The Brief: Top Texas News for March 22, 2013
He's been out of office for months, but one of Ron Paul's pet issues — gold — may be gaining traction in the Texas Legislature.
Full StoryRon Paul represents Congressional District 14 in Texas. He first served in Congress from 1976-77, then again from 1979-85 and again beginning in 1997.
Paul serves on the House Committee on Financial Services, where he is the chairman of the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee. He is also serves on the International Monetary Policy and Trade subcommittee, along with the House ...
He's been out of office for months, but one of Ron Paul's pet issues — gold — may be gaining traction in the Texas Legislature.
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Ron Paul has asked a United Nations agency to help him take control of a self-titled domain owned by some of his supporters, infuriating several of his libertarian fans.
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U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Surfside, says goodbye in a farewell speech typical of his unique style on the House floor Wednesday.
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U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Lake Jackson, isn't seeking re-election this year, turning a typically Republican seat into an interesting race between a former congressman and a two-term state representative.
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Tampa is the end of the road for Ron Paul’s presidential hopes, but his supporters aren’t going quietly into the night. They're complaining that Paul got a raw deal from the managers of the Republican National Convention.
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Texas Congressman Ron Paul has announced he will stop actively campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination, saying that doing so requires "tens of millions of dollars we simply do not have."
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The race to replace U.S. Rep. Ron Paul is a free-for-all, with nine Republicans among 11 major party candidates running to represent Congressional District 14.
Full StoryThis week in The New York Times and at texastribune.org, we look at how candidates running for Ron Paul's seat in Congress are not necessarily trying to fill the doctor's shoes, and how social media sabotage is becoming a popular campaign strategy in the Texas primary.
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While U.S. Rep. Ron Paul endorsed former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz on Sunday to be the next U.S. senator from Texas, Cruz isn't returning the favor and endorsing Paul's presidential bid.
Full StoryAt a Tea Party-organized rally at the Capitol, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul said the presidential nomination isn't sewn up yet. And U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz reminded the crowd of his abiding conservatism.
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On this week's podcast, Ross, Emily, Morgan and Ben weigh the recent resignation of Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott and the back-and-forth court rulings on Planned Parenthood and the Women's Health Program.
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U.S. Rep. Ron Paul made a couple of campaign stops in Austin on Thursday. After an afternoon fundraiser, he met with supporters on the University of Texas campus. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports.
Full StoryThe veteran congressman may not have a real shot at becoming the GOP's presidential nominee, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have something to gain by taking a tour of his home state.
Full StoryShowing no signs of quitting the 2012 race, Ron Paul is attacking his Republican rivals in a new ad as a "debt-raising fiscal liberal," a "moon colony guy" and a "moderate from Massachusetts" — and playing up his Texanness.
Full StoryThe candidates have filed for the May 29 primary elections, and we've updated our election brackets to reflect the final filing period.
Full StoryAt Monday's Hot Seat conversation in Denton, state Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls, and state Rep. Myra Crownover, R-Lake Dallas, talked about their unwillingness to support a certain Texas congressman in 2012.
Full StoryGOP presidential candidate Ron Paul is out with a new ad today attacking all three of his rivals: "serial hypocrite" Newt Gingrich, "counterfeit conservative" Rick Santorum and "flip-flopper" Mitt Romney.
Full StoryIn a scathing new ad set to air in Michigan, Ron Paul attacks GOP front-runner-of-the-moment Rick Santorum for not being fiscally conservative.
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Ron Paul's fourth-place finish in Florida's primary on Tuesday wasn't surprising. Paul, who barely competed in the Sunshine State, is sticking to his focus on smaller caucus states, which award delegates based on a proportional system.
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Mere minutes before the campaign finance filing deadline, Ron Paul reported raising $13.3 million for his presidential bid in the fourth quarter of 2011, an amount larger than his previous three quarter's contributions combined.
Full StoryIn this week's nonscientific survey of political and government insiders, we asked why Ron Paul isn't more successful, how long it will take for Texas Democrats to compete and what issues will rule the spring primaries.
Full StoryFull video of my January 26 TribLive conversation with state Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview.
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Three federal judges in San Antonio are going back, literally, to the drawing board for new political maps for Texas, and to decide when to have primary elections. The same things, in other words, they were trying to work out in November.
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Rick Perry is still the Republican governor of a strongly Republican state. He controls the executive branch, maintains strong ties with business, has relatively weak opponents, and has run circles around the media.
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When the Legislature decamped from Austin in July, there was a sense of order in Texas politics. And yet, as Rick Perry returns a mere seven months later, conditions on the ground in Texas border on the chaotic.
Full StoryThe insiders think Ron Paul's biggest obstacle is Ron Paul, are pessimistic about Texas Democrats, and predict Democratic primaries focused on education and Republican primaries focused on spending and taxes.
Full StoryAt this morning's TribLive conversation, state Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview, discussed his opposition to Rick Perry's presidential bid and his dissatisfaction with the GOP frontrunners.
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Lame duck or not, Rick Perry is still the Republican governor of a strongly Republican state. In Texas, he controls the levers of government, muzzles the news media and has no meaningful political opposition.
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