After a marathon 17-plus hour debate that started just after noon last Tuesday, the House finally gave its preliminary nod to its version of the state budget, so we start this week’s playlist of the week’s news with “For the Love of Money” by The O’Jays.
John Jordan
John Jordan is the deputy director of photography, part of the team that ensures our stories are graced with arresting visuals. Based in Austin, John grew up in South America and has managed to hang on to some Spanish. A lifelong musician, John switched careers at the age of 50, working for the Austin bureau of The Dallas Morning News for four years before joining the Tribune in early 2012.
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Inside Texas Politics: The 2016 Race Begins
On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics: interviews with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and state Comptroller Glenn Hegar, toll roads, school vouchers, texting-while-driving bans and more.
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The Playlist: Cruise Control
With a late night tweet, U.S. Sen Ted Cruz announced his candidacy for president then immediately hit the road, so we start our playlist with “Cruise Control” by the Dixie Dregs.
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Inside Texas Politics: Photographing Police
On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics with host Jason Whitely, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Bud Kennedy and Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey, the show opens with an interview with Gov. Greg Abbott.
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The Playlist: She Caught the Katy
In a story this week about former Florida governor and likely presidential contender Jeb Bush’s early Texas years, we learned that in college Bush and his roomies listened to jazz and Taj Mahal records on their stereo, so it’s all Taj and jazz for this week’s playlist of the week’s news.
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Criminal Justice
Inside Texas Politics: Setting the Stage
On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics, the show is given over to setting the stage for the remainder of the session as the state Legislature moves into a higher gear.
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The Playlist: Something in the Water
This week, we published Undrinkable, our series on why tens of thousands along the Texas border don’t have ready access to safe, clean drinking water, so we start this week’s playlist of the week’s news with “Something in the Water” by Prince.
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Politics
Inside Texas Politics: Mother, May I?
On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics with host Jason Whitely, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Bud Kennedy and Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey, talk turns to spending caps and constitutional amendments.
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The Playlist: The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines
With a story this weekend on a lawsuit involving a Houston dry cleaner, plus our coverage of Rick Perry and Ted Cruz appearing in Iowa, we’re leading off this week’s playlist of the week’s news with Joni Mitchell’s “The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines.”
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The Playlist: The Race is On
The first University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll of 2015 had good news for likely White House hopefuls Scott Walker and Hillary Clinton — so we’re kicking off this week’s playlist with George Jones singing “The Race Is On.”
