Recommendation: Do not get swine flu. Tracking the vaccine is getting to be like figuring out what happened to all the TARP money.
The Brief: November 5, 2009
Posted inState Government
Who will lead Houston next? Locke and Parker have opinions
Next month Houston voters will select a new mayor for the first time in six years, replacing the term-limited Bill White. The two remaining candidates discuss their paths to victory.
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Annise Parker discusses the Houston mayor’s race
Houston City Controller Annise Parker says she’s confident voters in the state’s largest city will select her as mayor in next month’s runoff election.
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Demographics
Mixed impressions inside the poll numbers
Texans say immigration tops their list of state concerns. Nearly half of them say illegal immigrants should be deported, as against 41 percent who think the immigrants should be allowed to keep their jobs, assimilate, and eventually be allowed to apply for legal status.
Posted inState Government
Gene Locke discusses the Houston mayor race
Former Houston City Attorney Gene Locke said his “track record of getting things done” is the reason the city’s voters should select him in next month’s mayoral runoff.
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Bartlett on Rick vs. Kay … and Bush?
Dan Bartlett, George W. Bush’s communications director and counselor, talks to the Tribune’s Evan Smith about whether the former president’s loyalists — and the former president himself? — are taking sides in the Republican primary for governor.
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Higher Education
Audio: Neglected issues: Higher Education
Although Texas has more massive universities and small colleges than just about any other state, higher education doesn’t rank high among issues in play during the governor’s race. Reporting on the 2010 election for Tribune partner KUT-FM, Nathan Bernier explains why some people think it deserves greater attention.
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The Weekly TribCast: Episode 002
Evan Smith, Ross Ramsey, Elise Hu, and Ben Philpott have a jam session on the UT/Texas Tribune poll, the 2010 Democratic statewide slate, and their favorite haircare products.
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Demographics
Ads Infinitum: Medina, en español
Republican gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina launched the first in what she says will be a series of Spanish-language commercials that will air on South Texas cable — on CNN, Fox News, and Univision.
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KHOU-TV: A Few Minutes with Farouk Shami
A few minutes from KHOU-TV’s October interview with Farouk Shami, the Houston hair care executive who says he’s going to run for Texas governor as a Democrat. He pledges to spend $10 million from his personal fortune to get the job.
