Daily Archives: October 29, 2010

Friday random ten: Dia de los Muertos

Dia de los Muertos is what we celebrate after Halloween around here. In honor of that, here are ten songs about death. 1. And When I Die – Blood, Sweat & Tears 2. The Car Hank Died In – Austin … Continue reading

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Here comes the late money

The 8 days out finance reports are in, and it’s about what you’d expect. Millions of dollars poured into Texas legislative campaigns during the past month as interest groups tried to maximize their influence and partisans readied for the upcoming … Continue reading

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The fate of the city propositions

This Chron story could easily have been headlined “A bunch of people take wild guesses about what will happen to the city ballot propositions”. Political analysts say the fate of the three propositions may be tied together for some Houstonians … Continue reading

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Texas tells Amazon to pay up

Well, that’s one way to attack the budget deficit. Texas has sent Amazon.com Inc. a $269 million bill for uncollected sales taxes on purchases made by state residents from the Seattle-based Internet superstore over a four-year period. […] R.J. DeSilva, … Continue reading

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Ryan issues opinions about poll watching

Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan has issued a couple of opinions relating to poll watching that may help clear things up a bit. The first opinion has to do with where poll watchers may and may not go: Poll watchers … Continue reading

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Texas blog roundup for the week of October 25

The Texas Progressive Alliance hopes you all have voted or will be voting as it brings you this week’s blog roundup.

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