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For 2306: a look at the changing demographics in the state. - Click here for the article . The state gained 187,545 people from migration...

More conflict between the dominant political cultures in Texas and the United States. This fits material we've been discussing in 2306. ...

I'll post separately on the open carry laws that became effective yesterday - no need to prep for anything on that for the final. Below...

In recent days, this has become more and more controversial. The legislature cut a sizable amount of money from the budget that had gone to ...

The links below takes you to previous posts that touched on political culture in Texas - Click here for it . It may help illuminate some of ...

Apparently there was little question that Texas was a southern state up until about 100 years ago when business leaders wanted to distance ...

Interesting result from a poll commissioned by the Texas Tribune. - Click here for the story . In the February 2014 University of Texas/T...

A companion piece to the one about the 11 "nations" within the US. This looks at the 15 unique cultures of the various counties ac...

That's the title Andrew Sullivan gave to this study in Tufts Magazine which tries to uncover the roots of the different responses to vi...

Two studies which purport top measure opportunity across each state have different things to say about Texas. CNBC has had Texas #1 in rec...

I want you to write at least 150 words on the the following subject - based on whichever class you are in - and submit it through BlackBoard...

A nice counterpoint to the three part description of political culture across the states we cover in 2306. This is based on personality tra...

This isn't exactly a new observation, but its worth both repeating and clarifying. T he author points out that the United States' un...

I'm working on material for 2306's upcoming look at health and human services policy in the state and ran across this site which out...

More from Michael Lind - who wrote the story about the distinctiveness of the South below. This is also a bit harsh on the South, but it fi...

This article might be a bit harsh to some , but I call attention to it because it tries to get to the heart of the differences between the S...

The Texas Tribune uses the fight between Governor's Brown and Perry (Moonbeam and Goodhair) over jobs to look more deeply at the differ...

The Texas / California smack down continues. This from the Sacramento Bee : Yes, come check out Texas. Check out a state that ranks dead l...

In Texas Monthly's current issue on Texas cities - which I'll be pulling material from for a while - has thoughts from Texas author...

This issue makes it worth it for me to renew my subscription. Texas Monthly's February issue not only has a series of articles on Te...