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		<title>Chisum: Craddick &#8216;a realist,&#8217; Straus &#8216;a very decent guy&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Warren Chisum has been a busy man the past few days. So when he called us this morning to respond to our Friday story about an omission on his 2007 ethics form, we couldn’t help but ask about the most pressing issue in state politics.
“Well, you know, as a Republican, I have a little problem [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2009/01/chisum-craddick-a-realist-straus-a-very-decent-guy/</link>
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		<title>Chisum: Legislators aren&#8217;t state employees; will ask Ethics Commission about disclosure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[State House Appropriations Committee Chairman Warren Chisum says he didn’t list his $600-a-month legislative salary on his 2007 personal financial disclosure form because he doesn’t believe “in the truest sense of the word” that he’s an employee of the state.
But he also said he’d call the state Ethics Commission and ask for clarification on it. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2009/01/chisum-legislators-arent-state-employees-will-ask-ethics-commission-about-disclosure/</link>
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		<title>Support for Straus solidifies, and our interactive map is updated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The list of people who were running for Tom Craddick&#8217;s job as speaker seemed like it was a mile long just the other day. Now, it&#8217;s dwindling as more and more candidates get behind relative newcomer Joe Straus, a Republican from San Antonio. 
We&#8217;re continuing to update our interactive Google Map looking at the candidates [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2009/01/support-for-straus-solidifies-and-our-interactive-map-is-updated/</link>
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		<title>Houston Bloggers: Texas Watchdog wants to meetup with you &#8212; on Jan. 17</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Calling all bloggers in Houston and the surrounding area: Do you ever blog about local politics? How about your kid&#8217;s school? Or new roads that you think need to be built to your town? Or a pollution problem in your neighborhood?
Texas Watchdog wants to help you.
We want to put on a meetup &#8212; an informal, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2009/01/bloggers-texas-watchdog-wants-to-meetup-with-you-on-jan-17/</link>
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		<title>Bush library donors can remain anonymous, but click here for foundation&#8217;s 990s</title>
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The Bush library foundation says it won&#8217;t disclose its donors &#8212; but for a peek at what the group has to disclose, here are the foundation&#8217;s tax forms for 2007 and 2006.
The Dallas Morning News has the news of the library&#8217;s plans not to make public its donors:

The nonprofit foundation that aims to raise $300 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2009/01/bush-library-donors-can-remain-anonymous-but-click-here-for-foundations-990s/</link>
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		<title>Craddick drops out of speaker&#8217;s race</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looks like Texas will have a new state House speaker soon. Incumbent Speaker Tom Craddick is dropping his bid for re-election to the speaker&#8217;s post. More at Dallas Morning News, El Paso Times, Star-Telegram. And don&#8217;t forget to keep checking our (ever-updating) Google Map for the House speaker&#8217;s race. 
Keep up with all the latest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2009/01/craddick-drops-out-of-speakers-race/</link>
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		<title>McCall, Smithee, Geren latest additions to Texas Watchdog&#8217;s speaker&#8217;s race map</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the many Texas political blogs we read &#8212; can&#8217;t remember which one (e-mail me if you do) &#8212; recently observed that it would just be easier to list the state House members who AREN&#8217;T running for House speaker, rather than list the ones who ARE running.
The same could be said for our interactive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2009/01/mccall-smithee-geren-latest-additions-to-texas-watchdogs-speakers-race-map/</link>
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		<title>Texas Watchdog&#8217;s interactive map spotlighting the players in the race for Texas House Speaker is updated to include Joe Straus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve added Rep. Joe Straus to our interactive map of the &#8220;who&#8217;s who&#8221; in the race for Texas Speaker of the House.
We&#8217;ll be adding to the map about the race for Texas House Speaker as the weekend continues.
The map is chock-full of information about the people running for Speaker, as well as some key players [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2009/01/texas-watchdogs-interactive-map-about-the-texas-house-speakers-race-is-updated-to-include-joe-staus/</link>
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		<title>Geren, &#8216;ABC Repubs&#8217; take center stage in House speaker&#8217;s race</title>
		<description><![CDATA[State Rep. Charlie Geren is supposed to be meeting sometime &#8212; maybe even right about now &#8212; with his &#8220;ABC&#8221; Republicans in the state as they try to craft their strategy for the House speaker&#8217;s race, the Star-Telegram&#8217;s Dave Montgomery reports:
Geren, R-Fort Worth, is one of the leaders — some say the leader — of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2009/01/geren-abc-repubs-take-center-stage-in-house-speakers-race/</link>
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		<title>AG says Katy schools can withhold police reports in cheerleader hazing case</title>
		<description><![CDATA[InstantNewsKaty.com is reporting today that the state attorney general&#8217;s office has sided with the Katy Independent School District in allowing the school system to keep private police reports in the cheerleader hazing case that made national news last fall.

InstantNewsKaty had filed an open records request to review the police report and other investigative materials complied [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2009/01/ag-says-katy-schools-can-withhold-police-reports-in-cheerleader-hazing-case/</link>
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