In a misguided, poorly executed effort to let the private sector bring efficiency to Texas government, the state has squandered at least $100 million.
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Texas
Climb into Juan Parras' rickety Jeep Cherokee, and he'll show you around the neighborhood. He calls it his “toxic tour.” Parras lives in Houston’s Ea
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Houston, Texas
A disciplinary report confirming misconduct by former West Texas State School Assistant Superintendent Ray Brookins was altered with the apparent app
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Texas
Piece by piece, Gov. Rick Perry’s homeland security office is gathering massive amounts of information about Texas residents and merging it to create
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Texas
If he finishes this term of office, Rick Perry will be the longest-serving governor in Texas history. There has been much speculation that Perry’s re
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Texas
I had the pleasure of attending the annual benefit event for Mobile Loaves and Fishes along with their new venture - Habitat on Wheels. I had the pl
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Austin, Texas
How is it that Jim Crace, an English novelist, and our own Cormac McCarthy sat down at about the same time to write novels about a blistered, disinte
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