The Texas Progressive Alliance has all its brackets ready as it brings you this week’s roundup.
The Republicans, perhaps unwittingly, offer the Democrats a deal on redistricting, which Off the Kuff thinks they ought to give serious consideration to taking.
Dan Patrick wants to pull a Jan Brewer and Dos Centavos tells you what is going on with SB1128 in what might fast become another Republican-created debate on just what kind of History is taught at Texas colleges and universities.
The stock market surge is breaking records, but strangely neither the Republicans nor the Democrats want to talk about it, much less take credit for it. PDiddie at Brains and Eggs has noticed the anamoly.
At TexasKaos, Libby Shaw has a bone to pick with the City of Houston. Check out Houston: It is illegal to feed homeless but country clubs get tax cuts.
CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme wants you to know that we’re #1 in minimum wage jobs. Just what the crony capitalists pulling Republican strings ordered.
WCNews at Eye on Williamson says all we ever hear from is the center and the right. It’s long past time for Pushback from the left.
Neil at Texas Liberal was in Los Angeles this past week. When Neil is on the road, he tries to make the time to visit a veteran’s cemetery. Neil posted this week a picture from the main veteran’s cemetery in Los Angeles.
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And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs.
Letters from Texas suggests we need to move beyond the usual debates on public education.
News Taco rounds up reaction to the death of former Ambassador and Mayor of El Paso Raymond Telles.
Keep Austin Wonky describes the choice Austin must make on urban rail routes.
Burnt Orange Report was there for the Battleground Texas launch in Austin.
Grits for Breakfast reports on a bill from Rep. Harold Dutton that would reduce the penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana.
The Texas State Teachers Association points out that public schools don’t have waiting lists.
Nonsequiteuse documents AG Greg Abbott’s hypocrisy about misleading medicine.
Texpatriate notes that there is in fact a candidate for Governor that would be worse than Rick Perry.
Jason Stanford tells Dan Patrick that keeping public and private school athletics separate is actually not like the civil rights struggle at all.
Texes Leftist reminds us that the Family Research Council really hates the ladies.
Beyond Bones reminds us that now is an excellent time to be looking up at the sky.
And finally, The Bloggess reveals the untold truth about McDonald Land.