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- Group Opposes Addition To Texas Governor’s Mansion
A group that made the first $10,000 private donation to the fund to rebuild the Texas Governor’s Mansion opposes plans for an addition to the historic structure.
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- Three Texas Cities Plan Challenge To State Open Meetings Law
Officials in three cities and representatives of nearly 20 others are planning a new challenge to the state law that requires open government meetings.
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- Hutchison To Launch TV Campaign Ad
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison launched radio ads Thursday and will begin airing TV spots Friday in her effort to unseat Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
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- Perry Denies Clemency; Texas Death Row Inmate Executed
Gov. Rick Perry rejected a recommendation that he commute the sentence of a Texas death row inmate convicted in a deadly convenience store holdup and the execution was carried out just after 6 p.m. Thursday in Huntsville.
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- Activists Protest Texas Coal Plant Construction
Activists rallied Thursday in Dallas to protest the construction of coal-fired power plants in Texas.
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- Hutchison To Begin Running Radio Ads
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison launches a radio ad campaign Thursday in her bid to unseat Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
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- State Regulators Reject Plan To Dump Sewage Into Central Texas Lakes
State regulators Wednesday rejected a proposal to dump millions of gallons of treated sewage in a string of popular Central Texas lakes.
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- Texas Mayor Robbed After City Council Meeting
A Texas mayor who was robbed at gunpoint after a city council meeting escaped injury, authorities said.
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- Whoever Wins The Texas Governor’s Race Will Face School Finance Mess
Whoever wins the Texas governor’s race next year will inherit a troubled school finance system, experts say.
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- Texas Lottery Commission Takes Step Toward Adding Powerball
The Texas Lottery Commission has taken a step toward adding Powerball to the state’s list of games.
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- Cheney Throws His Support To Hutchison In Texas Governor’s Race
Former Vice President Dick Cheney was in Texas Tuesday as he threw his support to Republican Challenger Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.
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- Hutchison Won’t Leave Senate Before Texas Primary
Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison won’t resign her senate seat before the 2010 Republican primary, according to an advance copy of a speech that campaign officials gave to The Associated Press.
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- LBJ Library Renovations Dedicated Friday
Family, friends and associates gathered Friday to dedicate renovations to the LBJ Library in Austin.
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- Perry Moves To Ease Backlog In Veterans Claims In Waco, Houston
Gov. Rick Perry is allocating hundreds of thousands of dollars to speed the processing of benefits claims from Texas veterans at regional offices in Waco and Houston.
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- Perry Campaign Encounters String Of Setbacks
Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign for an unprecedented third term has hit a few bumps, recently.
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- Texas Drivers Could Face Higher Gas Taxes
A gallon of gasoline could cost you more under one plan to pay for new highways in Texas.
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- Forensic Science Chairmen Face Off
At issue, when it will re-open the investigation into whether faulty science led to the arson conviction of Cameron Todd Willingham, a Corsicana man who was executed by the state in 2004.
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- Texas Senate Panel Considers State Forensic Commission
State lawmakers Tuesday were discussing the revamped state forensic commission and the case of a Central Texas man executed for a deadly fire that experts now say was not set deliberately.
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- Perry Says Cap-And-Trade Would Hurt Texas
Gov. Rick Perry says a cap-and-trade climate bill in Congress would devastate the state’s energy sector.
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- Texas Toughens Standards For Teacher Trainers
Texas is proposing to hold colleges of education accountable for how effective their graduates are as classroom teachers.
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- Perry Tells Wounded Soldiers, 24-Million Texans Are Praying For You
Gov. Rick Perry visited Saturday with some of the wounded from the deadly shooting at Fort Hood and said he told them they were in the prayers of 24-million Texans.
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- Students Throughout Texas Back Legalization Of High School Grads
Students throughout the state are rallying Wednesday in support of legislation that would allow high school graduates to join the military or to go on to higher education as a way to become legal immigrants.
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- Legislators File School Funding Bill
State legislators filed a bill Thursday that could change how school districts statewide receive funding.
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- Obama Rally Tickets Selling For $200
Tickets given way free for a Barack Obama rally in Texas were selling for as much as $200 online.
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- Craddick Optimistic About Prospects For Another Term
Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick says he’s optimistic about his prospects for another term despite a messy showdown at the end of the last session of the Legislature.
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