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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

By Ross Ramsey Oct. 16, 2010

Hu on freshman House Democrats trying to win re-election in a Republican year, Grissom on Republicans bolstered by those same political trends, Aguilar on slow reforms in immigrant detention programs, Chang on the trouble with synthetic marijuana, Ramshaw on how proposed cuts in state Medicaid services could affect 13,000 Texans, yours truly on how political polls have as much to do with who's counted as with what they say, Galbraith on why Texas is building coal plants in spite of tightening federal air pollution standards, Hamilton on community colleges accusing the University of Texas of siphoning money from their financial wells, M. Smith on the court of inquiry proposed for a death penalty case and how it would work, and E. Smith interviews U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess about federal health care: The best of our best from Oct. 11 to 15, 2010. Full Story
TribBlog: Listen To Skinner Oral Arguments

By Brandi Grissom Oct. 15, 2010

Listen to the oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday in the Texas death penalty case of Hank Skinner. Full Story

Credit: Caleb Bryant MIller
2010: Haggerty's Mom Endorses Moody

By Brandi Grissom Oct. 15, 2010

Former El Paso Republican state Rep. Pat Haggerty's mom is apparently not one to forgive and forget. Full Story
2010: Rick Perry Interview Highlights

By Elise Hu Oct. 15, 2010

Watch highlights from Gov. Rick Perry's interview with Evan Smith on Friday. In the clips, Perry discusses whether Texas is a sanctuary state, and the effectiveness of abstinence education. Full Story

Credit: Bob Daemmerich
2010: Bill White Interview Highlights

By Elise Hu Oct. 15, 2010

Highlights from Bill White's hourlong talk with the Tribune's Evan Smith. Full Story

Credit: Bob Daemmerich
Ads Infinitum: Jerry Patterson's "Monster"

By Morgan Smith Oct. 15, 2010

In a new radio ad running statewide, Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson says there's something taking over Texas — "the tax monster!" Full Story
The Midday Brief: Oct. 15, 2010

By David Muto Oct. 15, 2010

Your afternoon reading. Full Story

Credit: Bob Daemmrich
The Brief: Oct. 15, 2010

By David Muto Oct. 15, 2010

Debate(ish) day is upon us. Full Story

Credit: Caleb Bryant Miller, Callie Richmond
A Wave or a Tsunami?

By Ben Philpott, KUT News Oct. 15, 2010

A surge in Republican enthusiasm nationwide has the GOP hopeful about taking back the U.S. House and, maybe, the U.S. Senate in November. In Texas, that high tide has turned a handful of what are usually considered safe Democratic House seats into live targets. Ben Philpott of KUT and the Tribune reports. Full Story

Credit: Graphic by Todd Wiseman
A Conversation With Michael Burgess

By Evan Smith Oct. 15, 2010

For the 14th event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the Republican congressman from Lewisville on the problems with federal health care reform, what's wrong with the way Barack Obama and the Democrats got it passed and how he'll lead the charge to repeal it — if his party takes back control of the U.S. House. Full Story
Laura Bush: The TT Interview

By Emily Ramshaw Oct. 15, 2010

The former first lady on life in the Governor's Mansion vs. life in the White House, her newfound freedom living in Dallas, why she kept her personal politics out of her husband's presidency, the role she's playing at the Bush Library, the two works of fiction she's reading now and her fondest memories of the Texas Book Festival, which she launched when she was living in Austin 15 years ago — and whose annual gala she'll headline tonight with a reading from her best-selling memoir, Spoken from the Heart. Full Story

Credit: Bob Daemmrich
Dunnam on Trial

By Julián Aguilar Oct. 15, 2010

The trial-lawyer-as-epithet strategy, a perennial favorite of Texans Republicans, is playing big in the effort to oust longtime Democratic House member Jim Dunnam, D-Waco. Full Story

Credit: Bob Daemmrich
"Nothing Untoward" on ETF, Perry Insists

By Elise Hu Oct. 14, 2010

Gov. Rick Perry says there was "nothing untoward" about his friend and donor's company receiving $4.5 million from the state's Emerging Technology Fund without getting approval from a regional screening board. Full Story
On the Records: What Candidates Buy

By Matt Stiles Oct. 14, 2010

A new rule that took effect this summer allows — for the first time — real categorization of campaign spending. Full Story

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TribBlog: Willingham Inquiry Will Proceed [Updated]

By Morgan Smith Oct. 14, 2010

As former Gov. Mark White ended his argument before the Willingham court of inquiry calling for a change in the way the state carries out the death penalty, an appellate court issued an order demanding that Judge Charlie Baird stop the hearing. Full Story

Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman
The Midday Brief: Oct. 14, 2010

By David Muto Oct. 14, 2010

Your afternoon reading. Full Story

Credit: Caleb Bryant Miller, Callie Richmond
Ads Infinitum: Todd Staples' "Let's Keep It That Way"

By Julián Aguilar Oct. 14, 2010

In his latest television ad Texas agriculture commissioner, Todd Staples wants voters to know he does more than just work with the state's farmers and ranchers. Full Story

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Ads Infinitum: Back to Basics' "Our Homes First"

By Reeve Hamilton Oct. 14, 2010

On a day it was plagued by hackers, Back to Basics PAC still managed to release a new television ad. Full Story
2010: Hack Attack?

By Elise Hu Oct. 14, 2010

Anti-Rick Perry websites run by the Back to Basics PAC are crashing all around them this morning. The group blames hackers for the server meltdowns. Full Story
Ads Infinitum: Bill White's "Texas For Sale"

By Reeve Hamilton Oct. 14, 2010

In his latest television ad, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White says there's a "for sale sign in Austin." Full Story