Of the two dozen or so politicos floated as serious presidential contenders, an uncanny number have a legitimate Texas connection.
Ted Cruz
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The Brief: Jan. 9, 2015
The incoming governor on Thursday equated local efforts to regulate single-use plastic bags or fracking to forms of collectivism.
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Top Texas Officials on Hand as Paxton is Sworn In
Joined by many of Texas’ Republican elite as he was sworn in as the state’s attorney general on Monday, Ken Paxton said the state would have to guard against complacency.
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The Brief: Jan. 5, 2015
Three special elections are on tap for Tuesday, including two contests to find replacements for a pair of San Antonio Democrats who have opted to run for mayor.
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The Brief: Dec. 23, 2014
A clutch of Southern states are in talks to hold 2016 presidential primaries on the same day, according to a story by James Hohmann of Politico.
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Inside Texas Politics: Perry, Abbott and Straus
On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics: Gov. Rick Perry and the renaming of a building, Gov.-elect Greg Abbott tours the state and more on the race for speaker of the state House.
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Easing Sanctions on Cuba Could Be Boon for Texas
Just a few years ago, Texas was shipping millions of dollars in food and goods to Cuba. The White House’s decision to ease sanctions could reignite the state’s once-flourishing economic ties with the island nation.
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The Brief: Dec. 18, 2014
The awarding of a no-bid Medicaid fraud detection contract to the 21CT company continues to draw scrutiny with three separate news reports published Wednesday evening.
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Politics
The Brief: Dec. 17, 2014
In an election where Austin voters changed their form of city government, an outsider, Steve Adler, easily bested City Councilman Mike Martinez for mayor.
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The Brief: Dec. 16, 2014
The Tribune’s Jim Malewitz tries to get at, in a piece also published in Politico Magazine, the root causes that spurred the town of Denton to approve a ban on fracking last month.
