May 2012
Judge dismisses petition to remove indicted South Texas DA from office (via @brownsvillenews) http://ping.fm/za0SJ
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Texas Rep. Silvestre Reyes booted by voters in Dem primary targeted by Houston super PAC @CPA_PAC http://bit.ly/KYVw2S tx16 txprimary
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Ciro Rodriguez leading but runoff likely in Dem primary for TX congressional District 23 http://ping.fm/2KBuj tx23 txprimary
Disciplinary records offer insight into Hays County sheriff’s race http://ping.fm/F8gfo (via @seankimmons)
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DWI, back taxes keep Starr County commissioner’s race in the news http://ping.fm/1ZlTm (via @GailBurkhardt) RGV
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Tense tenor in Dallas-Fort Worth-area race for Congress http://ping.fm/zIQ0s @garciacongress @marcveasey CD33 dfw
Disabled vets ripped off by fiduciaries appointed by the VA http://ping.fm/fEngv (via @chrondigger & @lindsaywise)
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Standoff over transparency of Houston firefighters’ pension fund prompts legal action; read city’s filing here http://ow.ly/b3jQa hounews
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Keller, Texas - where city manager cut his own job - finds ways to spend the savings (via @DaveLieber) dfw http://ping.fm/5tYFR
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@Statesman seeks court records on taxpayer-subsidized Formula One http://ping.fm/OzdzK racing track F1 racing
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As Houston ISD considers bond vote, head of construction resigns over ‘inefficient’ bureaucracy http://bit.ly/JTVvzW hisd hounews
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Integrity questions mar Galveston city election http://ping.fm/LIQOJ (via @houstonchron)
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No charges, but FBI seizes $180K from Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price http://ping.fm/axuJn (via @dallasnews) dfw
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Fort Worth employees boost pay - and possibly future pension earnings - with OT http://ping.fm/30x5g (via @fwhanna) overtime dfw
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Former Domino TX city council members arrested, accused of violating open meetings law http://ping.fm/9nPf4 transparency
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Houston ISD plans changes to make contracting more open; trustees to vote Thursday on hiring ethics consultants http://ow.ly/aMIr4 hisd
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Code name for Schlitterbahn tax break in meeting notice violated state law, transparency lawyer says http://ow.ly/aMpDU (via @callerdotcom)
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Texas state House candidate @AnnWitt4TX sued over campaign website attacking @JimMurphy133 txlege elections http://ping.fm/qiIow
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It, it, it just keeps coming. … Near-doubling of patient rolls adds to Medicaid warning signs in Texas txlege http://ow.ly/aM624
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Legal bills mount for taxpayers in contractor’s suit against Houston ISD Trustee Larry Marshall http://ping.fm/9ItHT hisd hounews
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South Texas prosecutor indicted in connection with bribery case, plans to continue run for Congress http://ow.ly/aKXfi
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As Senate candidates square off, a display of Texas’ ‘rightward drift’ http://ow.ly/aHQ0j (via @JimVertuno @amanbatheja) txpolitics
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Houston ISD board president says he will ask for approval to hire ethics consultant next week http://ow.ly/aGKcR hisd hounews
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Newly drawn Central TX CD25 draws packed GOP field, from Tea Party leaders to Perry appointee leading in column $ TX25 http://ow.ly/aGyZW
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Schools were overcharged in technology program while feds did little to enforce E-Rate discounts (via @ProPubPR) http://ow.ly/aGvxF
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Houston Airport System official who blocked records request, lied to investigators, got bonuses & pay raises hounews http://ow.ly/aGlBH
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Harris County attorney’s office kept 2009 findings on financial official under wraps (via KTRK ABC 13) hounews http://ow.ly/aF2kQ
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Could HISD trustees’ ethics rules go from maligned to model? hounews http://ping.fm/hz4ZQ
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Apple - world’s most valuable company - to get $6.4 million in Travis Co. tax breaks (via @statesman) http://ow.ly/aDIe4 atx
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Robert ‘Beto’ O’Rourke, who criticized opponent Reyes’ campaign $ to family, has paid own family/business $24K TX16 http://ow.ly/aDqQ0
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State Rep. Ron Reynolds denies charge of attempting to solicit business illegally barratry txlege http://ow.ly/aD0mP (via @HoustonChron)