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Watch Debra Medina Walk it Back

By Elise Hu Feb. 12, 2010

"It is what it is," she says, after she didn't denounce 9/11 conspiracy theorists in a radio interview on Thursday. Full Story

Farouk Shami in 43 Seconds

By Elise Hu Feb. 10, 2010

The hair care mogul and gubernatorial candidate made some sweeping promises on Monday night at the Democratic debate. What exactly did he say? Watch for yourself. Full Story

Inside the Democratic Debate

By Elise Hu Feb. 9, 2010

As part of our behind-the-scenes vlog series, here's a look at tonight's Democratic gubernatorial face-off from the press' point of view. Full Story

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White took the mic after the hourlong debate against Farouk Shami. In a spirited give-and-take with the press, he defended his record as Houston mayor. Full Story

Farouk Shami's Post-Debate Q&A

By Elise Hu Feb. 9, 2010

Once the debate ended, the candidates continued taking questions at separate post-debate press conferences. Farouk Shami met with reporters to defend his various policy positions and to take a few more jabs at frontrunner Bill White. Full Story

A Conversation with Susan Combs

By Evan Smith Feb. 8, 2010

For the second event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the Comptroller of Public Accounts about the size of the coming budget shortfall, the likeliest sources of new revenue, and, of course, election year politics. Full Story

Al Edwards vs. Borris Miles ... Again

By Elise Hu Feb. 5, 2010

Perennial rivals Al Edwards and Borris Miles are facing off in this year's Democratic primary to see who'll represent HD-146 in the 2011 legislative session. Full Story

Interview with Bill Meadows

By Abby Rapoport Feb. 4, 2010

Transportation Commissioner Bill Meadows talks about what the Texas Department of Transportation needs to do to repair relations with the State Legislature. Full Story

The Debate Watchers Speak!

By Elise Hu Feb. 1, 2010

They came, they saw, they sounded off. For Friday night's gubernatorial primary debate, the Tribune and Austin's KXAN-TV partnered to host a focus group of 10 undecided Republican voters. They watched the hour-long face off between Rick Perry, Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Debra Medina with us, and they pulled no punches when sharing their thoughts after the show. Full Story

Hank Skinner interview

By Brandi Grissom Jan. 29, 2010

I interviewed Henry "Hank" Watkins Skinner, 47, at the Polunsky Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — death row — on January 20, 2010. Skinner was convicted in 1995 of murdering his girlfriends and her two sons; the state has scheduled his execution for February 24. Skinner has always maintained that he's innocent and for 15 year has asked the state to release DNA evidence that he says will prove he was not the killer. Full Story