A new ad from Bill White takes on the Perry campaign’s charge that the former Houston mayor profited after hurricanes hit the city — and plays up the governor’s personal wealth after 25 years of public service.
Morgan Smith
Morgan Smith was a reporter at the Tribune from 2009 to 2018, covering politics, public education and inequality.
In 2013, she received a National Education Writers Association award for “Death of a District,” a series on school closures. After earning a bachelor’s degree in English from Wellesley College, she moved to Austin in 2008 to enter law school at the University of Texas.
A San Antonio native, her work has also appeared in Slate, where she spent a year as an editorial intern in Washington D.C.
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Ads Infinitum: Bill Flores’ “Texans Deserve Better”
The latest in the ad wars between Bill Flores and U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, is a spot from the GOP challenger featuring U.S. Sen. John McCain.
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Criminal Justice
Audio: TT Interview with Justice Eva Guzman
The Supreme Court Justice on being the first Latina on the court, whether judges should be elected, whether the all-Republican high court is too one-sided and whether Texas has seen enough tort reform.
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Eva Guzman: The TT Interview
The Supreme Court justice on being the first Latina on the court, whether the all-Republican high court is too one-sided and whether Texas has seen enough tort reform.
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Ads Infinitum: Chet Edwards’ “General”
The latest ad from U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, features General Paul Funk, the former commander of Fort Hood, who accuses Republican Bill Flores of “spreading outright lies.”
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Ads Infinitum: Bill Flores’ “Austin Paper”
A new ad from the Bill Flores campaign spotlights incumbent Democrat Chet Edwards’ “False” PolitiFact rating.
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The Contender
Bill Flores is the latest in a line of Republicans to try to dislodge U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, from the country’s most Republican district held by a Democrat. But this time, he swears, it’s going to come out differently. The pundit class thinks he may be right.
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Ads Infinitum: Chet Edwards’ “People”
The latest ad by U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, features veterans speaking out against what he alleges is Republican Bill Flores’ plan to privatize their health care system.
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Ads Infinitum: AFF’s “Fork in the Road”
The American Future Fund is the second national group to enter the CD-17 race with a TV ad against U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards.
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Criminal Justice
Witch Hunters?
Talking point No. 1 for an elected official facing an ethics investigation in Texas: Blame the politicization of the Public Integrity Unit, which is funded by the Legislature but operates out of the district attorney’s office in heavily Democratic Travis County.
