Three sources close to the campaign of Democratic state Rep. Norma Chavez in Austin and El Paso today are reporting that some of her closest local campaign staffers are abandoning ship just a week before the April 13 election.
State Government
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TribBlog: The Return of Debra Medina
She’s back! This morning, former Republican gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina sat for a lengthy interview with BBC presenter Stephen Sackur.
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The Brief: April 6, 2010
Early voting in the April 13 primary runoffs continues today. Meanwhile, the general election race for governor is already simmering.
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The Census, Briefly
The forms being filled out across the country are shorter than ever before. KUT’s Mose Buchele looks into the reasons behind the census short form.
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Criminal Justice
“I Won’t Stop Dispensing Justice”
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins won’t go so far as to compare his support to the near-divine fervor of President Obama’s. But Watkins, who gained national prominence for using DNA evidence to exonerate nearly two dozen wrongfully convicted people in one of Texas’ notoriously tough-on-crime jurisdictions, will come close. “It’s a religious experience to vote for Craig Watkins,” Texas’ first African-American D.A. says without irony. Like Obama, he says, other Democratic candidates are “hanging their hats” on his re-election — and on the minority voters he draws to the polls. Like Obama, he’s got “a big target” on his back. “I’ve got to fight the political attacks coming at me from all directions,” he insists. “I’ll say it publicly: If you throw punches at us, we’ll drop a bomb on you.”
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Energy
To Dump or Not to Dump?
Andrews County’s hazardous waste holdings might be expanding soon. A proposed rule would allow more low-level radioactive waste to be transported, processed and stored in West Texas, and regulators are listening to public comments, Erika Aguilar of KUT News reports.
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Interactive Chart: Texas Senate Spending
See how Texas State Senators spent taxpayer dollars on staff payroll, travel and office expenses in 2009.
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2010: HD-66 Special Election Set
State Rep. Brian McCall, R-Plano, the soon-to-be Chancellor of the Texas State University System, resigned his seat at the end of last week. That means the voters of House District 66 have a special election coming their way .
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Behind the Scenes at TribLive
Go behind-the-scenes of TribLive. Plenty of TribLive events are coming up this spring, so be sure to RSVP. If you can’t make it, our multimedia team has it covered. That is, if we get the microphones to work.
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HuTube: Inside TribLive
We have a busy month of TribLive events ahead, featuring lengthy chats with the likes of Karen Hughes, Deirdre Delisi, and Francicso Cigarroa. To mark the occassion(s), our latest HuTube vlog entry features footage of our dress rehearsal for the very first TribLive.