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• The Playlist: Cruise Control

  By John Jordan March 28, 2015

  With a late night tweet, U.S. Sen Ted Cruz announced his candidacy for president then immediately hit the road, so we start our playlist with “Cruise Control” by the Dixie Dregs. Full Story 

• Inside Texas Politics: Photographing Police

  By John Jordan March 22, 2015

  On this week's edition of WFAA-TV's Inside Texas Politics with host Jason Whitely, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Bud Kennedy and Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey, the show opens with an interview with Gov. Greg Abbott. Full Story 

• The Playlist: She Caught the Katy

  By John Jordan March 21, 2015

  In a story this week about former Florida governor and likely presidential contender Jeb Bush's early Texas years, we learned that in college Bush and his roomies listened to jazz and Taj Mahal records on their stereo, so it's all Taj and jazz for this week's playlist of the week's news. Full Story 

• Inside Texas Politics: Setting the Stage

  By John Jordan March 15, 2015

  On this week's edition of WFAA-TV's Inside Texas Politics, the show is given over to setting the stage for the remainder of the session as the state Legislature moves into a higher gear. Full Story 

• The Playlist: Something in the Water

  By John Jordan March 14, 2015

  This week, we published Undrinkable, our series on why tens of thousands along the Texas border don’t have ready access to safe, clean drinking water, so we start this week’s playlist of the week’s news with “Something in the Water” by Prince. Full Story 

• Inside Texas Politics: Mother, May I?

  By John Jordan March 8, 2015

  On this week's edition of WFAA-TV's Inside Texas Politics with host Jason Whitely, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Bud Kennedy and Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey, talk turns to spending caps and constitutional amendments. Full Story 

• The Playlist: The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines

  By John Jordan March 8, 2015

  With a story this weekend on a lawsuit involving a Houston dry cleaner, plus our coverage of Rick Perry and Ted Cruz appearing in Iowa, we're leading off this week's playlist of the week’s news with Joni Mitchell’s “The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines.” Full Story 

• The Playlist: The Race is On

  By John Jordan Feb. 28, 2015

  The first University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll of 2015 had good news for likely White House hopefuls Scott Walker and Hillary Clinton — so we’re kicking off this week’s playlist with George Jones singing “The Race Is On." Full Story 

• Inside Texas Politics: Gay Marriage and Immigration

  By John Jordan Feb. 22, 2015

  On this week's edition of WFAA-TV's Inside Texas Politics, talk turns to some state Republicans' rhetoric after recent gay marriage and immigration rulings — will their celebrations now make them seem out of touch in the future? Full Story 

• The Playlist: Hamilton

  By John Jordan Feb. 20, 2015

  This week's playlist is dedicated to Reeve Hamilton, one of the Tribune's original reporters who leaves us today after a memorable five-plus years. Full Story