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Table of Contents | Vol. 101, No. 13

Features
Status Woe
Two state agencies needed big reforms; lawmakers did nothing.
No Green Sweep
How high hopes for environmental progress were dashed.
Five Days of Chub
Your Legislature at work.
State Schooled
Lawmakers finally approved long-overdue reforms of institutions for the mentally disabled—because they had to.
The Republican from La Mancha
Another frustrating session for the Don Quixote of the Texas Senate.
Reconstruction
Can legislative action repair the troubled Department of Public Safety?
Snuffed
How Big Tobacco fended off a statewide smoking ban.
Out of the Box
Is it time for Texas to have a full-time Legislature?
Un-Covered
Where did all the Capitol reporters go—and what happens without them?
Bad(dest) Bills
The People’s Friends and Foes
Legislators who worked for—and against—the people's interests.
Departments
Dialogue
Letters to the Editors
Editorial
The Lost Lege of 2009
Books & the Culture
Back of the Book
Jerky Boy
Dateline
Dodging the Ditches at GM
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