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State Government
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Who will lead Houston next? Locke and Parker have opinions
Next month Houston voters will select a new mayor for the first time in six years, replacing the term-limited Bill White. The two remaining candidates discuss their paths to victory.
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Annise Parker discusses the Houston mayor’s race
Houston City Controller Annise Parker says she’s confident voters in the state’s largest city will select her as mayor in next month’s runoff election.
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Gene Locke discusses the Houston mayor race
Former Houston City Attorney Gene Locke said his “track record of getting things done” is the reason the city’s voters should select him in next month’s mayoral runoff.
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Bartlett on Rick vs. Kay … and Bush?
Dan Bartlett, George W. Bush’s communications director and counselor, talks to the Tribune’s Evan Smith about whether the former president’s loyalists — and the former president himself? — are taking sides in the Republican primary for governor.
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The Weekly TribCast: Episode 002
Evan Smith, Ross Ramsey, Elise Hu, and Ben Philpott have a jam session on the UT/Texas Tribune poll, the 2010 Democratic statewide slate, and their favorite haircare products.
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KHOU-TV: A Few Minutes with Farouk Shami
A few minutes from KHOU-TV’s October interview with Farouk Shami, the Houston hair care executive who says he’s going to run for Texas governor as a Democrat. He pledges to spend $10 million from his personal fortune to get the job.
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State Government
2010: Former Tigua leader mulling Senate run
Albert Alvidrez, a former governor of the Tigua tribe in El Paso, is mulling a run for the Texas Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Sen. Eliot Shapleigh. But having Alvidrez in the Senate might not earn the tribe another vote for gambling rights.
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Public Education
Dropout problem drags Texas down
“I represent a district that has 80 percent renters, 70 percent of people speaking a first language other than English, where there’s a high school with 42 languages and 40 percent turnover of the student body every year — now tell me how you plan to calculate the dropout rate,” Rep. Scott Hochberg said. “I will stipulate that it’s too big — let’s just start there. I wish we fought over solutions as much as we fight over the number.”