In the land of redistricting, May 29 is only a week away.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Economy, Border Issues Are Texans’ Biggest Concerns
At the national level, voters are concerned about pocketbook issues, while at home immigration is the top problem.
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State Government
Video: How Late Texas Primary Could Affect Voters, Candidates
Federal judges have set May 29 as a tentative state primary date. The Tribune’s Thanh Tan explains what that date could mean for candidates, voters and the election process.
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State Government
Unsettled District Lines Hurting Some Candidates’ Finances
Texas’ state Senate maps were finalized this week, but the protracted court battle has left state House and congressional districts without boundaries. And as Andy Uhler of KUT News reports, the district-line confusion is costing some candidates time and money.
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State Government
The Never-Ending Story
There is a date for primary elections, but it’s uncertain. And there is one redistricting map done, with two to go. And for what it’s worth, the judges seem to be in a hurry.
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State Government
Redistricting Lawyers Agree on Senate Maps
UPDATED: Election officials were told to prepare for a possible May 29 primary, as redistricting foes reached agreement on a map for Texas Senate elections this afternoon and continued talks on state House and congressional maps.
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State Government
Redistricting Experts Struggling to Set Maps
UPDATED: April primaries are all but impossible for the state’s election administrators, a Bexar County elections official said today, as an agreement on political maps remains elusive.
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State Government
Crunch Time: Judges Want New Maps Quickly
The state’s political mapmakers will be back in court this morning, trying to produce maps in time for April primaries.
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State Government
With Redistricting, It’s Inside Baseball, Football
Some of redistricting is about getting a good seat in the office. Some is about getting good seats when you’re not at the office.
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Energy
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aguilar on an environmental battle in South Texas, Galbraith on the impact of the drought, Grissom on the latest in the Michael Morton case, Hamilton and Theobald on plans for greater scrutiny of faculty performance, Murphy on Rick Perry’s campaign donors and expenditures, Ramsey on where we stand on redistricting, Ramshaw on the intense interest in stem cell rules, Root on a congressman’s controversial pipeline holdings, M. Smith on the backlash against student testing and Tan on the fight for a new medical school in Austin: The best of our best content from February 6-10, 2012.
