Gov. Rick Perry and his Democratic challenger, Bill White, appeared on the same stage in Austin on Thursday. But anyone itching for a debate between the two was disappointed. The candidates were separated on the schedule by other speakers and were never even in the room at the same time. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune filed this report.
Alone Together
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Criminal Justice
TribBlog: No “Terror Baby” Records
State Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Houston, says “former FBI officials” are the sources of her information about a terror baby plot. When the Tribune asked her office for records of any such conversations, her chief of staff said they don’t exist.
Posted inState Government
Perry vs. White on Financial Transparency
Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday that his opponent, Bill White, needs to reveal his tax returns from the years he was deputy energy secretary before the two can publicly debate. Perry further suggested White may be hiding something. White insisted the financial disclosure forms he submitted as part of his confirmation process are far more thorough than his income tax records, and those forms are already publicly available.
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Health care
TribBlog: Injured on the Job
If you’re going to get injured on the job, don’t do it in Texas.
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Higher Education
TribBlog: Gambling on Grades? [Updated]
Confident that you could cruise through every class at UT? Want to bet on it? Seriously, you can.
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Demographics
TribBlog: Ambassador to Mexico Talks Border Security, Trade
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual kicked off the 2010 Border Security Conference in El Paso with a recap of the violence to date, and his explanation of why the border will survive.
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Demographics
HuTube: FBI Talks “Terror Babies”
State Rep. Debbie Riddle’s terror baby claims of earlier this week were called “absurd” last night by a former FBI official, who said “there was never a credible report, or any report for that matter … to indicate that there was such a plan.”
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Criminal Justice
Slideshow: Dallas County Jail Inspection
Sights and sounds from the two-day long test of the Dallas County Jail smoke evacuation system.
Posted inState Government
2010: Hide and Seek
Rick Perry and Bill White traded barbs during and after short speeches in Austin this morning, each implying the other was concealing financial information that would be of interest to voters.
