Past Contributions

• Ads Infinitum: White's "Houston Voices"

  By Reeve Hamilton Sept. 21, 2010

  An array of Houstonians star in the latest television ad endorsing their former mayor, Democrat Bill White, as the next governor of Texas. Full Story 

• TribBlog: Republican Party to Launch Campus Paper

  By Reeve Hamilton Sept. 21, 2010

  There’s a new student paper coming to university campuses in Texas — courtesy of the Republican Party of Texas. Full Story 

• TribBlog: Why UT Wasn't Ranked Among the World's Best

  By Reeve Hamilton Sept. 20, 2010

  On Friday, Times Higher Education, a British magazine, released its 2010 rankings of the top 200 universities in the world. Rice University, ranked 49th, began touting the fact that it is “the only university in Texas” to make the cut. So where were the others? Full Story 

• TribBlog: The Shrinking Debt of the RPT

  By Reeve Hamilton Sept. 17, 2010

  Republican state representatives and House candidates have pledged $200,000 to the Republican Party of Texas in the last week. Full Story 

• Ads Infinitum: Bill Flores' "Silence"

  By Reeve Hamilton Sept. 16, 2010

  Republican Bill Flores launched his third television ad in his general election bid to unseat incumbent U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco. Full Story 

• Ads Infinitum: White Campaign on the Silver Screen

  By Reeve Hamilton Sept. 15, 2010

  It may feature small actors, but the newest political ad for Democratic gubernatorial Bill White is destined for the big screen. Full Story 

• TribBlog: Riddle on "Godless" Liberalism

  By Reeve Hamilton Sept. 15, 2010

  “I tend not to hold back,” said state Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Tomball, at a Wednesday morning TribLive event. True to her word, she went on to denounce what she referred to as the “liberal, progressive, godless way.” Full Story 

• Ads Infinitum: Chet Edwards' "Hay"

  By Reeve Hamilton Sept. 15, 2010

  Fighting to keep his seat from Republican challenger Bill Flores, incumbent U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, went on the air Wednesday with a new television ad highlighting his support for veterans. Full Story 

• TribBlog: UT's First Majority-Minority Class

  By Reeve Hamilton Sept. 14, 2010

  For the first time in the school’s history, the freshman class at the University of Texas has more minority students than white students. Full Story 

• Surge Protectors

  By Reeve Hamilton and Brian Thevenot Sept. 14, 2010

  Two years after Hurricane Ike’s surge crossed Galveston like a speed bump on its way to Houston, planners and academics are staring down multibillion-dollar public policy dilemmas. To describe Ike as a “wake-up call” understates and trivializes the matter. Like other coastal areas around the nation and around the world, the Houston-Galveston region is only now grappling with complex and costly questions of how to protect sprawling seaside development from the combination of subsidence and an expected sea-level rise from global warming. Full Story