“It is what it is,” she says, after she didn’t denounce 9/11 conspiracy theorists in a radio interview on Thursday.
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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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.
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State Government
2010: Borris Miles Keeps it Flowing
The primary matchup between perennial opponents state Rep. Al Edwards, D-Houston, and former state Rep. Borris Miles is going where most haven’t publicly gone before: the urinal.
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The Weekly TribCast: Episode 15
In this week’s TribCast, Evan, Ross, Elise and Reeve debrief after the Democratic debate, ponder the state of the Republican race for governor and look into future general election matchup possibilities.
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Farouk Shami in 43 Seconds
The hair care mogul and gubernatorial candidate made some sweeping promises on Monday night at the Democratic debate. What exactly did he say? Watch for yourself.
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Congress
TribBlog: Charlie Wilson Dead at 76
Former Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson died in Lufkin today at age 76.
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HuTube: A Debate Behind-the-Scenes
We continue in our vlog journey to give you a glimpse of the scenes behind the story. Here’s a look at tonight’s Democratic gubernatorial face-off from the press’ point of view.
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Inside the Democratic Debate
As part of our behind-the-scenes vlog series, here’s a look at tonight’s Democratic gubernatorial face-off from the press’ point of view.
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Bill White’s Post-Debate Q&A
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White took the mic after the hourlong debate against Farouk Shami. In a spirited give-and-take with the press, he defended his record as Houston mayor.
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Farouk Shami’s Post-Debate Q&A
Once the debate ended, the candidates continued taking questions at separate post-debate press conferences. Farouk Shami met with reporters to defend his various policy positions and to take a few more jabs at frontrunner Bill White.
