The Democratic nominee for attorney general on how long of a long-shot campaign she’s mounting, the incumbent’s predilection for “show lawsuits” and whether she’s willing to debate her opponent (we’ll give you one guess).
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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Barbara Ann Radnofsky Interview
An Interview with the Democratic nominee for Attorney General.
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Criminal Justice
You Be the Judge
Do two recent U.S. Supreme Court opinions have the far-reaching effects on Texas judicial elections that some in our legal community fear? Or do the state’s current campaign finance laws adequately address the issues presented by both cases?
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TribBlog: Judge Denies DeLay’s Request to Move Trial
Judge Pat Priest has just denied Tom DeLay’s request for a change of venue. The former congressman will be tried in Travis County, though he may still raise the issue again during the process of jury selection. The trial date has tentatively been set for Oct. 26.
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Ads Infinitum: Bill Flores is a Businessman
In the first ad of his general election campaign against U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, Bill Flores evokes a familiar anti-Washington theme.
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State Government
TribBlog: DeLay and Co. Back in Court
At today’s pretrial hearing, Judge Pat Priest said the former U.S. House majority leader, not his associates, will be tried first.
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Demographics
TribBlog: Alberto Gonzales: Leave the 14th Amendment Alone
The former U.S. Attorney General and Texas Supreme Court Justice told Dallas radio host Scott Braddock this afternoon that it would not be wise to “tinker” with the 14th Amendment.
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Criminal Justice
The Other BP Catastrophe
BP’s problem-plagued Texas City refinery — where a 2005 explosion killed 15 and injured 170 — now faces two civil lawsuits stemming from its release this spring of more than 500,000 pounds of cancer-causing pollutants over 40 days. One suit seeks $10 billion on behalf of 2,000 exposed workers; the other, filed by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, seeks more than $1 million in fines. Both aim to punish the company for one of the largest chemical emissions events the state has ever seen.
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Criminal Justice
TribBlog: High Court Bucks
There’s big spending going on in Texas Supreme Court races, according to a new study.
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Criminal Justice
TribBlog: Supreme Court Says No to Keller
On the same day the Texas Supreme Court denied Judge Sharon Keller’s request for intervention in her sanction from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, she has filed a second request to appeal the commission’s decision.
