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• A Place to Shoot

  By Matt Stiles Oct. 3, 2010

  In a pattern that's playing out in San Antonio and other major metro areas in Texas, residents in low-income neighborhoods aren't taking advantage of the state's concealed-carry law as often as residents living in wealthier, more conservative areas. Full Story 

• TT Interview: Ana Yañez-Correa

  By Todd Wiseman Sept. 30, 2010

  The executive director of the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition on how criminal justice austerity measures demanded by by state leaders would affect Texas prisons, poor people accused of crimes and the counties responsible for both overseeing overcrowded jails and ensuring that defendants get fair trials. Full Story 

• Judge Orders TWIA Settlement Kept Private

  By Elise Hu Sept. 27, 2010

  In an issue that's sparked a nasty political fight, attorneys for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and attorneys for the homeowners who sued them appeared at a Monday hearing to argue whether the legal fees in a record $189 million Hurricane Ike settlement should be kept private. Judge Susan Criss ultimately sided with homeowners' attorney Steve Mostyn and granted a new temporary restraining order that keeps TWIA from releasing settlement details, at least for now. Full Story 

• Mostyn and Nixon: No Love Lost

  By Elise Hu Sept. 27, 2010

  Decorum broke down on Monday before a hearing began in Galveston County Court concerning a case involving plaintiffs' attorney Steve Mostyn, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA), and state Rep. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood. Mostyn — one of the state's leading trial lawyers and Democratic donors — confronts Taylor's attorney, Joe Nixon, who in his former life as a legislator authored a 2003 tort reform bill limiting lawsuit damages. Mostyn berates Nixon about how he offered his services unsolicited to Taylor, who has sought to make public the fees earned by Mostyn and other lawyers who sued TWIA. Mostyn compares it to oft-criticized client recruitment by plaintiffs' lawyers (ambulance chasing, in other words). Full Story 

• HuTube: The SBOE Debate on Islam in 70 Seconds

  By Elise Hu Sept. 24, 2010

  For our latest HuTube post, we picked out memorable testimony from Friday morning's five-hour State Board of Education debate. SBOE members ultimately approved a resolution instructing publishers to limit a perceived "pro-Islamic, anti-Christian bias" in Texas textbooks. Full Story 

• A Conversation With Linda Chavez-Thompson

  By Evan Smith Sept. 24, 2010

  For the 13th event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor on running for office for the first time in a tough year, how she'd deal with the budget shortfall, whether she'd mess with the Senate's two-thirds rule and what's wrong with the Texas Enterprise Fund. Full Story 

• Chavez-Thompson: "Not Shying Away" From Obama

  By Evan Smith Sept. 22, 2010

  Linda Chavez-Thompson, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, told a TribLive audience this morning that she's not afraid of being associated with President Barack Obama; quite the opposite. Full Story 

• What Happened to His Yard Signs?

  By Elise Hu Sept. 21, 2010

  You won't be seeing many Rick Perry yard signs this fall — by design. Except for a few that are available for purchase, the governor's campaign is generally eschewing traditional tools like signs and direct mail, preferring a new set of ways to win over voters. Full Story 

• Our First-Ever Live TribCast

  By Evan Smith Sept. 17, 2010

  This week, the usual TribCast crew — Elise, Ben, Ross and Evan — took to the Austin City Limits stage in the studios of public television station KLRU to tape what was the first (and hopefully won't be the last) live TribCast. Our topics: the UT/TT poll, including the governor's race results; the size of the Tea Party in Texas; budgetary gloom and doom; and that Rick Perry ad shot in enemy territory. Full Story 

• A Conversation With Debbie Riddle

  By Evan Smith Sept. 17, 2010

  For the 12th event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the GOP state representative from Tomball about what she really said on CNN, whether "tourism" babies are a threat to national security, why an Arizona-style immigration law would be right for Texas and whether she'll back Joe Straus for speaker. Full Story 

• Perry: Why I Won't Debate That "Harvard Boy"

  By Elise Hu Sept. 15, 2010

  Video footage from a Tuesday press conference at which the "good ol' fightin' Texas Aggie" explains why he won't debate that "Harvard boy." Courtesy of our news partners of WFAA-TV in Dallas. Full Story 

• White on the Looming Debate Deadline

  By Elise Hu Sept. 14, 2010

  Wednesday is the Gov. Rick Perry-issued deadline in a long-running standoff over Bill White's tax returns. Perry has said he won't debate White unless the Democrat releases tax returns from the mid-1990s by Sept. 15. White explains in a news conference Tuesday why he won't release the returns. If the standoff continues, this will be first time in 20 years that candidates for Texas governor haven't met in a televised debate. Full Story