Yesterday was likely one of the worst days of Hank Skinner’s life — before it became what was probably one of the best days.
The Brief: March 25, 2010
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The Runoffs: HD-52
Two Republicans are battling for the chance to win back a Williamson County legislative seat from first-term state Rep. Diana Maldonado, D-Round Rock. They differ more in style than substance. One says he has deeper ties to the district. The other touts more than a decade’s worth of experience as a Capitol insider.
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Criminal Justice
Skinner Gets a Stay
Hank Skinner was set to die Wednesday for the 1993 murders of his live-in girlfriend and her two mentally disabled adult sons — a crime he insists he did not commit. About an hour before he was to have poison pushed through his veins, the U.S. Supreme Court spared his life.
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An Evening With James Baker
Former Secretary of State James Baker visited the LBJ Library and Museum last night to talk with Texas Tribune Editor Evan Smith about the state of our world today. Ben Philpott, who’s covering politics and policy for KUT News and the Tribune was there. And reports on Baker’’ view of how the current administration is doing on some of the bigger foreign policy matters.
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Public Education
The Wild Card
“I was taught evolution, and it didn’t shake my faith in the Almighty whatsoever,” says George Clayton, who pulled off a stunning upset of incumbent Geraldine “Tincy” Miller, R-Dallas, in the GOP primary to win a seat on the State Board of Education. “Should creationism be taught as a counter to evolution? … No, I don’t think so. I think evolution is in the science book. It should be taught as a science.”
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Ever the Diplomat
Former Secretary of State James Baker traveled to Austin Wednesday night to talk with Texas Tribune CEO and Editor in Chief Evan Smith about the state of the world.
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The Weekly TribCast: Episode 21
The TribCast gang is back together again to talk about health care reform’s effect on Texas, the redistricting fight coming up for the next legislature, and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison: Should she just stay in the Senate until 2012?
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2010: Perry’s “My Preference,” Baker Says
Former Secretary of State James Baker, one of U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s highest-profile primary supporters, says he now supports Gov. Rick Perry’s re-election bid. And, as it happens, much of Barack Obama’s foreign policy.
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State Government
2010: Birdwell’s Eligibility in Question
Residency requirements tripped up Brian Birdwell’s previous effort to enter the Texas Legislature, and it looks like they will again.
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2010: Borris Miles Prevails in Recount
He’s back, y’all. Former state Rep. Borris Miles will be returning to the Texas House after a recount finished today shows Miles prevailing over longtime state Rep. Al Edwards by just eight votes.
