Don’t just watch the debate. Follow along with our reporters in Dallas and Austin with our team liveblog event tonight.
Griffin Perry
Posted inState Government
The 2nd GOP Gubernatorial Debate: Liveblog
The three Republican gubernatorial candidates — Kay Bailey Hutchison, Debra Medina, and Rick Perry — met for the second, and probably final, time in Dallas tonight. We came, we watched, we wrote, live-blogging all the way.
Posted inState Government
The Brief: January 29, 2010
Brief devotees, like this brief writer, have surely scheduled their date nights for Saturday—tonight’s the second and final Republican gubernatorial debate, and everyone’s talking about it!
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State Government
The Brief: January 27, 2010
Kay and Rick both have some ’splaining to do.
Posted inState Government
The Last Picture Show
At Friday night’s second and final debate between the Republican gubernatorial hopefuls, Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison will try not to make any career-threatening gaffes, while Debra Medina hopes to add momentum to an outsider run that has made her the most interesting candidate in the race.
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Criminal Justice
Twenty Who Gave Plenty
Houston homebuilder Bob Perry tops the list of the biggest donors to Texas candidates in the last half of 2009. McAllen developer Alonzo Cantu and Dallas businessman Ross Perot Sr. also gave large sums.
Posted inState Government
TribBlog: Friendly Fire
The Texas State Rifle Association has nothing but love for Sen. Hutchison. So why is it endorsing Gov. Perry?
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State Government
TribBlog: Advocates Want DOJ To Probe State School Firings
Advocates for people with disabilities want the U.S. Justice Department to investigate state employees who were fired for abuse, but never criminally prosecuted for it.
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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.
