Texas, Global Warming, Texas Global Warming, Green News

Texas elected officials Tuesday railed against federal efforts to curb global warming, claiming it would throttle the state's economy -- one of the fe...

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Lack of Consistency Leads to Lack of Justice

John Terzano | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Exoneration, Texas, The Justice Project, DNA Tesing, Innocence Protection Act, Politics News
John Terzano

We recently released a report on thirty-nine DNA cases of wrongful conviction in Texas. Collectively, these thirty-nine innocent men served almost 500 years for crimes they did not commit.

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Texas Sues BP For Pollution Violations Tied To Deaths

AP | MICHAEL GRACZYK | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil, BP Lawsuit, Texas, Bp, Pollution, Green News

HOUSTON — BP Products North America Inc. is being sued by Texas authorities who accuse the petrochemical giant of 46 pollution violations at its...

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Presidential Library Clash Could Put Bush Under Oath

AP | JEFF CARLTON | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: George W. Bush, Bush, President Bush, Southern Methodist University, Gary Vodicka, Texas, Smu, Bush Presidential Library, Politics News

DALLAS — A Texan is trying to put a former president under oath and find out what he knew and when he knew it. But the issue isn't national secu...

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Missed Opportunities in Texas

John Terzano | Posted 06.27.2009 | Home

Read More: Electronic Recording, Texas, The Justice Project, Governor Perry, Eyewitness Policy, Legislation, Home News
John Terzano

Last night, as the Texas House of Representatives hit the deadline to consider Senate bills, the state lost the opportunity to act on a host of import...

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J.W. Lown, Popular Texas Mayor, Resigns For Gay Immigrant Lover

AP | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Mexico, Mayor Lown, J W Lown, San Angelo TX, West Texas-Texas, Politics News

SAN ANGELO, Texas — The mayor of a West Texas city abruptly resigned Wednesday, picking love over his love of office. J.W. Lown told the San An...

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Countdown's WTF Moment: Texas Secession (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Keither Olbermann Video, Texas, Countdown Wtf Moment Texas Secession Video, Msnbc, Countdown Wtf Moment, Keith Olbermann Rick Perry, Countdown Wtf Moment Video, Keith Olbermann, Rick Perry, Countdown, Politics News

In tonight's installment of Countdown's "WTF Moment," Olbermann takes a realistic look at what would happen if Texas actually followed through on Gove...

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U.S. Border Policy: How To Fix What's Broken

Jim Luce | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Border Policy, San Diego, University of California at San Diego, Mexico, Puebla, Thought Leaders, Texas, Wayne Cornelius, u.s. Immigration, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, Tijuana, New York, Barack Obama, Boeing Corporation, Global Citizens, College of Wooster, Secure Fence Act, Corrections Corporation of America, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Mexican-Americans, Berlin Wall, Sbinet, Immigration, Politics News
Jim Luce

Funding would be better used to investigate and sanction U.S. employers who habitually hire undocumented migrants. This would not only be cheaper, but more humane.

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Insurance CEOs Get Rich While Denying Health Coverage to Children

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Children's Health Insurance Program, Texas, Uninsured, Health Insurance, Children's Health, Childrens Health Insurance, Living News
Marian Wright Edelman

Why should we continue to let children fall between the chasm of profit-driven health insurance companies and income-restrictive Medicaid and CHIP programs?

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How Can Texas Ask Women to Pay for Rape Kits?

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 06.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Texas Legislature Rape Kit, Tea Bag, Rape, Rape Kit, Joe Cutbirth, Austin, Texas Crime Victim's Compensation Fund, Attorney General Greg Abbott, Rick Perry, Politics News
Joe Cutbirth

On a rare occasion, journalists shine a light on a public policy that is so disgusting it literally stuns you -- it just takes your breath away and leaves you speechless.

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Texas Charging Rape Victims For Rape Kits (VIDEO)

Posted 06.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Texas Rape Victims, Texas, Rape, Texas Rape Kits, Texas Charging for Rape Kits, Politics News

Via Think Progress comes this shocking CNN report that Texas is charging women thousands of dollars for the rape kits they use at the hospital. Essen...

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RIP Stephen Bruton

David Wild | Posted 06.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Texas, Stephen Bruton, Music, Entertainment News
David Wild

Whether or not you knew his name, Stephen Bruton will be missed.

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Specter: Loyal Opportunists

Paul Jenkins | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Ridge, George W. Bush, Jane Harman, Connecticut, Immigration, Iraq, Mary Landrieu, Democratic Party, Guns, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Moderates, Charlie Crist, Mark Kirk, Gay Rights, New Jersey, Conservatives, Maine, Katrina, Republican Party, Illinois, Abortion, Arlen Specter, John McCain, Florida, Louisiana, Olympia Snowe, Mitt Romney, Massachusetts, Texas, Pennsylvania, Civil Unions, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Barack Obama, New York, Susan Collins, Jon Corzine, Jon Huntsman, South, Israel, Christopher Christie, Joe Lieberman, Pat Toomey, Utah, Kirsten Gillibrand, Chuck Schumer, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

There is little doubt that the country has made a political left-turn, leaving opportunistic moderates from both parties scrambling to find their cherished middle.

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Obama Makes America Sexier to Swedes

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

Read More: Europe, Germany, Sweden, Stockholm, Exchange Students, Rush Limbaugh, Dayton, Study Abroad, High School, Obama, Texas, Hollywood, Gays, Nordic Countries, Bill O'Reilly, 2008 Election, Foreign Policy, World News
Nathan Hegedus

Applications to study in the US are up 30 percent in the Nordic countries, and interest in Sweden has grown by 20 percent. Placement agencies are calling it "Obama fever."

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Governor Rick Perry Explains It All: Swine Flu, CNN, And Iraq

Duncan Quirk | Posted 06.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Texas, Rick Perry War in Iraq, Cartoons, Rick Perry Swine Flu, Comics, Governor Perry Swine Flu, Rick Perry, Governor Rick Perry, Rick Perry CNN, Comedy News
Duncan Quirk

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Letting Texas Secede

Robbie Gennet | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Wind Power, Supreme Court, Phil Gramm, Willie Nelson, Obama, Tibet, Arizona, Canada, Sxsw, Civil Rights, Military, New Mexico, Racism, Hurricane Katrina, Oklahoma, Constitution, Wikipedia, Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Karl Rove, Bible, California, Crime, War, Mexico, United States, Texas, Anti-Americanism, Darwin, Oil, Florida, Texas Secession, Alberto Gonzales, Unions, Politics News
Robbie Gennet

Governor Rick Perry of Texas brought up the specter of Secession recently and upon polling, a fair amount of Texans and other Americans seem to think Texas seceding from the US would be a good idea.

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Life after Death (Penalty): Ash Amador Goes to England

Dave Maass | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Death Penalty, Britain, Politics News
Dave Maass

John "Ash" Amador was the last man I interviewed on Texas death row. The documentary 402, is about his execution and subsequent efforts to cast his face in a death mask.

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Secession Favored By Half Of Texas Republicans: Poll

Daily Kos | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Texas, Secession, Texas Secession, Rick Perry, Politics News

With numbers like these, it's obvious why Texas Gov. Rick Perry is talking secession in the runup to what will be a tough primary battle against Sen. ...

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Houston, We Have A Solution: Let Texas Secede (VIDEO)

Posted 05.24.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Texas, Texas Dumb, Video, Rick Perry Secession, Funny Videos, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Secession, Glenn Beck, Governor Rick Perry, Glenn Beck Secession, Texas Secession, Rick Perry, Houston We Have a Solution, Texas Secede, Let Texas Secede, Texas Video, The Texas Secede Video, Texas Sucedes, Texas We Have a Solution, Houston-Texas, Comedy News

At a "tax day tea party" last week, Governor Rick Perry fired up the crowd by yelling "secede." He said that the federal government had abandoned the ...

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A Toxic Lesson

Javier Sierra | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Juan Parras, Latinos, Lisa Jackson, Environmental Justice, Javier Sierra, Epa, Hispanic, Air Quality, Pollution, Lungs, Texas, Hispanics and the Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Education, Sierra Club, Cesar Chavez High School, Houston, Latinos and the Environment, Contamination, Toxic Schools, Asthma, Schools, Green News
Javier Sierra

In more than half of the investigated schools, students were in danger of contracting cancer and respiratory diseases because of the presence of toxic compounds.

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