Monday’s the day candidates can begin filing for office, and after a flurry of legal activity over the holidays, they now know what districts they’re seeking to represent. Probably.
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Economy
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Root and Tan on the restoration of the Governor’s Mansion and on the Perrys’ expensive replacement digs, E. Smith’s TribLive interview with three freshman legislators in El Paso, M. Smith on tough financial standards for local school districts, Ramshaw and Murphy on Texas docs paid by drug companies, yours truly on new congressional and legislative redistricting maps, Hamilton on the biggest competitive endeavor in Brownsville’s schools and Aguilar on how border mayors feel about military equipment in their cities: The best of our best content from November 21 to 25, 2011.
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State Government
Peña Won’t Run for Re-election
State Rep. Aaron Peña, R-Edinburg, says he can’t win re-election under new court-drawn redistricting maps and won’t seek another term in the Texas House. It would have been his first election as a Republican.
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Public Education
Weekend Insider: Redistricting, For-Profit Teacher Certification
In this episode of Weekend Insider, Executive Editor Ross Ramsey describes where Texas’ legislative redistricting stands, and reporter Morgan Smith explains how Texas became the industry leader in for-profit alternative teacher certification.
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Inside Intelligence
Inside Intelligence: Who to Blame?
In which we asked in the insiders about redistricting and, separately, about Formula One racing in Texas.
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Politics
Court Proposes New Congressional Maps for Texas
A panel of three federal judges in San Antonio proposed new congressional districts for Texas Wednesday. The map is a proposal; the court is seeking comments from the parties by noon Friday.
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State Government
The Mother Lode for Redistricting Nerds
The Texas Legislative Council has a terrific redistricting section on its website, with full statistical reporting on all of the new maps, including geography, demographics, incumbencies, and election results all the way back to 2002.
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State Government
Court Increases Minority Districts in Texas Legislature
A panel of federal judges in San Antonio ordered the state to conduct its 2012 House and Senate elections using political maps drawn by the court and not those drawn by the state, issuing final maps that give minority voters — and Democrats — more power. The state’s top lawyer will move immediately to stop the new maps.
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Politics
Pins and Needles
Holiday redistricting stories, not unusual things if you’ve watched this for a while, always start with three wise persons in the guise of federal judges. It’s super-sized this year, with six wise men, three in San Antonio and three in Washington.
