Former Texas Insurance Commissioner Eleanor Kitzman has landed a new job with Starr Insurance Holdings.
John Reynolds
John Reynolds was the newsletters editor for the Tribune from 2013 to 2017. Prior to that, he was a reporter for Quorum Report, a non-partisan online political newsletter focusing on the ins and outs under the Dome, for more than seven years – covering the waterfront from health and human services and redistricting to pensions and elections. A native of Atlanta, Ga., he started his journalistic career one day after the attacks of Sept. 11 in Lubbock, Texas, where he rotated through a slew of beats at The Avalanche-Journal. He received his undergraduate degree from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and studied at the University of Georgia's graduate school in journalism. When not at work, he actively attempts to convince himself he is adept at tennis with varying levels of success. And he has adopted the Austin custom of appreciating smoked meats and listening to music in grassy/muddy fields.
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Beebe Will Challenge Straus Again
Matt Beebe will again challenge House Speaker Joe Straus for the GOP nomination in Bexar County-based HD-121.
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Talton Files for Supreme Court Chief Justice
Former state Rep. Robert Talton will challenge Nathan Hecht for Texas Supreme Court chief justice.
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Health care
The Brief: Dec. 9, 2013
All eyes are on the Travis County Courthouse this morning as the move to remove the county’s top prosecutor, Rosemary Lehmberg, enters the definitive final stages.
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The Evening Brief: Dec. 6, 2013
Your evening reading: former CPRIT executive indicted; ag commissioner candidate warned on how he handles his horses; a glimpse into the Joe Jamail box at a UT home game
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The Brief: Dec. 6, 2013
Ted Cruz made a big splash during a half-hour speech over lunch on Thursday to the American Legislative Exchange Council, covering a host of topics near and dear to the grassroots conservatives whose allegiance he’ll need if he pulls the trigger on a 2016 presidential run.
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The Evening Brief: Dec. 5, 2013
Your evening reading: Pauken leaves governor’s race; GOP men get lessons on how to run against women; Republicans on the trail talk about fixes to Affordable Care Act
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Pauken Withdraws From Governor’s Race
Tom Pauken said on Thursday that he wouldn’t file for the GOP primary for governor, explaining that the difficulties of running against the best-funded statewide candidate in the state would be too great.
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The Brief: Dec. 5, 2013
Both Wendy Davis and Greg Abbott have shared tax returns for the last three years — but they seem to be the exception and not the rule when it comes to candidates disclosing what they make and what they pay in taxes.
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The Evening Brief: Dec. 4, 2013
Your evening reading: Texas gets OK to boost payments to primary care docs; Davis says she would have vetoed cuts to public schools; radioactive material stolen in Mexico
