Lone Star Politics: Tradition and Transformation in Texas
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Web: Pew Foundation Hispanic Trends Project
Web: Hispanic impact on Texas party system
Web: Latinos in the 2016 Election
Web: Slavery in Texas
Audio: The Battle of San Jacinto
Video: Juneteenth History
Video: Hispanic Political Power in Texas
Video: Spindletop and the Oil Industry
Video: The Light Crust Doughboys
Chapter 2: Texas Constitution
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Web: The Tenth Amendment Debated
Web: Marriage Trends
Video: Texas Joins the Union
Video: How Texas Got Its Shape
Video: What is a "Tenther?"
Video: Sharpstown Scandal
Chapter 3: Texas Legislature
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Web: Demographics of Texas Legislature
Web: Texas Redistricting
Web: Texas State Legislature Summary
Video: Barbara Jordan
Video: Supreme Court Hears Texas Redistricting Case
Audio: Baker v. Carr
Video: Shelby County v. Holder Decision
Video: The Daily Show: Texas Democrats Flee in Attempt to Thwart Redistricting
Video: Wendy Davis's Attempted Filibuster in Texas Legislature
Chapter 4: Legislative Organization and Process
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Web: Governor Greg Abbott Veto Statements
Web: Texas Rural Representation
Audio: Texas's 84th Legislature
Audio: Texas Senate Looks for Money to Send Drilling-Damaged Counties
Video: First Day of Texas Legislature, 2015
Video: How the Session Works
Chapter 5: Texas Governors
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Web: Bills Vetoed By Texas Governors
Audio: Governor Abbott's Five Emergency Items
Audio: Abbott's Constitution Plans
Chapter 6: The Plural Executive and Bureaucracy in Texas
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Web: History of Texas Plural Executive
Web: Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick speaks on transgender bathrooms
Web: Texas Comptroller Biennial Revenue Estimate, 2016-17
Chapter 7: Texas Judicial System
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Web: Anti-LGBT Groups Still Fighting Same-Sex Marriage In Court
Audio: Fifth Circuit Considers State Abortion Law
Video: Texas Courts
Video: The Election of Judges
Chapter 8: Texas-Sized Justice
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Web: Texas Death Penalty Information
Web: Texas Prison Inmates
Audio: Death Penalty Opponents
Audio: Neglect in Texas Prisons
Chapter 9: Campaigns and Elections, Texas Style
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Web: Turnout and Voter Registration Figures (1970-present)
Web: A Look At Texas Voter Turnout by Ethnicity
Web: Votes By District
Chapter 10: Political Parties
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Web: 2016 Texas Republican Party Primary Results
Web: 2016 Texas Democratic Party Primary Results
Audio: Clinton Kicks Off the General Election
Audio: Donald Trump's Law and Order
Video: Wilbur Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel Radio Broadcast
Video: What is a Superdelegate?
Chapter 11: Organized Interests
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Audio: Texas Businesses Say Restrictive Transgender Bathroom Laws Are Bad Economics
Video: Top Five Biggest Lobbying Teams in Texas
Video: Open Carry Texas
Video: University of Texas Students Use Sex Toys to Protest "Campus Carry" Law
Chapter 12: Local Government in Texas
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Web: City of San Antonio Budget
Web: Amarillo City Council Approves $340M Bond Election
Web: Dallas County Administrative Plan
Video: Houston Voters Reject HERO
Video: State vs. County vs. City
Video: Infrastructure Challenges for Local Government
Video: Counties, Distinctly Texas
Chapter 13: Fiscal Policy
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Web: Texas Comptroller's Office
Web: A Closer Look at the Final 2016-17 State Budget
Web: Tools on Expenditures and Tax Revenue
Web: Texas House Debates Budget
Web: Local Debt Follower
Video: The Hardest Working Sales Tax in Texas
Chapter 14: Social Policy, Education, Health, and Immigration
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Web: Medicaid
Web: Texas Medicaid and CHIP in Perspective
Web: 2014 Comprehensive Biennial Report on Texas Public Schools
Audio: What the Future of Medicaid Could Look Like Under Clinton and Trump Presidencies – Texas Standard
Audio: Forum Looks at Why Blacks Are Over-Represented In Harsh School Discipline
Audio: Changes in Texas Education
Video: Texas Education Agency Sued By Parents Over STAAR Test
Chapter 15: Transforming Texas: Energy, Environment, and Transportation
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Web: Demographics of Texas' Undocumented Population
Web: Origins of Immigrants to Texas
Web: Texas Traffic Issues
Audio: The Fracking Boom is Bust, But Big Oil Wants In
Audio: The Crash at Crush
Audio: Supreme Court Rules on Affirmative Action and Immigration
Audio: Fossil Fuel Divestment and the Texas Economy
Video: Animation of Hydraulic Fracturing
Video: CNN Explains: Fracking
Video: Texas Now the Capital of Window Power?
Video: Texas Town Runs Out of Water as Drought Takes Its Toll