January 2012
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Texas’ health insurance outreach program closes, see primary source docs on meetings funded with money hcr obamacare http://ow.ly/8MPCO
Jan 31st
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Austin school system spends Title I funds for low-income students on PR shop atx schools http://ping.fm/KkD7b
Jan 30th
Tom Green County children’s center director pleads guilty to stealing money from group http://ow.ly/8LoCi (via @waller_matthew @kwtx)
Jan 30th
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Brownsville schools push to withhold records regarding fatal student shooting (via @BrownsvilleNews) transparency http://ping.fm/ulGJt
Jan 27th
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Redistricting commission reconsidered as courts review TX maps (via @statesman @Brian_Sweany & stateline.org) txlege http://ow.ly/8IHU4
Jan 27th
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Texas windstorm agency hires firm to help decide on rate increase; view TWIA docs here insurance txlege http://ping.fm/T0ODT
Jan 26th
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What does ‘states’ rights’ mean to Texans like Kelly Clarkson, Ron Paul? http://ping.fm/xcAfw 2012GOP (via @AllenGBreed)
Jan 26th
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TX AG probes Medicaid program for orthodontic work; see @byronwfaa series on corporate jets, big spending http://ow.ly/8G7hl txlege
Jan 25th
@GovernorPerry campaign security detail bill is in (via @eramshaw) ready to be added to pile of taxpayer-funded tabs http://ow.ly/8F2Fc
Jan 24th
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Split primaries possible in Texas (via @rossramsey) http://ping.fm/bBMSX txlege txredistricting
Jan 24th
Texas AG probes Brooks Co. forfeiture fund after audit finds $$$,$$$ for cars, dinners, wares from Cavender’s Boot City http://ow.ly/8Dcf6
Jan 23rd
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Harris Co. asst. attorney - ‘ethics watchdog for county’ - urged leniency in Jerry Eversole case http://ow.ly/8CVYQ hounews
Jan 23rd
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Girl, Wanted, by Texas Watchdog’s Steve Miller, nominated for Edgar Allan Poe award truecrime www.texaswatchdog.org/2012/01/girl-wanted-by-texas-watchdogs-steve-miller-nominated-for-edgar-allan-poe-award/1327079653.column
Jan 20th
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Austin donkey protest living proof of political constituency for absolutely everything txlege ATX http://ping.fm/AeGW6
Jan 19th
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Abilene ISD employees offered five-figure severance packages pensions schools education (via @ReporterNews) http://ping.fm/btllL
Jan 18th
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Mind-boggling redactions: TX windstorm agency TWIA ‘s lawyers purge ‘on’ & ‘and’ from open records http://ow.ly/8y2IW txlege transparency
Jan 18th
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Salaries of top Texas earners in government jobs examined by @SunshineReview txlege salaries http://ping.fm/hONGG
Jan 18th
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As city inspector general resigns, city of Houston sits on records deemed public 1 month ago hounews (via @chronchris) http://ow.ly/8x0uo
Jan 17th
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Federal panel hears arguments today in Texas redistricting case (via @HoustonChron @AP) hounews txlege http://ping.fm/fF59N
Jan 17th
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Fort Worth schools taxpayers getting hit up twice by double-dippers pensions dfw fortworth http://ping.fm/A3s8W
Jan 17th
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Taxpayers worried as city of Amarillo weighs multimillion-dollar convention center deal http://ow.ly/8sPYw (via @amarilloglobe) pandhandle
Jan 13th
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Austin crime lab worker’s complaints reminiscent of troubles in Dallas dna endthebacklog atx http://ping.fm/zpf0s
Jan 12th
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Austin bag ban pushed with faulty numbers http://ow.ly/8qkdc reusable greenliving green @TexasRetailers
Jan 12th
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Texas windstorm agency must release billing records, correspondence, says Attorney General txlege twia http://ping.fm/nrCJe
Jan 11th
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El Paso county leaders, facing jaundiced public, seek panel for multimillion-dollar bond issue elpaso http://ow.ly/8oPmY via @elpasotimes
Jan 10th
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MT @galvestonnews Texas City police block release of complaint related to officer’s suspension badcopnodonut http://ping.fm/VeNOW
Jan 10th
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MT @DallasTX_News Red light camera $ for trauma centers pilfered by TX lawmakers to balance books http://ow.ly/8ntDD dallasnews txlege
Jan 9th
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Breweries win leverage on advertising in federal court ruling beer craftbeer courts http://ping.fm/5gtLi
Jan 9th
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Why the judicial back-and-forth over Texas redistricting matters http://ping.fm/3BlPE courts txlege scotus
Jan 6th
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Texas lawmakers plow ahead in 2012 http://ping.fm/TQ3zJ txlege @mySA @JeffWentworthTX
Jan 6th
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As Texas studies north-south rail line, Calif. panel rejects $98.5 billion bullet train system http://ping.fm/PWtQG stimulus transit
Jan 5th
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More on the city manager who walked away with $750,000 severance from taxpayers of Killeen http://ping.fm/Mytci @kytxcbs19
Jan 5th