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Audio: A tragedy unfolds in Dallas

Mike Ward, the Austin Bureau Chief for the Houston Chronicle, and I recently started a weekly podcast to bring you all the latest news from the Texas Capitol. Click here to subscribe to the show and have it instantly delivered to you each week. This week we did our 7th show, in which we discussed the ambush […]

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Texas Ethics Commission Votes to Close “Dangerous Loophole” in Elections

Note: This story originally appeared on The Quorum Report. Join us there daily for coverage of Texas politics and government.  Setting things up for what could very well be another throwdown in The Legislature next year over so-called “dark money” in elections, the Texas Ethics Commission on Wednesday voted to adopt a rule that requires […]

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“Pro-Life Hero” Attacked From the Right After Saying MQ Sullivan Should Register as a Lobbyist

 Note: This story originally appeared in The Quorum Report. Join us there for daily coverage of Texas politics and government.  After publicly taking a stand against Midland oilman Tim Dunn’s spokesman Michael Quinn Sullivan for failing to register as a lobbyist, pro-life activist Joe Pojman finds himself under attack by what he described as “dark […]

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A Place for the Terrified: Some Thoughts on Being Fired from News 92 FM

I stood in my kitchen at home in Houston and tried to assure a woman who recently had an abortion that I would be fair to her if she appeared on my radio program. As I talked to Carolyn Jones, who had called me from Austin, she was very nervous about what questions I might […]

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Komen for the Cure Debate AUDIO

The decision by the Texas-based Susan G. Komen Foundation to cut off all funding/grants to Planned Parenthood lit up my Facebook and Twitter feeds like no story has recently.  Tweet Share

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Senator: Restricting Abortion “Has to be Personal.” AUDIO

Some of the toughest restrictions on abortions are contained in a so-called “sonogram bill” that’s now on the desk of Governor Perry for his signature.  Tweet Share

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