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State Rep. Dan Gattis, R-Georgetown, is dropping his bid for state Senate and won't seek reelection to the Texas House next year, he said Sunday. Gattis said State Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, has decided to seek reelection after all.
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With some notable exceptions, few political donors cut checks to both candidates.
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School district police departments use tasers, pepper spray — even dogs and handguns — to control crime on campus. But most don't keep data on the incidents, leaving parents no way to track them.
Texas Tribune How Farouk Shami may have funded his own competition...
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Farouk Shami donated $4,800 to Bill White's senate campaign. Now the money could be used against him in the govenor's race.
Texas Tribune White to decide whether he's in by December 4th.
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Bill White says he'll let you decide whether he runs for governor.
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We should pay attention to what my old boss, Bob Bullock, used to call the thorns among the roses here in Texas.
Texas Tribune Keep an eye out for ch-ch-ch-changes...
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Schieffer is getting out of the race this afternoon, sources said Monday morning. "He just couldn't put it together," said one.
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A growing number of state employees are retiring and coming straight back to work — padding their state paychecks with pension pay-outs.
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Houston Mayor Bill White, interviewed by Texas Tribune Editor-in-chief and CEO Evan Smith at the Center for Politics and Governance at the University of Texas at Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs. White said, once again, that he's running for Senate and not governor.
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As lawmakers in D.C. hammer out a health care reform bill, physician-owned specialty hospitals — a quarter of which are in Texas — face an uncertain fate. Those under development could see bulldozers, not cranes. Those already in operation may face serious limits on growth.
Texas Tribune A look at who's getting contributions from the payday loan industry...
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Groups that offer high-interest, short-term consumer loans and want to avoid state regulation contributed more than $1.4 million to Texas politicians over the past nine years, Texas Ethics Commission records show.
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Farouk Shami's red-carpeted gubernatorial candidacy coming-out party was more like a scene out of Fashion Week than anything Texas Democrats typically put on.
