If ESPN analyst and Mike Leach antagonist Craig James decides to run for the U.S. Senate, he’d be simply the latest ex-athlete to assume his skills on the field translate to politics.
Griffin Perry
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Demographics
Border Skirmish
The GOP challengers to Rick Perry released new border policy initiatives this week. Ben Philpott, who’s covering the governor’s race for KUT News and the Tribune, filed this report.
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Demographics
Slow Medicine
As El Paso begins to wear the new off its hard-fought medical school, another Texas border community is starting on the long road to establishing its own. University of Texas System officials are evaluating how long it will take and how much it could cost to train the next generation of doctors in the Rio Grande Valley.
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2010: Here We Go Again
Another day, another debate, another Debra Medina dis.
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Demographics
2010: Border Battles
Two days before they take the stage to debate in Dallas, Republican gubernatorial candidates are rolling out their plans for what will assuredly be a featured topic.
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Rick’s and Kay’s Spokesmen Face Off
In advance of Thursday’s debate, we mashed up Mark Miner and Jennifer Baker as they summed up this phase of the race.
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Economy
The Brief: January 11, 2010
TV and politics collide this week, but it won’t include Tom DeLay’s dance moves.
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Attack of the Ads
Rick Perry’s and Kay Bailey Hutchison’s ads seem pretty tame so far, but in an everything’s-contested campaign cycle, even what constitutes an “attack ad” is grounds for debate.
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2010: Oh, the KBH Campaign’s Just Gonna Love This
Deposed debate-question-asker Paul Burka’s latest TEXAS MONTHLY cover story: “Perry for President?!?”
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Energy
TribBlog: Clearing the Air
Texas needs to clean up its air. The candidates for governor say they know how to do it.
