In a political season that has revolved around questions of transparency and fiscal integrity, lawmakers in the U.S. House are getting ready to vote on the STOCK Act. But many of them — including several from Texas — are still under scrutiny.
2014 elections
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State Government
Austin on $7,200 a Year
Gov. Rick Perry is taking advantage of a wrinkle in state law that allows a state officeholder to collect a pension while also collecting a paycheck. Considering the likely candidates, how could this figure into the 2014 elections?
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State Government
Three Years Out, Lt. Governor Race Heats Up
Three statewide elected officials have their eyes on the lieutenant governor’s job now that David Dewhurst is running for U.S. Senate. They admit it’s early to be maneuvering for an election that’s almost three years away — but they admit it while pressing forward.
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State Government
Jerry Patterson: The TT Interview
The Texas land commissioner on running for lieutenant governor (in an election that’s three years off), water and education and other issues facing the state and his potential foes — especially Comptroller Susan Combs.
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Greg Abbott and the Calm in the Middle of the Storm
The prospect of an open lieutenant governor’s seat in 2014 is attracting candidates and a lot of conversation. Almost no one is talking about who might fill an open seat for governor.
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Criminal Justice
Susan Combs: The TT Interview
The state comptroller talks about the flip in her position on abortion, the data breach at her agency this spring, what office she might seek next and how all of the politics of those subjects mix.
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Criminal Justice
Susan Combs: The TT Interview (audio)
Comptroller Susan Combs, on her agency’s data breach, her changed position on abortion, andher political future.
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State Government
Staples Takes a Swing at Combs — for 2014 Race
If they run against each other at all, the race is two years away, but Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples took a swipe at Comptroller Susan Combs today with a letter that’s apparently designed to undercut her support among Republican activists.
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State Government
Combs, Not Yet a Candidate, Flashes Cash
Comptroller Susan Combs isn’t a 2014 candidate yet, but she wants you to know that some of the Republican Party’s money people are on board and that she’s got a pile of cash in her campaign treasury.
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State Government
Patterson Confirms He’ll Run for Lieutenant Governor
Jerry Patterson confirmed Tuesday night that he will run for lieutenant governor in 2014, making that announcement just hours after Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said he’ll run for U.S. Senate in 2012.
