What Bill White Really Said About Taxes
What exactly did the Democratic gubernatorial candidate say about his willingness to take raising taxes off the table? See for yourself. Full Story
Elise Hu was a political reporter at the Tribune, focusing on multimedia projects, from 2009 to 2011. She previously worked as the state political reporter for Austin's ABC affiliate, KVUE-TV, from 2006 to 2009. She was recognized by the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters three years in a row for her beat reporting on state politics and was named Best TV Reporter Who Can Write by The Austin Chronicle. Before arriving in Austin, she held reporting positions at television stations in Waco; Greenville, S.C.; and Columbia, Mo. She's an evangelist for social media and multimedia journalism — her Political Junkie blog was listed as one of WashingtonPost.com's top Texas political blogs. A native of Plano, she has a degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Missouri.
What exactly did the Democratic gubernatorial candidate say about his willingness to take raising taxes off the table? See for yourself. Full Story
The Democratic nominee takes on charges from Gov. Rick Perry's top consultant on television airwaves over the weekend. "That's a real shame," he says. Full Story
Political strategist Matthew Dowd offers advice for Democrat Bill White as the general election race for Gov. Rick Perry's job gets underway. Full Story
Rick Perry leads Bill White by six percentage points in the first poll released after Tuesday's primary. Full Story
It's the post-primary edition of our weekly skirmish. Evan, Ross, Elise and Ben look ahead to Perry v. White, bid farewell to KBH and Farouk and list their biggest surprises of the election night that was. Full Story
Leave it to Farouk Shami to bid a festive farewell to his campaign. Full Story
Gov. Rick Perry's remarks in Driftwood, TX, after Tuesday night's primary election victory. Full Story
The AP calls the HD-20 race for state Rep. Dan Gattis' seat for orthopedic surgeon Dr. Charles Schwertner, who outspent the three other candidates. Full Story
Early returns show the four-way scrum for the Texas House seat of outgoing state Rep. Dan Gattis, R-Georgetown, isn't as close as some had predicted. Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Charles Schwertner is way up. Full Story
Photographer Justin Dehn and I hit up some polling places around Austin to see what was on voters minds. We selected some timely music for our drive. Full Story