Rep. Patrick Rose, D-Dripping Springs, discusses “Last Man Standing: Politics – Texas Style” and his political life since the film. Rose’s opponent in the movie, current Texas Supreme Court candidate Rick Green, declined to be interviewed.
State Government
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Demographics
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Roll your own political videos … interactive travel maps of your federal and state legislators … scary movies, to keep the kids out of the border’s scary drug wars … puttting dropouts back in class … rates squeezing families out of home health care … how many lobby and trade associations do teachers in Texas need? … enjoying the silence before an expected two-month siege of political advertising … the dean of Texas political writers gets shut out of the gubernatorial debates … and we have an interactive database of the state’s best and worst public schools. The best of our best for a short news week, from December 19 to 26, 2009.
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HuTube: A Multi-Platform Look Back
The multimedia/social media side of the TT operation has various projects and enterprises to connect you with in case you missed them over the past seven weeks.
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T-Squared
T-Squared: We Wish You a Merry Tribmas
Here’s what to expect from us between now and January 4.
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An Interview with Leticia Van de Putte
It’s been a rough few days for Bexar County Democrats: Party officials announced last week that a former official had embezzled more than $200,000 from the party. Just about every elected Democrat in the county held a press conference today to say that the party has a plan to pay it back — and that none of this will affect the March primary — or their candidates’ chances in next November’s general election. Ben Philpott, who is reporting on the 2010 elections for KUT News and the Tribune, talked with State Senator Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, about the scandal, about her party’s prospects, and her own.
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The Brief: December 23, 2009
A major chapter of U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s fight in DC may be drawing to an end.
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Public Education
Sibling Squabbles
Four Texas teachers groups offer similar benefits and want the same basic things. So what’s the fuss about?
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Christmas Break
The Texas governor’s race has already taken off. Three of the four best-funded candidates have already splashed TV and/or radio ads across the state. Some people estimate $1 million a day could get spent on the primary campaigns between the first of the year and the March 2 primary. But you’ll likely see nothing right around Christmas. Ben Philpott, covering the 2010 elections for KUT News and the Tribune, filed this report.
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Do Not Open Until After the Holidays
In a couple of weeks, they’ll be all over the place. But political ads at this time of year are dangerous. Ben Philpott filed this report for KUT News and the Tribune.