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• A Conversation with Jerry Patterson and Hector Uribe

  By Evan Smith May 6, 2010

  As part of the Tribune's inaugural College Tour stop, the land commissioner of Texas and his Democratic opponent sat down side by side on the Texas Tech University campus to talk about the fate of the Christmas Mountains, coastal erosion, long-term care for veterans and the portfolio of issues that each of them wants to manage for the next four years. Full Story 

• A Conversation with Francisco Cigarroa

  By Evan Smith May 4, 2010

  For the eighth event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the tenth chancellor of the University of Texas System about the big three concerns of anyone in a leadership role in higher education these days: access, affordability and excellence. Full Story 

• A Conversation with T. Boone Pickens

  By Evan Smith May 3, 2010

  The energy magnate traveled to Texas Tech University in Lubbock in mid-April as part of the Tribune's inaugural College Tour stop. He talked about wind and other renewables, how high the price of oil will go, how he'd grade Barack Obama's performance in office so far, and what it's like to lose $2 billion in a single year. Full Story 

• Bill White Ad: "Man on the Move"

  By Ross Ramsey May 2, 2010

  Bill White commercial, originally caught in the wild, but later released by his campaign. The Democratic gubernatorial candidate is running this in the Houston area starting tomorrow, May 3. Full Story 

• Blame It On Health Care

  By Elise Hu April 29, 2010

  Republican lawmakers in Texas may despise the federal health care overhaul, but it's politically opportunitistic: They get to blame the staggering budget shortfall to come on the anticipated state share of the cost of reform. Full Story 

• Minority Retort

  By Elise Hu April 29, 2010

  The State Board of Education is set to take a final vote on controversial social studies standards next month — but not if members of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and the Legislative Black Caucus can help it. Full Story 

• A Conversation with Deirdre Delisi

  By Evan Smith April 26, 2010

  For the seventh event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the chair of the Texas Transportation Commission on the size of the road funding hole, the toll-versus-tax debate and whether the governor she once served as chief of staff is really not running for president. Full Story 

• KBH on Financial Reform

  By Evan Smith April 24, 2010

  U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison was tapped to deliver this week's Republican address. The topic: why the Democrats' financial reform bill should be defeated. Full Story 

• On the Brink

  By Caleb Bryant Miller April 22, 2010

  What's an autistic and suicidal young man to do when he's too dangerous to live on his own — but his IQ score is too high to qualify for state care services? To find out, videographer Caleb Bryant Miller spent a day in San Angelo with Cameron Maedgen and his adoptive mother, Karen Bartholomeo. Full Story 

• The Road Funding Hole

  By Elise Hu April 21, 2010

  It's no secret the Texas Department of Transportation is broke. Texas Transportation Commission Chair Deirdre Delisi tells the Tribune's CEO/Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith just how broke the agency is. Full Story 

• Dewhurst: "Dramatic" Increase in Taxes Possible

  By Elise Hu April 20, 2010

  Lt. Governor David Dewhurst says the state will have to "dramatically increase taxes" or undergo major cut backs in programs like public safety or education as a result of federal health care reform. Full Story 

• A Conversation with Karen Hughes

  By Evan Smith April 19, 2010

  For the sixth event in our TribLive series, I interviewed George W. Bush's longtime communications director and counselor about the difference between advising CEOs and pols, what happened to Kay Bailey Hutchison's gubernatorial campaign, the "myth" of Obama Derangement Syndrome, and more. Full Story