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Volume 15, Iss. 4 8/27/2010
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Voter irregularities abound in Harris County
Andy Hogue
08/27/2010
Voter ID proponents looking for ammo may have just gotten a whole crossbelt full of examples of registration irregularities in Texas' largest county -- about 5,000 examples, it seems.
Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Leo Vasquez called a press conference Aug. 24 highlighting thousands of examples of duplicate signatures, false addresses, and incomplete data on voter registration forms -- all stemming from a Houston-based voter registration group "conspiring in a pattern of falsification," he said.
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Interest groups debate how to solve budget crunch
William Lutz
08/27/2010
To raise taxes or not to raise taxes. To drain the rainy day fund or not to drain the rainy day fund. Those are the questions lawmakers will face when returning to Austin in January.
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DOJ letter on TYC problems marks start of long investigative process
Mark Lavergne
08/27/2010
A letter from four advocacy groups to the U.S. Department of Justice highlighting continued problems at Texas Youth Commission facilities marks the start of a long investigative process to see if the reforms in 2007's SB 103 have done any good.
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Statewide windstorm insurance public option to make TWIA solvent?
Mark Lavergne
08/27/2010
The 81st session's HB 4409 may have helped, but much work remains to fully repair the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the quasi-state agency that insures coastal residents.
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AROUND TEXAS
LSR Staff
08/27/201
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OPINION: Texas leaders not taking it from EPA, Obama regime
Peggy Venable
08/27/2010
Mandates from Washington, D.C. are threatening the Texas economy, consumers' pocketbooks and state officials' patience.
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