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- State asks voters to approve $1 billion in bonds for construction, repairs
- State asks voters to boost cancer research funding
- Clinton cackles, Texas pols have their own stalling tactics
- Questions linger about West Texas youth prison closure
- Let teens work at polls, former secretary of state suggests
- Community college talks continue
- Women share experiences
- SWAT-like inspections of juvenile facilities ordered
Two youth prison officials fired
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RECENT COVERAGE ON TYC
- Report from conservator Jay Kimbrough
- Audio slideshow: Life at the TYC center in Marlin
- Video: 16-hour structured day
- 10-06-07 Questions linger about West Texas youth prison closure
- 10-05-07 SWAT-like inspections of juvenile facilities ordered
- 10-03-07 Closed youth facility had passed recent inspections
- 06-11-07 TYC facilities are dangerous for guards and residents alike
- 06-11-07 Scandal and reform: A familiar cycle in agencies that deal with juvenile delinquents
- 06-11-07 Mentally ill youths left in lockups
- 06-11-07 TYC overhaul raises high hopes but faces cold reality
- 05-26-07 Capitol Roundup
- 05-24-07 TYC to adjust hiring policy
- 05-23-07 Texas Youth Commission moves to single-sex facilities
- 05-23-07 Capitol Roundup
- 05-17-07 Youth jail system failing probationers, report says
- 05-11-07 Second Youth Commission whistleblower terminated
- 05-11-07 Second Youth Commission whistleblower terminated
- 05-11-07 Texas Youth Commission names ombudsman
- 05-10-07 Former Texas Youth Commission guard indicted
- 05-08-07 Early primaries get closer
- 05-08-07 Open records key to success of Youth Commission overhaul, supporters say
- 05-08-07 House passes TYC bill
- 05-06-07 Judge says reforms worked for a while
- 05-06-07 Accused administrator could have been sidetracked much earlier
- 05-05-07 Highlights of agency's history
- 05-05-07 Texas Youth Commission's culture resists change
- 05-04-07 Youth Commission bill passes out of House committee
- 05-01-07 Youth Commission fires another official
- 04-26-07 TYC employee arrested for sex with inmate
- 04-19-07 Senate approves South Texan's measure to overhaul Youth Commission
- 04-19-07 Firing of felons from Youth Commission resumes
- 04-17-07 Videotape surfaces that might have helped TYC sexual abuse case
- 04-17-07 Bills to fix Youth Commission seek to keep history from repeating
- 04-10-07 Lawmakers debate which convictions warrant sentences to the Youth Commission
- 04-10-07 Two former TYC officials indicted
- 04-07-07 Number of incarcerated kids to be freed now 473
- 04-05-07 Twelve scheduled for release were already gone from Youth Commission facility
- 04-04-07 After the scandal hit
- 04-04-07 Many district attorneys oppose TYC releases
- 04-03-07 West Texas county attorney readies petition to force out D.A.
- 04-03-07 Youth Commission to free more than 550 teens who have completed sentences
- 03-31-07 Some teen inmates could be released soon
- 03-30-07 80TH LEGISLATURE
- 03-29-07 Governor appoints conservator
- 03-26-07 House panel votes for outside Youth Commission manager
- 03-24-07 Review Youth Commission cases, special master says
- 03-23-07 Youth Commission superintendent arrested
- 03-22-07 Governor's aide received detailed reports alleging sex scandal
- 03-20-07 Perry's office knew abuse wasn't being prosecuted
- 03-17-07 Youth Commission board approves overhaul plan, transfers power
- 03-17-07 West Texas State School could close
- 03-16-07 Youth Commission shake-up plan expected today
- 03-15-07 Youth Commission guard arrested on assault charge
- 03-15-07 TYC board agrees to resign
- 03-14-07 Youth Commission whistle-blower has assault record
- 03-14-07 Texas Youth Commission board to quit
- 03-14-07 Senators vote to fire TYC board
- 03-14-07 Governor's office trying to appoint new youth czar
- 03-14-07 Riot breaks out at juvenile lockup
- 03-14-07 Senate committee votes to fire TYC board
- 03-13-07 TYC says goodbye to whistle-blower
- 03-13-07 TYC did not give up enough information to authorities
- 03-13-07 Two teens escaped TYC facility, arrested near border
- 03-09-07 Legislators said they have no confidence in TYC board
- 03-03-07 Governor appoints a special master over TYC
- 03-01-07 Senators vote to put TYC under a conservatorship
- 02-27-07 Senators suggest new management of TYC
- 01-04-07 Lawmakers consider converting two youth prisons to ones for adults
RECENT COVERAGE ON HPV
- 04.24.07: Senate passes bill banning HPV vaccine mandate
- 04.11.07: HPV bills move forward in Senate
- 03.14.07: House rebuts Perry order on cancer vaccine
- 03.13.07: Abbott: Perry's HPV mandate does not carry the weight of law, senator says
- 02.26.07: Mass. would offer cancer vaccine free
- 02.23.07: Perry surprised by HPV backlash
- 02.22.07: Perry's staff discussed vaccine on day Merck donated to campaign
- 02.21.07: Timeline of events involving the HPV vaccine in Texas
- 02.21.07: House committee passes bill to rescind mandate for HPV vaccine
- 02.20.07: House committee on HPV adjourns without voting
- 02.20.07: Cervical cancer victim tells her story
- 02.20.07: House panel hears testimony on HPV vaccine
- 02.19.07: What's the story on HPV?
- 02.19.07: Perry reviews his family's cancer battles
- 02.17.07: HPV vaccination debate broadens
- 02.15.07: Governor defends HPV decision
- 02.13.07: Lawmaker presses ahead with bill on HPV vaccine
- 02.10.07: Senator plans to grill health official on HPV vaccine
- 02.08.07: Lawyers: Perry had no authority to order vaccinations
- 02.06.07: Johnson: Make HPV vaccine affordable and accessible
- 02.06.07: Editorial: Perry's power play aside, ordering HPV vaccine is right thing to do
- 02.06.07: Perry's HPV vaccine order draws backlash from GOP
- 02.03.07: Governor requires HPV vaccine for sixth-grade girls
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MULTIMEDIA
- Barack Obama's Austin rally (02.23.07)
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UPCOMING ELECTIONS
- Nov. 6, 2007: Propositions 1-16
- March 4, 2008: Presidential primary, U.S. Senate
- What else is on the ballot?
IMPORTANT DATES
Sept. 7: First day to apply for ballot by mail
Oct. 9: Last day to register to vote
Oct. 22: First day of early voting
Oct. 30: Last day to apply for ballot by mail (must be received, not merely postmarked)
Nov. 2: Last day of early voting
Nov. 6: Election day
Dec. 3: First day to file candidacy for primary
Jan. 2, 2008: Last day to file candidacy for primary
Feb. 4: Last day to register to vote in primary election
Feb. 19: Early voting begins
Feb. 29: Early voting ends
March 4: Primary election day
April 8: Primary runoff election day
