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Pro-Perry Super PAC's First Ads Air in S.C., Iowa

By Evan Smith Oct. 31, 2011

Make Us Great Again, the Super PAC formed to raise money in support of Rick Perry's White House bid, has made its first ad buys — in South Carolina and Iowa. Full Story

TYC Ends Contract With Doctor Who Gave Race Testimony in Court

By Brandi Grissom Oct. 31, 2011

The Texas Youth Commission terminated its contract Friday with a psychologist who testified repeatedly in death penalty cases that Hispanic and black men were more likely to be dangerous in the future. Full Story

The Midday Brief: Oct. 31, 2011

By Morgan Smith Oct. 31, 2011

Your afternoon reading: A new ad buy in South Carolina for Perry; Cain denies sexual harassment allegations; special interests in judicial campaign contributions. Full Story

Former Morton Prosecutor Faces Questions on Alleged Misconduct

By Brandi Grissom Oct. 31, 2011

Former Williamson County district attorney Ken Anderson this morning entered a closed courthouse room where he faces Michael Morton and an inquiry into how prosecutors secured a wrongful murder conviction against Morton 25 years ago. Full Story

Former Williamson County district attorney Ken Anderson on his way to give testimony in the Michael Morton case. — Credit: Justin Dehn

Little Opposition to Measure That Would Increase School Funding

By Ben Philpott, KUT News Oct. 31, 2011

Proposition 6 on the Texas constitutional ballot would allow the land commissioner to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars to public education. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports that the measure has seen little opposition. Full Story

The Brief: Oct. 31, 2011

By David Muto Oct. 31, 2011

Herman Cain may be up, but Texas Republicans haven't abandoned Rick Perry, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll. Full Story

Inside Intelligence: Perry's Grades Are...

By Ross Ramsey Oct. 31, 2011

In this week's nonscientific survey of political and government insiders, we stuck with the presidential race and the governor, asking for their impressions of Gov. Rick Perry and how his candidacy reflects on the state. Full Story

Cities Make Wage-Theft Prosecution a Priority

By Haleigh Svoboda Oct. 31, 2011

With a new state law designed to protect workers from wage theft now in effect, organizations and lawmakers in at least three Texas cities are facing a new challenge: how to ensure that prosecuting it is a priority. Full Story

Co-director of the Metropolitan Organization Kevin Collins standing in Immaculate Conception Church where he serves as a priest. — Credit: Wenjing Zhang

New Perry Ad: "I'm a Doer, Not a Talker"

By Evan Smith Oct. 31, 2011

Gov. Rick Perry's campaign is broadcasting a new ad in Iowa starting today that implicity denigrates Barack Obama for being "slick" and using a TelePrompter and explicity promises action instead of talk. Full Story

Audio: UT/TT Pollster on How Texans Perceive Perry's Presidential Bid

By Thanh Tan Oct. 31, 2011

The Trib's Thanh Tan kicks of a week of stories on the new University of Texas/Texas Tribune political poll — which shows Herman Cain in a statistical tie with Rick Perry in Texas — by interviewing the poll's co-director, Jim Henson of the Texas Politics Project. Full Story

Cain Edges Perry in New UT/TT Poll

By Ross Ramsey Oct. 31, 2011

Herman Cain leads Gov. Rick Perry by a single point, 27 percent to 26 percent, among GOP presidential primary voters in Perry's home state of Texas, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll. Full Story