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• TribLive: Staples on His Opponents

  By Evan Smith Oct. 31, 2013

  At Thursday's TribLive conversation, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples, a 2014 candidate for lieutenant governor, talked about his three Republican opponents. Full Story 

• Video: Voters Will Decide on Property Tax Breaks for Military Veterans

  By Alana Rocha Oct. 31, 2013

  Two of the nine constitutional amendments on the Nov. 5 ballot could benefit many of the 1.6 million veterans in Texas. Full Story 

• Pauken Calls for More Vocational Education in Web Ad

  By Reeve Hamilton Oct. 30, 2013

  In a new web ad, Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Pauken criticizes what he calls "an elitist educational system pushing everybody to go to a four-year university." Full Story 

• Animation: Navigating the Federal Health Insurance Marketplace

  By Todd Wiseman and Becca Aaronson Oct. 30, 2013

  The federal health insurance marketplace, which launched on Oct. 1, offers dozens of health plans, and some consumers have found the application process confusing. This Tribune animation explains how it works. Full Story 

• TribuneFest: All Transportation is Local

  By Evan Smith Oct. 29, 2013

  At the Trib's Oct. 17 symposium on transportation at Southern Methodist University, Aman Batheja sat down with Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins; Tarrant County Commissioner Gary Fickes; John Langmore, vice chairman of Austin's Capitol Metropolitan Transportation Authority board; and former U.S. Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, chief of public engagement for VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio. Full Story 

• Smitherman Promotes "Conservative Crusade" in Ad

  By Reeve Hamilton Oct. 28, 2013

  In a new web ad, Republican attorney general candidate Barry Smitherman invites voters to join his "conservative crusade" and highlights his experience in the "courtroom, boardroom and running major state agencies." Full Story 

• Hot Seat: A Conversation With Duncan, Frullo and Springer

  By Evan Smith Oct. 28, 2013

  At our 10/23 Hot Seat conversation at the Texas Tech University, state Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, and state Reps. John Frullo, R-Lubbock, and Drew Springer, R-Muenster, talked about water, transportation, public education and other issues in play in the 83rd session. Full Story 

• Newsreel: Peace, Cruz and Nugent

  By Justin Dehn and Alana Rocha Oct. 26, 2013

  This week in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz checks in with voters on a post-shutdown tour of Texas, surprising moves on the 2014 campaign trail and Gov. Rick Perry announces a Texas A&M campus in Israel. Full Story 

• TribuneFest: Talking to TxDOT

  By Evan Smith Oct. 25, 2013

  At the Trib's Oct. 17 symposium on transportation at Southern Methodist University, Aman Batheja sat down with Ted Houghton, chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission, and Phil Wilson, executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation. Full Story 

• TribLive: Keffer and Rubinstein on Proposition 6

  By Evan Smith Oct. 25, 2013

  On Oct. 22, I talked about the coming constitutional referendum on funding the state water plan with state Rep. Jim Keffer, R-Eastland, and Carlos Rubinstein, chairman of the Texas Water Development Board. Full Story 

• TribuneFest: Transportation and the 83rd Legislature

  By Evan Smith Oct. 24, 2013

  At the Trib's Oct. 17 symposium on transportation at Southern Methodist University, I sat down with four members of the House Transportation Committee: Chairman Larry Phillips, R-Sherman, and state Reps. Cindy Burkett, R-Sunnyvale, Linda Harper-Brown, R-Irving, and Joe Pickett, D-El Paso. Full Story 

• TribLive: A Conversation With R. Gerald Turner

  By Evan Smith Oct. 24, 2013

  On Oct. 19, I talked with R. Gerald Turner, the president of Southern Methodist University, about the high cost of higher ed, athletics vs. academics and more. Full Story