For this week’s nonscientific survey of political and governmental insiders, we asked about the Senate in general and its two-thirds rule in particular, and about personal financial disclosures by public officials.
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Inside Intelligence is the insider’s poll historically featured in Texas Weekly, our former political newsletter. It’s a survey of political, lobby, and government insiders on issues of the day. These days, you can find it in our new insiders’ newsletter, The Blast.
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Inside Intelligence: Runoff Fallout
For this week’s nonscientific survey of political and governmental insiders, we asked about the fallout of the election, what it did to the clout of various leaders, and let the insiders play pundit.
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Inside Intelligence: Answering Aurora
In the wake of the movie theater killings in Aurora, Colorado, we asked the insiders what the legislative response — if any — ought to be.
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Inside Intelligence: In the Open Seats…
For this week’s nonscientific survey of government and political insiders, we asked about a dozen open House races on the July 31 ballot and found the insiders mostly in agreement, wrong or right.
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Inside Intelligence: About Those House Incumbents…
For this week’s nonscientific survey of government and political insiders, we asked about four House contests where incumbents find themselves in runoffs.
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Inside Intelligence: In Those Congressional Runoffs…
For this week’s nonscientific survey of political and governmental insiders, we asked about four of the congressional runoffs on the July 31 ballot.
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Inside Intelligence: Leaders, in Conventional Wisdom
For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we asked about some of the runoffs: U.S. Senate, Railroad Commission, Texas Supreme Court and the Texas Senate.
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Inside Out: Insiders and Voters Don’t See Eye to Eye
Texas voters and the people who work in and around government don’t agree on education quality and funding, tax pledges, or even the most important problems facing the state.
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Inside Intelligence: About Those Election Results…
For this week’s nonscientific survey of governmental and political insiders, we asked about the election results, about Joe Straus’ chances for another term as speaker, about who might replace David Dewhurst as presiding officer of the Senate, and about who’ll control that selection.
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Inside Intelligence: Health Care, Anyone? Schools?
For this week’s nonscientific survey of government and political insiders, we asked questions from the most recent University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll on federal health care laws, Texas public schools and anti-tax pledges.