In our latest HuTube vlog episode, we go inside the Texas Land Commissioner’s office, which is full of military memorabilia and more. The retired Marine and the author of the Texas concealed handgun law was kind enough to take us on a quick tour. Wait ’til you see the pièce de résistance.
Elise Hu
Elise Hu was a political reporter at the Tribune, focusing on multimedia projects, from 2009 to 2011. She previously worked as the state political reporter for Austin's ABC affiliate, KVUE-TV, from 2006 to 2009. She was recognized by the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters three years in a row for her beat reporting on state politics and was named Best TV Reporter Who Can Write by The Austin Chronicle. Before arriving in Austin, she held reporting positions at television stations in Waco; Greenville, S.C.; and Columbia, Mo. She's an evangelist for social media and multimedia journalism — her Political Junkie blog was listed as one of WashingtonPost.com's top Texas political blogs. A native of Plano, she has a degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Missouri.
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HuTube: Patterson’s Walk Down Memory Lane
Muskets, bayonets, Confederate war heroes. Just a sample of some of the cool stuff Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson keeps in his office. In our latest HuTube vlog episode, we get Patterson to give us a tour.
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HuTube: What’s Happening Yao
KPRC-TV in Houston took the “Why Yao” question straight to Gov. Rick Perry.
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Immigration
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 27
In this week’s TribCast, Evan, Ross, Elise and Ben consider the latest twists in the immigration debate, hit on what Texas’ political landscape might look like in 2012 and ponder why Yao Ming appears in a Perry web video.
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Demographics
HuTube: Why Yao?
The latest Texans for Rick Perry web video gives us an idea of how the campaign will frame Democratic opponent Bill White. But what is Yao Ming doing in there?
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Health care
Blame It On Health Care
Republican lawmakers in Texas may despise the federal health care overhaul, but it’s politically opportunitistic: They get to blame the staggering budget shortfall to come on the anticipated state share of the cost of reform.
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Minority Retort
The State Board of Education is set to take a final vote on controversial social studies standards next month — but not if members of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and the Legislative Black Caucus can help it.
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Immigration
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 26
In this week’s TribCast, Evan, Ross, Elise and Reeve consider the impact of Arizona’s tough immigration law on Texas, the upcoming special election in Central Texas, the debate over debates and Rick Perry’s run-in with a coyote.
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Demographics
HuTube: Border Cameras on TV
A multi-million-dollar plan gone bust? That’s how our television partner in Houston, KHOU-TV, describes the governor’s virtual border watch program, which has cost $4 million but has netted only a handful of arrests.
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2010: The Debate Delay
Setting a date for a tete-a-tete between Gov. Rick Perry and Democrat Bill White will take awhile. The Perry camp is refusing to debate White until the former Houston mayor releases more of his income tax returns.
