TribBlog: Rick Perry as Chuck Norris in the Twittersphere
He can "can blow bubbles with beef jerky"? Full Story
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Multi-part stories from Ramshaw and Grissom and Stiles on mental health services for detained immigrants and on payday lenders who provide exorbitantly priced credit to people with nowhere else to turn... Twitter, word clouds and the race for governor — a Stiles joint... Farouk Shami is in and Hu was there to watch... Philpott went to Bastrop for a gather of Republican governors... Rapoport finds a State Board of Education that's trying to control itself... and we have the skinny on legislative races that are likely to be competitive (only about 5 percent of the races on the ballot). It's the best of The Texas Tribune from November 14 to 20, 2009. Full Story
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Ads Infinitum: Medina's TV Spot To Air in East Texas
This ad is worth a look. Toward the end, there's a special shot of Medina really connecting with common man, by carrying a non-descript giant sack on her shoulder. Full Story
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On the Records: Mack Brown vs. Mike Sherman
We've added Texas A&M to our payroll database, so now you can compare both coaches' salaries. Let's hope next week's game isn't so lopsided. Full Story
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The Midday Brief: November 20, 2009
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
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TribBlog: Supreme Court Won't Review Bonfire Ruling
The Texas Supreme Court today freed Texas A&M University from further liability in the decade-old bonfire case. Full Story
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TribBlog: Unemployment Rises in Texas
The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent in October, up from 5.2 percent a year ago. Full Story
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On the Records: Tracking Unemployment
Analyzing unemployment in Texas: What would Google do? Full Story
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The Brief: November 20, 2009
Ready to welcome U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Gov. Rick Perry into your living room? Full Story
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Debtors' Treadmill, Part Two: Political Payday
Groups that offer high-interest, short-term consumer loans and want to avoid state regulation contributed more than $1.4 million to Texas politicians over the past nine years, Texas Ethics Commission records show. Full Story
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Hospital War
As lawmakers in D.C. hammer out a health care reform bill, physician-owned specialty hospitals — a quarter of which are in Texas — face an uncertain fate. Full Story
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The Farouk Show
Farouk Shami's red-carpeted gubernatorial candidacy coming-out party was more like a scene out of Fashion Week than anything Texas Democrats typically put on. But the stagecraft and the statewide ad buy that begins today are aimed to quell doubts about whether he's making a serious run. Full Story
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HuTube: Under the Farouk Tent
Couldn't make it to the big tent for Democrat Farouk Shami's gubernatorial announcement? This is your pass to the party. Full Story
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TribBlog: System of a Downturn
Mark Yudof vs. the crappy California economy. Full Story
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TribBlog: Perry Won't Grant Thompson Clemency
Gov. Rick Perry won't grant clemency to Robert Lee Thompson, who was sentenced to death under Texas' controversial "law of parties." Full Story
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Ads Infinitum: Up and at 'Em
Republicans Kay Bailey Hutchison and Rick Perry have started their air war, and Democrat Farouk Shami — new to the race — starts on TV at the same time. Full Story
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TribBlog: Interim Charges
Speaker Joe Straus has given committees their assignments for the next year. Full Story
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TribBlog: Haley Hearts Rick
The Republican Governor's Association does NOT get involved in primaries, but... Full Story
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2010: Farouk USA
Complete with a red carpet, massive white tent, air-conditioned porta-potties and the kind of stagecraft that bests even presidential runs in their early stages, Texas billionaire Farouk Shami announced his run for the Democratic nomination for governor at his company headquarters in North Houston. Full Story
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2010: Dee Margo's in for Round Three in El Paso
El Paso Republican businessman Dee Margo said today he will run for the Texas House again, taking on Democrat Joe Moody. The campaign will be Margo's third try for a seat in the Texas Legislature. Full Story