Grissom on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to stay Hank Skinner’s execution, Thevenot on the myth of Texas textbook influence, Rapoport on the wild card who was just elected to the State Board of Education, Ramshaw on the price of health care reform, Philpott on the just-enacted prohibition on dropping kids from the state’s health insurance rolls, M. Smith on the best little pole tax in Texas, Ramsey on the first corporate political ad and the reality of 2011 redistricting, Stiles on the fastest-growing Texas counties, Aguilar on the vacany at top of Customs and Border Protection at the worst possible time, Galbraith on the state’s lack of renewable energy sources other than wind and its investment in efficiency, and Hu and Hamilton on the runoffs to come in House districts 52 and 127. The best of our best from March 22 to 26, 2010.
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Health care
TribBlog: Cuellar Votes Aye
The Laredo congressman will support federal health care reform legislation.
Posted inState Government
TribBlog: Liz Carpenter Leaves Us
The LBJ hand — she was the president’s speechwriter, penning the famous 58 words he uttered after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and was Lady Bird’s press secretary and chief of staff — died today at 89 after a long illness.
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A Conversation with Mark Halperin and John Heilemann
The authors of the best-seller Game Change shared their favorite stories about the 2008 campaign at an event co-presented by the Trib, the Texas Book Festival, the LBJ Library, and the Center for Politics and Governance at the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
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A Conversation with Bill White
The Democratic gubernatorial nominee on why he finds Rick Perry wanting, whether he’d raise taxes, and how he can win in a red state.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Our obsessive-compulsive election day and next day coverage: frenetically updated county-by-county maps and up-to-the-minute returns in every race on the ballot, Hu’s awesome crowdsourced liveblog, Ramshaw on the twenty surprise outcomes, Aguilar on recount possibilities and dead incumbents, M. Smith on how judicial races turned out, Rapoport on changes at the SBOE and who was elected before the first vote was cast, Thevenot on whether the GOP has a problem with Hispanics, Hamilton on how the Tea Party fared, Grissom and Ramshaw on the legislative and congressional mop-up, Ramsey on what happens now, Stiles on how much candidates spent per vote; and my post-primary debrief with Rick Perry’s pollster and George W. Bush’s former strategist. The best of our best from March 1 to 5, 2010.
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2010: John Weaver Returns
The West Texan who was John McCain’s longtime wingman has resurfaced in the Massachusetts governor’s race.
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A Conversation with Mike Baselice and Matthew Dowd
For the fourth event in our TribLive series, I interviewed Rick Perry’s pollster and George W. Bush’s former strategist about the results on primary night: why the governor avoided a runoff, what KBH could have done differently, whether the Tea Party is really a force to be reckoned with, and how Bill White will be caricatured on the road to November.
