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Editor, The Texas Tribune

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    Apr 17

    The Big 3 have a tough needle to thread if they're going to pass their proposal to lower property taxes by raising the sales tax. and explain:

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    Apr 15

    Our latest Under the Dome asks students what they think about lawmakers' school safety plans.

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    "We're all afraid to go to school." Almost a year after the massacre at Santa Fe High School, state lawmakers are considering ways to make students and teachers feel safe in the classroom again.
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    Apr 13

    Powerhouse panel here at the today about how press freedom and open gov challenges affect minorities and minority-centered news orgs:

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    Apr 13

    Featuring

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  5. Apr 5

    Texas AG Ken Paxton has swiftly sued 2 companies over major fires at their Houston-area plants. It's a dramatic departure from the state's usual approach to environmental enforcement. From :

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  6. Apr 5

    “We try to welcome them as much as possible. But my personal take is that I don’t see this stopping for quite some time. The situations [in those countries] are just so bad.”

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  7. Apr 5

    From : Texas high-speed rail developer doesn't want state money. But the Senate's state budget could still delay the project.

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  8. Apr 5

    The great has updated The Texas Tribune’s Public Schools Explorer, now complete with A-F grades for Texas school districts. Look up TX schools here:

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  9. Apr 5

    "His time has come. He doesn’t want to screw it up." Beautiful writing from on ’s efforts to shake up Texas’ property tax system.

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    Feb 10

    The greatness of is not commented on nearly enough. He is the smartest guy I know, and he is nicest guy I know, and he is the fairest guy I know, and he has most reliable moral compass of anyone I know. Without him, there would be no

    The great discussing the 2018 Elections and its impact on the at the of the .
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    Jan 31

    Bill provides for a 2.5 percent rollback rate on local property tax increases. That's the # the governor proposed more than a year ago, but a far cry from the figure discussed last session, when the House and Senate were arguing between 4 and 6 percent.

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    Jan 27

    There’s been a bit of handwringing in the last week about Twitter and journalists and if reporters should even be on Twitter. This is why we belong on Twitter. We have a duty to improve the conversation about the news wherever it is happening.

    1/ This is not true. We do not know yet if 58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas. The secretary of state's office in Texas has not made this claim. Follow this thread for more.
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    19 Nov 2018

    One of the more frustrating things about covering O'Rourke is how journalists/operatives speak authoritatively about his motives/future intentions and don't really seem to have their certainty grounded in any semblance of substantive evidence

    Beto-world seems lukewarm on O'Rourke trying to unseat Sen. John Cornyn in 2020. points out one important reason why here:
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    15 Nov 2018

    Hays County in Texas last voted for a Democrat at the top of the ballot in 1992. Last week, it gave Beto O'Rourke a 15-point edge over Ted Cruz. What changed? Students at Texas State turned out in a big way for one thing.

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    14 Nov 2018

    Texas executes Robert Moreno Ramos, amid pleas for case review via

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  16. 13 Nov 2018

    From : A leading anti-vaccine group claims that day cares are breaking the law by denying kids who haven't been vaccinated. Experts say the group is misinterpreting the law.

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  17. 13 Nov 2018

    State Rep. Dennis Bonnen appears to have secured the votes needed to become speaker. Now, the hardest political challenges begin, writes.

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    13 Nov 2018

    Inbox: Dennis Bonnen appoints Brian McCall, chancellor of the Texas State University System, to serve as chairman of his speaker transition team.

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  19. 13 Nov 2018

    A month ago, Dennis Bonnen wasn't even a candidate for TX House speaker. Here's a great look from , + on how quickly that changed.

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    12 Nov 2018

    Bonnen says school finance will the the House's number one priority; says he picked that because it's what he heard from members while putting his votes together.

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