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Criminal Justice
On the Records: Sunrise?
The Texas Ethics Commission and the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts are opening up more of their data to the public at no charge.
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2010: Newspaper Endorsements: Statesman for White
“White brings an impressive resume that includes business leadership, a stint as a top official in the Clinton administration’s Energy Department and a successful tenure as mayor of Houston — a city as politically and ethnically diverse as our state.”
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The Brief: February 8, 2010
People who say the Super Bowl was the biggest night for television are clearly unaware of tonight’s impending excitement: the Democratic gubernatorial debate.
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Donkey Business
In the run-up to their first appearance together on statewide TV, the leading Democratic contenders for governor are sticking to the script: Bill White sounds like a guy prepping for a town hall meeting, while Farouk Shami is testier, spoliing for a chance to hold the frontrunner accountable.
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Reform Follows Function
The federal push for accountability at “persistently low-achieving” schools across Texas is running smack into the hard, slow work of improvement at the local level.
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A Conversation with Susan Combs
For the second event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the Comptroller of Public Accounts about the size of the coming budget shortfall, the likeliest sources of new revenue, and, of course, election year politics.
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A Short Season
March 2 just seems early, but that’s the date, and it’s almost upon us. The Republican gubernatorial candidates are through with their debates, the Democrats have one on Monday, early voting starts in ten days, and that election date is less than four weeks from now.
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2010: Rick and Sarah
It’s not every campaign rally where volunteers checking your bag at the door ask if you’re carrying a concealed weapon. Then again, not every rally features Rick Perry, Sarah Palin, Ted Nugent, Dan Patrick, and hordes of tearful, exuberant realtors, homeschoolers, farmers, and like-minded Washington, D.C. haters.
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Ads Infinitum: Kay Calls an Audible
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s campaign took a new approach in its Super Bowl ad: Humor.