[Editor's Note: We are very proud to present this excellent guest column from Joe Jaworski (D-Galveston), who is running for State Senate in SD 11.--VL]
This week, we mark 232 years since our nation declared its independence and launched the greatest experiment in democracy the world has ever known.
That experiment continues to illuminate. The Founders were [...]

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[Ed. Note: Guest Op-Ed By Joe Jaworski]
By Joe Jaworski
Forty-five years ago this month, Alabama Governor George Wallace infamously stood in the schoolhouse door to try to stop a generation of students from attending classes.
Five years ago this month, Texas political leaders essentially did the same thing when they pushed through a deregulation bill that sent [...]

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[Ed. Note: Capitol Annex is very pleased this afternoon to feature a "guest blog" by Dan Grant (D-Austin), a candidate for Congress in CD-10.]
On Monday, President George W. Bush declared “Child Health Day,” saying that the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) “should be reauthorized” because of its “important role… in helping poor children stay [...]

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[The following is a guest post from Barbara Radnofsky, Democratic Nominee for United States Senate]
Houston Aug 1, 2006 : Opponent fails on her chosen issues.
After a return speech to the Executive Roundtable, I spoke to people all day, by phone and in person. With school activities starting, and folks returning from vacation, more calls get [...]

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[A Guest Post from Democratic Nomine for U.S. Senate Barbara Radnofsky. For more on BAR's East Texas swing, check out the Tyler Morning Telegraph as well. It is so good to see a statewide Democratic candidate placing so much emphasis on East Texas, too.—VL]
East Texas Counts, May 25 2006
6 cities in just 18 hours.
Madisonville: we [...]

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[Another Great Guest Blog from Barbara Radnofsky, Candidate for U.S. Senate.—VL]
NASA/Galveston Bay: Today and this evening I spent in the Galveston Bay area speaking to residents near NASA who are outraged at the price of gasoline and Sen. Hutchison’s ranking as the number one recipient of oil lobby money.
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[Earlier this week, I emailed State Reps. Donna Howard (D-Austin, HD 48) and Mark Strama (D-Austin, HD 50), and asked them to write guestblogs/statements on their votes on the TTRC tax reform package and their thoughts on the Special Session. I am pleased to present to you at this time Rep. Donna Howard's piece, entitled, [...]

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