Posted inState Government

TribCast: Business Incentives and Speaker’s Race Twists

Evan, Ross, Reeve and special guest Erica Grieder consider the Texas approach to business incentives and speculate about what state Rep. David Simpson might bring to the speaker's race.

By Reeve HamiltonDec. 5, 2012, 3:01 p.m. CentralUpdated Dec. 5, 2012, 3:01 p.m. Central

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.

Republish this article

Take our content — please! — You’re welcome to republish this article for free as long as you follow our republishing guidelines, which includes using our canonical URL and pixel tracker on your story pages whenever possible.

TribCast: Business Incentives and Speaker’s Race Twists

By Reeve Hamilton, The Texas Tribune
December 5, 2012

<h1>TribCast: Business Incentives and Speaker’s Race Twists</h1>
<p class="byline">By Reeve Hamilton, The Texas Tribune <br />December 5, 2012</p>
<br />
<figure class="wp-block-audio"><audio controls src="https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Tribcast-Episode-ExpensiveMother.mp3"></audio><figcaption>TribCast: Business Incentives and Speaker's Race Twists</figcaption></figure>
<p>Evan, Ross, Reeve and special guest Erica Grieder consider the Texas approach to business incentives and speculate about what state Rep. <a href="http://www.texastribune.org/directory/david-simpson/">David Simpson</a> might bring to the speaker's race.</p>
<p><em>Texas Tribune donors or members may be quoted or mentioned in our stories, or may be the subject of them. For a complete list of contributors, click <a href="/support-us/donors-and-members/">here</a>.</em></p>
<p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://www.texastribune.org/2012/12/05/tribcast-business-incentives-speakers-race-twists/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.texastribune.org">The Texas Tribune</a>.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-cropped-texas-tribune-favicon.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"></p>
<img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://www.texastribune.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=57910" style="width:1px;height:1px;"><script> PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: "https://www.texastribune.org/2012/12/05/tribcast-business-incentives-speakers-race-twists/", urlref: window.location.href }); } } </script> <script id="parsely-cfg" src="//cdn.parsely.com/keys/texastribune.org/p.js"></script><script async src="https://ping.texastribune.org/ping.js" data-source="repub" data-canonical="https://www.texastribune.org/2012/12/05/tribcast-business-incentives-speakers-race-twists/" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

Canonical Tag:

Article Content:

TribCast: Business Incentives and Speaker’s Race Twists

By Reeve Hamilton, The Texas Tribune
December 5, 2012

Evan, Ross, Reeve and special guest Erica Grieder consider the Texas approach to business incentives and speculate about what state Rep. David Simpson might bring to the speaker's race.

Texas Tribune donors or members may be quoted or mentioned in our stories, or may be the subject of them. For a complete list of contributors, click here.

This article first appeared on The Texas Tribune.

Tracking snippet:

Texans need the truth. Help us report it.

Become a member. Join today.

Choose an amount or learn more about membership.

Reeve Hamilton

rhamilton@texastribune.org

Reeve Hamilton worked at the Tribune from 2009 to 2015, covering higher education and politics and hosting the Tribune's weekly podcast. His writing has also appeared in Texas Monthly and The Texas Observer.... More by Reeve Hamilton

About

Corrections and Clarifications

TribCast: Business Incentives and Speaker’s Race Twists

Texans need the truth. Help us report it.

Become a member. Join today.

Reeve Hamilton

READ MORE

High schooler pulled from musical over Texas’ anti-DEI law sues, alleging discrimination

Dolores Huerta, trailblazing advocate for migrant farmworkers, dies at 96

Elder Black Texans pass the baton to next generation to keep up fight at ballot box

Six charts that explain how Texas’ suburbs became a midterm battleground

San Antonio and the 2027 Texas Legislature

With dueling Trump-Talarico rallies, Lubbock became the center of the political universe

U.S. Supreme Court leaves in place limits on when deportation cases can be paused

Bo French, Jon Rosenthal raise more than $1M combined in second-highest fundraising haul

Austin man shot by ICE officer pleads not guilty to federal assault charge

Greg Abbott, Gina Hinojosa each post biggest fundraising hauls yet in final leg of Texas governor’s race

Texas Railroad Commission 2026: What it does and who’s running in the race

Texas early voting rate is slightly behind 2018, when Beto O’Rourke challenged Ted Cruz

Dems hope to clinch the state by flipping Collin County, Paxton’s homebase and a longtime GOP bastion

About

Corrections and Clarifications

Texans need the truth. Help us report it.

Become a member. Join today.

READ MORE

You came here for Texas news.