There are good surprises—cool Uncle Jim is coming to Christmas—and there are bad surprises—weird Auntie Edna’s making her special version of Jello salad. Then [...]
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Hale Center was once a seat of power. The last Democratic speaker of the Texas House, Pete Laney, brought governors and lawmakers, including George [...]
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dept. of immigration Thanksgiving week, while most of us were stuffing ourselves, eight undocumented students at the University of Texas at Austin joined hundreds [...]
Read full postIt’s been an intense couple of days for the DREAM Act legislation in Congress. First, the euphoria of the passage of the bill in [...]
Read full postOutside of turkey and cranberry sauce, state legislators may have trouble coming up with things to be thankful for this year. A nasty, raging [...]
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