For the 11th event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the attorney general of Texas on the politics and constitutionality of gay marriage, why he’s suing the feds over health care and why he filed a brief in support of the Arizona immigration law.
August 2010
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State Government
Perry: “I’m Not an Unknown”
The governor depicted by Democrats as a coward in statewide newspaper ads last week doesn’t seem nervous. In fact, as he traveled from Killeen to Temple and on to Texarkana last week accompanied by a reporter from The Texas Tribune, Republican Rick Perry looked comfortable, though he says he’s taking his Democratic challenger, Bill White, seriously.
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State Government
Preparing for the Worst
While Texas’ coastal residents know that a potential disaster is just a hurricane away, a federal grant could help the state do a better job to stave off the devastation. David Martin Davies of Texas Public Radio has this report.
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Criminal Justice
Barbara Ann Radnofsky: The TT Interview
The Democratic nominee for attorney general on how long of a long-shot campaign she’s mounting, the incumbent’s predilection for “show lawsuits” and whether she’s willing to debate her opponent (we’ll give you one guess).
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Barbara Ann Radnofsky Interview
An Interview with the Democratic nominee for Attorney General.
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Criminal Justice
Greg Abbott TribLive Interview and Audience Q&A
The full interview and audience Q&A with the Texas Attorney General.
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Economy
Shelter from the Storm
As New Orleans measures how far it has come since Hurricane Katrina — and how far it has to go — an Austin man who was an aide to Mayor Will Wynn in 2005 traveled to the Big Easy to put some ghosts to rest. He talked with Matt Largey of KUT News.
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The Watch List
School’s in. Labor Day is coming soon. And it’s time for a scouting report on 21 Texas House races to watch this fall. We based our picks on interviews with politicos and consultants, our own analysis of district voting patterns, campaign coffers, the relative strength of the candidates and issues that could turn each contest.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Hu compares and contrasts the official schedules of four big-state governors (including Rick Perry) and picks the 21 Texas House races to watch, Ramshaw on a 19-year-old with an IQ of 47 sentenced to 100 years in prison, Stiles on Perry’s regent-donors, Galbraith on a plan to curb the independence of the state’s electricity grid, Thevenot on the turf war over mental health, Grissom on whether the Texas Youth Commission should be abolished, Aguilar on a crucial immigration-related case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, Ramsey’s interview with GOP provocateur Debra Medina and M. Smith on how changes to campaign finance law will affect judicial elections in Texas: The best of our best from August 23 to 27, 2010.
