Daily Archives: March 23, 2010

Abbott’s health care lawsuit

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

The Trib has a copy of the lawsuit that AG Greg Abbott and a dozen of his buddies have filed against the health care reform bill that was signed into law today. You may be wondering, as I have been, … Continue reading →

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The Alabama Staples?

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Swamplot brings an update on the Alabama Theater, where the now-closed BookStop was. It looks like the former Alabama Theater — known since the early eighties as the Alabama Bookstop, and since last fall as that big vacant space for … Continue reading →

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Time for KBH to kick the can down the road again

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

The Senate is on the verge of passing the fixes to the health care reform bill that the House ratified on Sunday, but that’s not important right now. What really matters is that this means Senator Hutchison has a deadline … Continue reading →

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The freakout

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

A month ago, Jonathan Chait saw the gathering momentum for getting health care reform passed, and observed “The conservative freakout is going to be something to behold.” And indeed so far it has been. Katherine Haenschen and Bob Moser did … Continue reading →

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Don’t be like Arizona

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

I don’t have a whole lot of hope for the 2011 legislative session and the budget that it will produce. But at least we won’t do anything quite this stupid. Arizona on Thursday became the first state to eliminate its … Continue reading →

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Counting same-sex couples

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

The 2010 Census will provide some long overdue new information. The federal government and the state of Texas won’t recognize Noel Freeman’s eight-year relationship with another man as marriage, but the 2010 U.S. census will. For the first time, the … Continue reading →

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Texas blog roundup for the week of March 22

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

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