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When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was the state's attorney general, he had a memorable description for his old job. "My job description has been simplified...
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When Texans – mostly farmers and ranchers – sat down to write the state Constitution in the 1800s, they didn’t see the need for an elected agriculture...
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The Texas Legislature writes the state budget. The governor signs it into law. But with a single action, the Texas comptroller can kill the entire...
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When I moved to Austin in 2002, one of the first things I did to acclimate myself to Texas was visit the Bullock Texas State History Museum . I remember...
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1876. It was a time of rebirth in Texas. Or maybe more precisely – time to get rid of those Reconstruction-era carpetbaggers. "When the North sent folks...