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Announcing the latest way to get your Trib on. (Thanks, Tony Matta!) Full Story
Announcing the latest way to get your Trib on. (Thanks, Tony Matta!) Full Story
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
In the latest HuTube vlog post, we take you behind the scenes of Wednesday morning TV partnerships and the subsequent breakfast summit. Full Story
Mindful of the down economy, more public school districts are paying their superintendents bonuses rather than giving them raises. Full Story
Larry, we hardly knew ye. Full Story
The home health care cuts that Congress will likely make to fund federal health care reform will take an extra large swipe at Texas. Full Story
On both sides of the border, there are calls to end the U.S. Border Patrol's Alien Transfer and Exit Program. But Border Patrol officials say their plan to break the connection between smugglers and immigrants is working. Full Story
In every major urban and suburban Texas county, where the vast majority of Texans cast their ballots, the Democratic vote share increased betweeen 2004 and 2008. Montgomery County was the single exception. In Denton, Collin, Fort Bend, and Williamson Counties — four of the five most populous traditionally Republican suburban counties — the Democratic vote rose. Full Story
When political consultants take on wealthy candidates, does that mean they can milk them and their campaigns for all they’re worth? Are they simply trying to help good people get elected? Or both? Full Story
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
Can Texas lottery winners sell all of their payments to private finance companies? State attorneys say no. A state appeals court says yes. The Texas Supreme Court will decide. Full Story
The inflamed immigration rhetoric of the past couple of years has waned, but a report the National Conference of State Legislatures released today shows that state lawmakers still have passion for the issue. Full Story
If at first you don't succeed, you'd better hope the GAO gives you a second chance. Full Story
The U.S. Border Patrol says its illegal immigration repatriation program is working to break the crossing cycle in Arizona, but officials in Texas and Mexico worry the program creates more problems than it solves. Full Story
Texas voters won't be offered a real chance at change in the Legislature and Congress next year. Four out of five state and federal lawmakers face no real competition in their primary or general elections. Full Story
As a consultant for campaigns in Texas and across the country, I have conceded elections on live TV. Republicans have held press conferences to denounce my hiring, and their lawyers have second-guessed my decisions under oath in a deposition. But none of these trials has struck me quite as strangely as reading about myself getting fired by a campaign. Full Story
In the health care debate, universal coverage has significant if not overwhelming support, but is also marked by pronounced partisan differences, and Texans appeared truly split down the middle on the “public option.” Full Story
Say what you will about Republican gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina — she delivers (on commercials, at least). Full Story
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
Humorist and author Kinky Friedman is setting his sights on a new prize: the agriculture commissioner post. Full Story