This is the time of a political year when voters start — slowly — to pay attention to the candidates, issues and arguments ahead of a general election. But this year, there is something else to watch instead.
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The Brief: Aug. 27, 2014
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis released her full 2013 tax return on Tuesday, changing course after previously not allowing the document to be shared or published in full.
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Davis Releases Full Tax Return
On Tuesday, as the Tribune was preparing to write a story about Wendy Davis’ limited release of her 2013 tax return, her campaign agreed to its full publication. You can find it here.
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Higher Education
Davis Calls for Expanded Technical Job Training
Saying she wants to expand Texas high schoolers’ access to technical job training programs, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis on Tuesday announced a plan to create a Career-Technical Coordinating Board.
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Politics
The Brief: Aug. 26, 2014
Team Perry on Monday began what it hopes to be a swift effort to nullify the felony indictments brought against the governor earlier this month.
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Criminal Justice
Analysis: Crime, Politics and Travis County
Accusations about criminalizing politics go hand in hand with indictments of political figures. But prosecutors in Travis County have fumbled enough big cases to give the officeholders they chase some room for argument.
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Energy
The Brief: Aug. 25, 2014
Mindy Montford, a former candidate for Travis County DA and daughter of former state Sen. John Montford, confirmed on Sunday that Gov. Rick Perry called to see if she was interested in replacing District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV reported.
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Politics
Perry Indictment Gets Own Swag
Gov. Rick Perry has attacked the premise of his indictment as politically motivated “farce.” At Republican gatherings in the crucial primary state of New Hampshire, where Perry is testing public opinion ahead of a possible presidential run, some folks wore that viewpoint – literally.
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Perry Has No Plans to Pay Initial Legal Fees
Gov. Rick Perry’s camp says it has no plans to tap campaign funds to cover the $80,000 that the state has earmarked to pay the governor’s initial legal defense fees.
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Davis Releases 2013 Tax Information
Wendy Davis earned significantly less income from her legal work in 2013 than in previous years, according to tax documents released Friday by her campaign. But the Democratic gubernatorial candidate also received a six-figure payment that year for her upcoming memoir.