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Anti light rail faction makes final push. Austin politicians travel to Round Rock to promote a charter school.

An elite crew of critters helped bankroll Bentzin's unsuccessful, half-million dollar District 48 campaign

Democrats score a shutout in Travis and Hays

State Board of Ed., District 5: Mercer Expels Montgomery

The Good, the Bad, and the Struggling: Where Cable TV is Going and How It'sChanged

Texas Triangle fires its longtime co-editor, spurring controversy over the direction of its coverage.

At its annual conference, the Texas Public Policy Foundation sticks to its mantra of less government, fewer taxes

Thumbnail sketches of members of Perry's money circle

I was down at the precinct last Tuesday, but I didn't see you

Dem Soechting charges Bentzin with dodging property taxes

The new political year begins with a four-way speed race for House District 48

And not surprisingly, the big money goes to Republicans

Legislators argue over whether bill would drain or add money to public schools

The governor's political, not personal, sleeping arrangements deserve exposure

The State Board of Education's first public hearing on social studies textbooks confirmed that, underneath the thin cloak of bureaucratic civility, an ideological battle is raging over whose story the textbooks should tell.

News from around Austin

The Bush administration's new appointee to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV / AIDS is motivated more by ideology than science, critics warn.

Mike Clark-Madison discusses 10 years covering light rail, and urges voters to support it.

Stopping the Train

"First thing we do, get rid of the lawyers. Then appoint our own."

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

Not Quite by the Book

Funders gather at Kirk Watson's House, a new campaign finance reform group is born in Austin, and Club DeVille goes Republican.

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Carole Keeton Strayhorn – what a long strange trip it's been