On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics, I talked with host Jason Whitely and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Bud Kennedy about this week’s Republican state convention in Fort Worth.
Wendy Davis
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Health care
The Brief: June 6, 2014
Texas’ longest-serving governor has set the table for a second presidential run, but he has to reckon with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz this time around.
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Public Education
Judge in Texas School Finance Case Faces Recusal Hearing
The next step in nearly two years of litigation over the troubled Texas school finance system is a hearing on whether District Court Judge John Dietz should recuse himself from the case.
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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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Politics
The Brief: June 4, 2014
Immigration threatens to once again be a contentious issue among Republicans gathering for their state convention with several grassroots activists wanting the party to take a mulligan on including a guest worker plank in the platform two years ago.
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Energy
The Brief: May 30, 2014
Attorney General Greg Abbott reversed himself Thursday on whether the Texas prison system can withhold information about companies that make drugs used by the state in executions.
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The Brief: May 29, 2014
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst won’t be around for the next legislative session in January after losing his runoff contest on Tuesday. But he won’t be taking the next seven months off as a result.
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In Tea Party Wins, a Double-Edged Sword for Texas Democrats
Texas Democrats believe wins by Tea Party candidates in Tuesday’s Republican primary runoffs could turn off swing voters in November. But if Democrats can’t close the deal, those Republicans will be running Texas.
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Politics
The Brief: May 28, 2014
The Tea Party demonstrated forcefully its predominant position in Texas GOP politics on a runoff election night that also closed the curtain on a couple of long political careers.
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Publisher Posts Details of Wendy Davis Memoir Online
State Sen. Wendy Davis, the Texas Democratic candidate for governor, has titled her upcoming memoir Forgetting to Be Afraid: A Memoir, according to her publisher.
