2010: Newspaper Endorsements: Chron for Kay
"The senator has long been our go-to representative in Washington for getting things done. Texas Republicans would be wise to vote to let her play that same role as governor." Full Story
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2010: Newspaper Endorsements: SAEN for Kay
"Texas needs change and reform in its executive branch of government. The Republican candidate best qualified and most capable of achieving that transformation is Kay Bailey Hutchison." Full Story
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2010: Newspaper Endorsements: SAEN for White
"[H]as the experience, qualifications, demeanor and common sense that would justify electing him to statewide office." Full Story
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Hu, Philpott, and Ramsey on the Democratic gubernatorial debate, the pre-game, the post-game, and the highlight reel. Thevenot on the push for accountability in persistently low-performing schools. M. Smith on the Republican assault on sitting Republican appellate judge. Hamilton on a county with more than one Tea Party trying to claim conservative voters. With lawmakers staring down a growing budget crunch, Aguilar looks back at the last one for instruction. Grissom finds that U.S. Border Patrol has quietly stopped a program to deport illegal immigrants through Presidio. Ramshaw reports on a West Texas nurse who got into and out of criminal trouble for complaining about a doctor she worked with. The second University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll finds Rick Perry and Bill White with big leads in their respective party primaries. Rapoport found herself in the eye of the storm, traveling with Debra Medina on the day the candidate unexpectedly and disastrously made national news when Glenn Beck asked her on his radio shows about the attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11. The best of our best from February 8 to 12, 2010. Full Story
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2010: Newspaper Endorsements: DMN for White
"[C]ould offer his party its best chance to win the Governor's Mansion since Ann Richards." Full Story
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A Day with Debra Medina
I had wanted to shadow the phenom gubernatorial candidate on the trail since before the first GOP debate, and her handlers told me I could do it on February 11. Little did I know, little did they know, that Glenn Beck's questions about 9/11 "truthers" would turn her campaign upside-down right before my eyes. Full Story
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2010: Newspaper Endorsements: DMN for KBH
"Our state is in need of a statesman." Full Story
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2010: Farouk Shami, White People, and 9/11 "Truth"
"You don't find white people who are willing to work," the Democratic candidate for governor said. But there's more. He also didn't disavow the conspiracy theory that the U.S. government was involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Full Story
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2010: White Only 4% Behind Perry?
Democrat Bill White runs stronger against Republican Rick Perry than either of Perry's Republican primary rivals, according to a new Daily Kos/Research 2000 Texas Poll. Full Story
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The Midday Brief: February 12, 2010
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
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TribBlog: Tax Revenues Continue to Fall
Sales tax collections fell by double digits, again. Full Story
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2010: Newspaper Endorsements: SAEN for Gilbert
"Gilbert is far more knowledgeable about agriculture issues and state government than Friedman." Full Story
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2010: Newspaper Endorsements: DMN, SAEN on Lite Guv
"Earle has the better insight into the levers of power in government," says the Morning News. "Chavez-Thompson is undoubtedly the best Democratic candidate in the race," says the Express-News. Full Story
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TribBlog: NYT Mag on SBOE's "Christian Nation"
It seems the social conservatives on the State Board of Education may be on their way to getting more ink than any other politicians in modern Texas history, a cause that will be helped in this Sunday's printing of The New York Times Magazine. Full Story
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TribBlog: TX Supreme Court To Consider "Pole Tax"
The Texas Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of a $5 tax on admission to the state's strip clubs — a measure lawmakers implemented in 2007 to raise money for sexual assault prevention and low-income health insurance. Full Story
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Ads Infinitum: KBH's "Honest"
With early voting starting next week and public poll numbers in the twenties, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's latest spot aims to remind voters why they should like her more than the incumbent governor. Full Story
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2010: 100k Jobs or I'll Quit!
Farouk Shami's latest promise. Full Story
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The Brief: February 12, 2010
Debra Medina, take comfort in the words of Cat Stevens — "The first cut is the deepest." Especially if the cut is about 9/11 truthers. Full Story
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TribBlog: CPPP Says Texas Kids Fare Worse Than Most
Texas kids are poorer, hungrier and more often uninsured than kids in almost any other state, according to the Center for Public Policy Priorities. Full Story
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Blame the Whistleblower?
When a West Texas sheriff criminally charged a nurse who reported an unethical doctor to the Texas Medical Board, it sent shockwaves through the nation’s nursing community. But her acquittal has done little to calm the furor. Full Story
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