Former gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina took her free market politics to the Texas Senate on Thursday, sharing a lively debate with lawmakers on the Health and Human Services Committee.
TribBlog: Medina Resurfaces — in the Texas Senate
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Health care
TribBlog: Straus Hires Hawkins
Former HHSC Commissioner Albert Hawkins has a new job — working for the speaker of the Texas House.
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Karen Hughes on Anger Management
In an interview with Tribune CEO/Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith, former George W. Bush senior advisor Karen Hughes claims the vitriol over President Bush was worse than the vitriol toward President Obama.
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Criminal Justice
2010: Hey, Wait a Minute
Late last night, Rick Green took to his Facebook page to dispute comments attributed to Debra Lehrmann claiming he had pledged to have his supporters back her in the general election campaign.
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The Brief: April 15, 2010
Exactly a year after the Tea Party movement asserted its might, its sympathizers want you to know something: they’re still Tea’d.
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Anatomy of a Meltdown
A consummate campaign organizer who fought first and compromised later — if ever — Norma Chávez time and again won over voters in her central El Paso district, who first sent her to the Texas House in 1996. But over the past two years, her fighting turned to bullying, and the devolution cost Chávez her job.
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Criminal Justice
Thanks, But No Thanks
Depending on whom you ask, Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins’ repeated refusal to allow Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott into a local corruption investigation is either bold or stupid. Either way, it’s unusual. Abbott has offered prosecution assistance to local district attorneys 226 times since 2007, when lawmakers first gave him permission to do it. In all but 16 cases, he’s been invited in. And Watkins didn’t decline politely.
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Memorial Mission
Thanks to the fundraising prowess and strategic guidance of two prominent Texans, a new effort to share the stories of the more than 58,000 Americans — including 3,416 Texans — who died in Vietnam is underway.
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The Weekly TribCast: Episode 24
In the post-runoff edition of the Tribune’s weekly TribCast, Evan, Ross, Ben and Elise talk about winners, losers and surprises in Tuesday’s races and look ahead to the general election match-ups this fall.
