An interview with Fred Lewis, the man behind Houston Votes 2010, a voter registration drive in Harris County of unprecedented scale.
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An Interview with Fred Lewis, Part 3
An interview with Fred Lewis, the man behind Houston Votes 2010, a voter registration drive in Harris County of unprecedented scale.
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State Government
Social Studies
Thanks to sites like Facebook and Twitter, we know the elected officials who represent us better than ever — sometimes in weirdly intimate ways. You can find out that Dan Patrick had to put his dog down, that Wayne Christian is a fan of real estate wunderkind and reality TV star Chad Rogers, and that Bill White just finished listening to a book on tape. But woe to the pol who hasn’t updated her status in a year.
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A Note from Our Chairman
Twelve weeks in, I owe you, our audience — which to say, our stakeholders — an update on how the Tribune is doing. Here’s where we stand on some key metrics.
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An Interview with Fred Lewis, Part 4
An interview with Fred Lewis, the man behind Houston Votes 2010, a voter registration drive in Harris County of unprecedented scale.
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An Interview with Fred Lewis, Part 1
An interview with Fred Lewis, the man behind Houston Votes 2010, a voter registration drive in Harris County of unprecedented scale.
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Corporate Politics
The U.S. Supreme Court freed corporations and unions from a century-old ban on political spending Thursday, ruling that restrictions on their electioneering expenditures violate their First Amendment Rights.
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2010: Where’s Matt?
Bill Flores, one of five Republicans who wants a crack at U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards in November, has hired infamous ex-Kay Bailey Hutchison spokesman Matt Mackowiak to run his campaign.
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TribBlog: Robert Mosbacher Dies
The former Commerce Secretary, GOP megafundraiser, and Bush 41 pal was 82.
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Health care
2010: Rallying Cry
More than a week after they surfaced in the Republican gubernatorial primary debate, the politics of abortion are again heating up.