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Mexico's new president to speak with U.S. leaders
By Gary Martin
Mexico’s president-elect will try to recast the tone of bilateral... more »
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Open records law updates urged
By Gary Scharrer
The state’s 40-year-old law designed to keep government in the open... more »
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Drug testing for poor opposed
By Peggy Fikac
AUSTIN — As top state leaders push to drug test people seeking jobless... more »
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Secession succeeds — as a talking point
New York Times
In the two weeks since President Barack Obama's re-election, Republicans... more »
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GOP answering wake-up call on immigration
By Richard S. Dunham, Hearst D.C. Bureau
Pro-reform Republicans, who’d been mute amid the harsh attacks on... more »
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Texas' first Latina secretary of state quitting
By Peggy Fikac and John W. Gonzalez
AUSTIN —Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade, the first Latina to hold... more »
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Bill to boost employee privacy on Net targeted
By Kolten Parker
Profiles can include personal information such as age, relationship status,... more »
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Tug of war over state budget starts today
By Peggy Fikac
Key legislative leaders will set a spending limit for the next state... more »
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Casinos, texting part of prefiled bills
By Gary Scharrer
AUSTIN — Getting a running start on next year's legislative session,... more »
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Petition for Texas secession on its way to White House
By Jana Kasperkevic, Washington Bureau
The petition, created last Friday, argues that "The U.S continues to... more »
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New bill targets texting while driving
AUSTIN — Former Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick filed legislation today to... more »
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Dems see Texas as heading their way
By Richard S. Dunham
Population trends may turn state ‘blue’ more »
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For debt talks, Obama plans to think outside the Beltway
New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, emboldened by his decisive... more »
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