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Elise Hu

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Elise Hu was a political reporter at the Tribune, focusing on multimedia projects, from 2009 to 2011. She previously worked as the state political reporter for Austin's ABC affiliate, KVUE-TV, from 2006 to 2009. She was recognized by the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters three years in a row for her beat reporting on state politics and was named Best TV Reporter Who Can Write by The Austin Chronicle. Before arriving in Austin, she held reporting positions at television stations in Waco; Greenville, S.C.; and Columbia, Mo. She's an evangelist for social media and multimedia journalism — her Political Junkie blog was listed as one of WashingtonPost.com's top Texas political blogs. A native of Plano, she has a degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Missouri.

Past Contributions

  • Here Comes the Sun

    By Elise Hu

    The state Division of Workers' Compensation has uncovered "tens of millions of dollars in unnecessary medical care" in the last several years, but its commissioner failed to sanction the doctors involved, a key former employee told members of the Sunset Advisory Commission on Tuesday night. Full Story 

  • Workers' Comp Before Sunset

    By Elise Hu

    The stakeholders in the roiling controversy over enforcement problems at the Division of Workers' Comp testify before state lawmakers on the Sunset Advisory Commission Tuesday night. Full Story 

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  • TribBlog: TAB Joins Workers' Comp Debate

    By Elise Hu

    The state's largest business group is opposing proposed recommendations to change up the review process for unscrupulous workers' comp doctors, a process at the center of the controversy over how the Division of Workers' Compensation operates. Full Story 

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  • TribBlog: Workers' Comp War of Words

    By Elise Hu

    As lawmakers on the Sunset Advisory Commission prepare to publicly review the Division of Workers' Compensation on Tuesday, the Commissioner and his former physician fraud investigator are waging a war of words in their letters to lawmakers. Full Story 

    April 29, 2010. Dr. Ken Ford at his Houston home.
    Credit: Nathan Lindstrom

  • A Luxury Liability

    By Elise Hu

    Details of life inside Rick Perry's temporary digs made headlines this week, revealing that — in addition to $9,900 a month in rent — taxpayers foot the bill for Neiman Marcus curtains, $700 clothes racks and a subscription to Food & Wine magazine. How much of a political problem are the governor's posh trappings? Full Story 

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