The week starts with questions over whether the Texas A&M regents’ decision on Saturday to tap the chancellor’s favorite for interim president over the governor’s favored candidate will lead to more controversy in College Station.
Joaquin Castro
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The Evening Brief: Oct. 30, 2013
Your evening reading: Perry calls Hall investigation “extraordinary political theater”; Patterson dismisses rumors of UN control of the Alamo as “horse hockey”; Cruz to make late night debut on Leno
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Criminal Justice
Castro: No Split Among Democrats on Immigration Reform
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said that despite reports that some Democrats are urging their colleagues not to work with Republicans on immigration reform, the party wants to see something pass before the year ends.
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Demographics
As Congress Recesses, Groups Want Immigration to Stay in Spotlight
Proponents of a comprehensive immigration overhaul say that when members of Congress return from their August recess, they face a narrow timeline for passing immigration legislation.
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Energy
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Batheja on a House budget without vouchers or Medicaid expansion, Aguilar on obstacles to a new power plant in El Paso, Permenter on deer breeder regulations, E. Smith’s interview with San Antonio’s Castro twins, Galbraith on proposals for new underground water reservoirs, Root finds holes in a UT regent’s appointment files, M. Smith on a planned school rating system that defied recommendations, Murphy maps oil and gas disposal wells in Texas, Dehn on objections to a bigger Medicaid program and Hamilton on efforts to lure gun makers to Texas: The best of our best for the week of April 1-5, 2013.
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TribLive: A Conversation With the Castro Brothers
Full video of my 4/2 TribLive conversation with San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro and U.S. Congressman Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin.
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Politics
Twin in the Background Takes Center Stage
In the two months since Joaquin Castro was sworn into Congress, he has been getting even more attention than his identical twin, Julián Castro, the San Antonio mayor who gave the keynote at the Democratic National Convention.
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Demographics
The Brief: Feb. 18, 2013
A leaked White House plan has injected new rancor into the fight over immigration reform.
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Demographics
Joaquin Castro: Current Immigration Laws Create “Ugly Realities”
At a meeting of state business leaders Thursday, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said that current immigration laws create “ugly realities” and that Gov. Rick Perry “will never say the border is secure.”
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Video: Cruz, Castros on Sunday Shows
The blazing stars of Texas politics at the moment, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and the Castro brothers, once again did a turn on the Sunday talk shows.