Rice University’s political science chair concludes that the minority party’s legislative influence rivals the days in which it controlled the Texas House chamber and the speaker’s chair.
On the Records: Democrats’ “Stealth Influence”
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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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The Brief: Aug. 24, 2010
It’s back to school for Texas students, and back to controversy for Texas regents.
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An Interview with Debra Medina
An Interview with former GOP gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina
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Energy
The Not-So-Great Outdoors
Three years after voters approved bonds for fixes at state parks, not all of the money has been spent — despite facilities that haven’t been upgraded since the 1930s and recent hurricane damage that hasn’t been repaired.
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Debra Medina: The TT Interview
The third-place finisher in this year’s GOP gubernatorial primary on whether she’ll vote for Rick Perry, how she feels about the mosque near Ground Zero and what her reaction to Glenn Beck should have been.
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Higher Education
Data App: Regents Who Give
Over the past decade, the men and women chosen by Rick Perry to serve as regents of the state’s universities have given his campaigns a total of at least $5.8 million, according to a Texas Tribune analysis.
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Interactive: Gov. Perry’s Regent Donors
Texas governors in both political parties over the years have appointed university regents who also were generous political donors. Gov. Rick Perry, who took office in December 2000, is no different. More than half the people he’s selected to lead the state’s public universities have contributed to his political campaigns — some more generously than others. Use this interactive table to explore those donations.
