Gov. Rick Perry spent his lunch hour Thursday with a couple dozen reporters in Washington, D.C., in an attempt to turn the page on last week’s controversial remarks on homosexuality and to once again stoke talk of a 2016 presidential run.
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Politics
Analysis: Dems Found Candidates, if Not Voters
A year ago, Texas Democrats were still looking for candidates. Now the candidates are looking for Democrats.
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Energy
The Brief: April 24, 2014
The chairman of the state agency in charge of treatment and housing of violent sex offenders who can’t be reinserted into society resigned on Tuesday.
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Politics
Analysis: Primary Totals a Reminder of a Past Vote
Wendy Davis isn’t the first Democratic candidate for governor to lose a fifth of her primary vote, and GOP crowing about the size of its own electorate hides the overall unpopularity of voting in primary elections.
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Demographics
Guest Column: Anglo Women the Key for Texas Democrats
Democrat Wendy Davis’ chances in the race for governor of Texas hinge on her ability to attract votes from Anglo women — like Ann Richards did more than 20 years ago.
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Politics
The Abbott Versus Davis Race is No Rerun of Claytie and the Lady
Things are different now. People come to see Greg Abbott and Wendy Davis, for sure, but not as spectacles, not for the same reasons they came to see the candidates who came to be known as Ann and Claytie.
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Criminal Justice
Richards Sets a Politically Fateful Course on Guns
In this excerpt from Jan Reid’s Let the People In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards, the author looks at events that sharpened Texans’ desire for more liberal gun laws and put them at odds with their governor.
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A Year In, Gov. Richards Was Riding High
After her first legislative session, Gov. Ann Richards was on top of the political world, Jan Reid writes in Let the People In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards. This excerpt looks at her political aides measuring her strength and preparing for her next moves.
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For Richards, Spats With Bullock Were Constant
Gov. Ann Richards surrendered much of her freedom after taking office, Jan Reid writes in Let the People In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards. This excerpt looks at her busy schedule and her difficult working relationship with Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock.
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State Government
A Healing Presence at the State Capitol Since 1992
When state employees have headaches, or when children on school trips to the Capitol fall down, they visit Tim Flynn, who has served as the Capitol’s nurse since 1992, through the administrations of Ann Richards, George W. Bush and Rick Perry.