For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Bill White
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Criminal Justice
2010: White, Perry Lead in Fundraising
The latest campaign finance reports show that both candidates raised more than $700,000 in January. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison spent more than any other candidate: $3.3 million.
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The Brief: February 2, 2010
Q: What do you get when you cross Gov. Rick Perry, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Debra Medina? A: A run-off.
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Public Education
Ads Infinitum: White Releases First TV Spot
The former Houston mayor hits the airwaves.
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State Government
The Brief: February 1, 2010
Life is full of missed opportunities. Voting in the March 2 primary doesn’t have to be one of them.
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2010: Dems to Debate
Democrats Bill White and Farouk Shami will face off before a live audience in a televised debate.
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Transportation
The Brief: January 25, 2010
Is Texas building a highway to nowhere? No. But Texas legislators like their pork barrel transportation spending just as much as their Alaskan counterparts, apparently.
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Politics
Speaking Tweets to Power
Rick Perry’s Blogger Summit featured big-name speakers, social media strategizing and a chance to shoot guns with the Governor. What it didn’t feature: much talk about Texas.
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State Government
Social Studies
Thanks to sites like Facebook and Twitter, we know the elected officials who represent us better than ever — sometimes in weirdly intimate ways. You can find out that Dan Patrick had to put his dog down, that Wayne Christian is a fan of real estate wunderkind and reality TV star Chad Rogers, and that Bill White just finished listening to a book on tape. But woe to the pol who hasn’t updated her status in a year.
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Criminal Justice
On the Records: Per-Capita Money Maps
The governor’s race candidates fill their campaign coffers disproportionately from some rural areas, according to a per-capita calculation. Each Dallas resident gave $1 to the race in 2009, for example, while those in Blanco donated $57.