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• A Conversation With Annise Parker

  By Evan Smith Nov. 18, 2010

  For the 17th event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the mayor of Houston about why Bill White lost, how a state budget shortfall and ballooning federal debt impact urban areas and whether it's possible for the fourth-largest city in the United States to go green. Full Story 

• Wohlgemuth on the State's Budget Woes

  By Justin Dehn Nov. 18, 2010

  The former Texas House member and current director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation on how lawmakers should address the state's multibillion-dollar budget shortfall. Full Story 

• Jack Martin on Today's Media Landscape

  By Justin Dehn Nov. 16, 2010

  Austin-based Public Strategies founder and chairman Jack Martin discusses today's communications landscape and offers a warning for politicians in these media-saturated times. Full Story 

• A Conversation with Gene Green

  By Evan Smith Nov. 15, 2010

  For the 16th event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the Democratic U.S. Congressman from Houston about why his party got slaughtered on Election Day, whether Nancy Pelosi should continue in a leadership role, why the Obama administration has been forced to play defense and what health care reform should look like going forward. Full Story 

• "Grandiose Cuts" to Higher Education?

  By Elise Hu Nov. 12, 2010

  The session hasn't started yet, but the battles have. In a heated exchange over possible cuts to higher education at a post-election debrief, Democratic consultant Matt Angle spars with Gov. Rick Perry's campaign manager, Rob Johnson. Full Story 

• Gene Green on "Leader" Pelosi

  By Evan Smith Nov. 10, 2010

  During his TribLive interview Wednesday morning, U.S. Rep. Gene Green, D-Houston, was asked if — in light of his party's Election Day disemboweling — he would support outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi's bid for minority leader. Full Story 

• "Fed Up" Frenzy

  By Justin Dehn Nov. 10, 2010

  After a media tour in New York, Gov. Rick Perry returned to Texas to promote his new book, "Fed Up!" San Antonio supporters were not only eager to read the book but hopeful that the governor would run for president. Full Story 

• A Conversation With Mark McKinnon and Mike Baselice

  By Evan Smith Nov. 5, 2010

  For the 15th event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the former George W. Bush and John McCain media strategist and Rick Perry's pollster about what happened Tuesday night: how the Republicans took back the majority in the U.S. House and upped their number of seats in the Texas House by 30 percent, what that portends for the next two years in Austin and Washington, D.C., and whether the governor is really running for president. Full Story 

• The Biggest Gainers

  By Elise Hu Nov. 4, 2010

  Texas House Republicans react after defeating 22 incumbent Democrats, giving them the largest majority they've seen since Reconstruction. Full Story 

• Straus: "I Don't Need Lessons" From Chisum

  By Elise Hu Nov. 3, 2010

  "I don't need lessons on how to be a Republican," Joe Straus said Wednesday morning, responding to claims by his challenger in the Speaker's race, state Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, that he isn't Republican enough to hold the leadership post. Full Story 

• Perry's Victory Speech

  By Elise Hu Nov. 3, 2010

  Gov. Rick Perry addresses hundreds of supporters in Buda after voters re-elected him to an unprecedented third full term in office. Hitting on a familiar theme, Perry said Texans were "tired of big government" and "fed up" with Washington's intrusion into their daily lives. Full Story 

• White's Concession Speech

  By Elise Hu Nov. 3, 2010

  After it became clear that the early returns were against him, Bill White called on Democratic voters to support Gov. Rick Perry. “All our elected leaders, including our national leadership, deserve respect,” he said. Full Story