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Audio: White Hits the Road
After Houston mayor Bill White joined the race for governor late last week, one of his first stops was Austin, a Democratic stronghold that made for a nice, safe place to start his campaign.
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Economy
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
It was a political week, with a full-court press from our staff on Bill White’s switch to the governor’s race and all of the fallout; the moves during the first week of filing for political races; Philpott’s look at Republicans challenging Republicans; Hu’s latest in the popular Stump Interrupted series; Ramshaw on emergency rooms, family doctors, and child protection; Stiles and Grissom mapping payday lending locations juxtaposed with family income data; Rapoport on the state budget and education; Thevenot on KBH’s plans for schools; and Hamilton on the power (or not) of political endorsements. The best of the best from November 28 to December 4, 2009.
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The Brief: December 4, 2009
All ears are upon Houston Mayor Bill White — a man whose own ears Texas Monthly calls “perhaps a size too large for the superstructure.”
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T-Squared
T-Squared: Poll Position
The collaboration of the big five newspapers on polling in the 2010 election cycle is good news for Texas.
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Economy
Grading KBH’s Education Plans
Education has emerged as one of the more contentious fronts in the gubernatorial campaign, with Kay Bailey Hutchison this week releasing a barrage of school proposals and attacks on the status quo. But the differences between the candidates have more to do with execution than with design.
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2010: Where is Everybody?
Democrats are still talking about who’ll fill out their statewide ticket, and it doesn’t look like they’ll know by the end of the week. Republicans might not see everyone’s filing this week, but expect all of their non-judicial statewide incumbents to file for reelection.
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2010: Talk, but No Motion
Sen. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, will seek reelection next year. Is that really a ray of hope for Elizabeth Ames Jones? Really?