Has the Metroplex caught the ethics bug?
The Brief: Aug. 30, 2010
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Audio: Klineberg, Stein, Ho and Wilson
Audio of Rice professors discussing post-Katrina Houston. In order: Stephen Klineberg, Bob Stein, Vivian Ho, and Rick Wilson.
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Demographics
The Huddled Masses
Five years after Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana exiles have fundamentally changed Houston, and vice-versa. The uneasy arrangement was a shotgun marriage: Many evacuees had no choice in whether or where they went, and Houstonians had no choice, for humanity’s sake, but to take them in.
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Criminal Justice
A Conversation With Greg Abbott
For the 11th event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the attorney general of Texas on the politics and constitutionality of gay marriage, why he’s suing the feds over health care and why he filed a brief in support of the Arizona immigration law.
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State Government
Perry: “I’m Not an Unknown”
The governor depicted by Democrats as a coward in statewide newspaper ads last week doesn’t seem nervous. In fact, as he traveled from Killeen to Temple and on to Texarkana last week accompanied by a reporter from The Texas Tribune, Republican Rick Perry looked comfortable, though he says he’s taking his Democratic challenger, Bill White, seriously.
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State Government
Preparing for the Worst
While Texas’ coastal residents know that a potential disaster is just a hurricane away, a federal grant could help the state do a better job to stave off the devastation. David Martin Davies of Texas Public Radio has this report.
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Criminal Justice
Barbara Ann Radnofsky: The TT Interview
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).
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Barbara Ann Radnofsky Interview
An Interview with the Democratic nominee for Attorney General.
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Criminal Justice
Greg Abbott TribLive Interview and Audience Q&A
The full interview and audience Q&A with the Texas Attorney General.
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Economy
Shelter from the Storm
As New Orleans measures how far it has come since Hurricane Katrina — and how far it has to go — an Austin man who was an aide to Mayor Will Wynn in 2005 traveled to the Big Easy to put some ghosts to rest. He talked with Matt Largey of KUT News.
