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"...scenario occurs: In year one, a contract is signed for a new plan to serve the staff. The second..."

"...politics since at least 2003, you remember how the former, now disgraced, U.S. House Majority Leader DeLay hammered an..."

"...of Texans want the way the state draws districts reformed. That's music to the ears of Sen. Jeff Wentworth,..."

"...likely be the main vehicle legislators use to send reform to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk, after he and other..."

"...public office and public funds a call to action for the rest of us? How should the media respond..."

"...financed attack ads, or so-called "issue ads," 60 days before an election. The bill is unusual in that it..."

"...state government functions with a Legislature that only convenes for four months every two years. (Jealous they might be,..."

"...last week with two modest victories: a potential date for the Senate to take up the Freedom to Vote..."

"...Election Days, Central Texas saw steady yet light turnout for most of the day – short lines, not much..."

"...there was more than enough blame to go around for the failure of school finance reform...."

"...a local political junkie concerned about going cold turkey for Thanksgiving, there’s no need to worry. March 2014 primary..."

"...Gov. Rick Perry may have squelched calls for a special session on education finance reform, so Texas..."

"...specific charge to lawmakers, and how many are waiting for him to expand the charge?..."

"...also approved a raise in the federal minimum wage for the first time in about a decade. (Democrats had..."

"...recommendations earlier than in the past, since voting – for those of you using mail ballots – has already..."

"...Thanks to the Wooten, Highland, and Skyview neighborhood Democrats,* the six candidates running for the CD 10 Democratic..."

"...all those bumper stickers you bought from Two Unemployed Democrats are going to be worth something to somebody (provided..."

"...hurt, either). "It's what I hear Burbank was like before Disney first opened his studio there," he said...."

"...Chronicle Editorial Board offers the following endorsements to registered Democrats in advance of early voting (Feb. 18-28) and election..."

"...to send Gov. Greg Abbott the largest funding boost for the state's public schools in more than a decade...."

"...Education Committee, dominated by Republicans, pushed the school finance reform bill out of committee on Tuesday, forcing a straight..."

"...87th Texas Legislature back to Austin Thursday, July 8, for its first of at least two special sessions. In..."

"...In our ongoing coverage of next year's races for U.S. Con­gress, the last time we checked in with..."

"...plentiful but well-regulated, allocated through a sensible, transparent, and enforceable system of verifiable metrics?..."

"...Dear Editor, With Democrats in Congress and Bush in the White House, there..."

"...to run on her record as a criminal justice reformer. She could point to her aggressive reorganization and rebuilding..."

"...will be short roughly $4 billion in state money for their upcoming budgets. Now the next big battle is..."

"...For the first time in a decade, voters in Texas'..."

"...Juan Williams: I think it's just an untenable position for a journalist. I think I tell the story in..."

"...not surprised to see the Chronicle supporting Chris Bell for governor [“Endorsements,” Oct. 20]. We, the progressives of Texas..."