Forget what I said on this week’s TribCast, parroting the chatter around the Capitol: The state senator from Houston is not considering a primary challenge to his fellow Republican, Comptroller of Public Accounts Susan Combs.
2010: Dan Patrick Staying Put, Endorsing Combs
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State Government
TribBlog: Some States May Ban Return-to-work
Though Texas employees are increasingly retiring just to get rehired — a clever way to bring in a salary AND a pension at once — USA Today reports that many states are curbing the practice.
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Behind the Bill White Announcement
We take you behind the scenes of Bill White’s announcement for governor in Houston.
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State Government
TribBlog: Whitmire Wants “Top-to-Bottom” Changes at TDCJ
“If the prison administrators cannot get the job done, we need to find some who can.”
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State Government
2010: Gilbert Switches to Ag, Endorses Shami
Hank Gilbert got out of the race for the Democratic nomination for governor, saying there are “two credible candidates” in the race. And he said he’ll be a candidate for agriculture commissioner — the office he tried unsuccessfully to win in 2006. And then came the real surprise: Gilbert said he is endorsing Farouk Shami for the Democratic nomination.
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Energy
Liveblogging the Bill White Announcement
Moment-by-moment updates from Bill White’s announcement for governor on Friday in Houston. Where it was snowing.
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Politics
The Brief: December 4, 2009
All ears are upon Houston Mayor Bill White — a man whose own ears Texas Monthly calls “perhaps a size too large for the superstructure.”
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Health care
The “Other” Medical Shortage
A shortage of a particular sort of medical care could have a far-reaching effect on the state’s economy — in a very unexpected way.
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Health care
The “Other” Medical Shortage
Representatives from medical schools and the Seton hospital network were in Austin this week to talk about increasing education opportunities in Texas. The meeting with civic and business leaders focused on expanding graduate school capacity — with the hope it could increase healthcare access in Central Texas. But a shortage of medical care could have a far reaching effect on the state’s economy — in a very unexpected way. Ben Philpott is reporting for KUT News and the Texas Tribune.
