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Working Poor Left Behind In Houston’s Booming Economy

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If you listen to conversations across the US, there seems to be one city at the forefront of the news lately... everyone is talking about Houston.  With massive construction projects sprouting up in every direction and a flood of "Newstonians"-- yes we had to come up with a term for them-- moving to the area … Continue Reading ››
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The One Issue Texas Democrats Must Raise This Fall… Now

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Regardless of one's political ideology, all campaigns start to look much the same this time of year as they become obsessed with one thing and one thing only... TIME. Everything boils down to time. Can the front-runners run out the clock? Can the under dogs meet and persuade as many voters as it takes to win?? Each … Continue Reading ››
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Van de Putte Answers Voters In Live Spanish Language Forum

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If Texans had any question about which candidate is willing to listen to them in the Lieutenant Governors' race, Democrat Leticia Van de Putte put those questions to rest last night. Here's more from Alexa Ura of the Texas Tribune...
During a Spanish-language town hall on Friday, state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, the Democratic … Continue Reading ››
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Wait… How Much Is Texas Losing By NOT Expanding Healthcare?

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This is something that I've written on previously, but now some professionals have given more comprehensive numbers to prove what we know to be true. Texas is losing out big time by not taking any form of the ACA Medicaid expansion.  Here's more on this shocker from the Dallas Morning News...
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Leticia Van de Putte Launches TV Campaign

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State Senator Leticia Van de Putte continues with another huge step in her historic campaign to be Texas' first Female, Hispanic Lieutenant Governor. Today the Democratic candidate released her first major statewide TV ads.  Here's more from the Van de Putte campaign via press release...

San Antonio, TX — This weekend, Leticia Van de Putte is releasing … Continue Reading ››

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Texoblogosphere: Week of September 1st

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The Texas Progressive Alliance hopes everyone had a good Labor Day as it brings you this week's roundup. Like many people, Off the Kuff was cheered by the ruling in the school finance lawsuit. The TXGOP had a really lousy week, and it only got worse for Greg Abbott as the Labor Day … Continue Reading ››
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Yes Dan Patrick… You Voted For School Funding Cuts

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Dan Patrick, State Senator and Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, is trying to pull one over on the people of Texas.  But thankfully, Democratic candidate Leticia Van de Putte isn't letting him get away with the lies any longer.  Here's an EPIC press release (with sourcing) from the Van de Putte campaign...

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