Congress

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, appearing at the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum in Austin.

KBH won't resign to run

by Reeve Hamilton, Elise Hu, Ross Ramsey, Abby Rapoport and Matt Stiles, The Texas Tribune and Ben Philpott, KUT News

Kay Bailey Hutchison won't resign from the Senate to run for governor. Hutchison and her aides began calling other Republicans Friday afternoon to tell them to make other plans.

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HuTube: Hutchison Speaks, Says Little

by Elise Hu

U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison talks the Texas economy, the latest Rasmussen poll and her resignation timetable. Watch the full exchange with reporters Friday morning.

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The Brief: November 12, 2009

by Reeve Hamilton

One little speech and everybody’s all atwitter.

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T-Squared: Twit and Wisdom

by Evan Smith

We've set up our first Twitter list, aggregating the feeds of 58 tweeting Texas elected officials

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Mixed impressions inside the poll numbers

Texans say immigration tops their list of state concerns. Nearly half of them say illegal immigrants should be deported, as against 41 percent who think the immigrants should be allowed to keep their jobs, assimilate, and eventually be allowed to apply for legal status.

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