Past Contributions

• T-Squared: The Times is Now

  By Evan Smith Oct. 29, 2010

  Today is the first day you'll see robust journalism produced by the reporters of The Texas Tribune in the pages of The New York Times and on nytimes.com. Full Story 

• A Conversation With Tom Leppert

  By Evan Smith Oct. 29, 2010

  For the 14th event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the mayor of Dallas on the challenges of leading the state's third-largest city, why he endorsed Rick Perry despite being a nonpartisan elected official, what he thinks of federal health care reform and whether he'll run for the Senate in 2012. Full Story 

• Perry Up By 12 in Newspaper Poll

  By Evan Smith Oct. 28, 2010

  Gov. Rick Perry's lead over his Democratic challenger, Bill White, is now 12 points, according to the latest poll commissioned by the five big-city newspapers. Full Story 

• 2010: Perry by 8 in Rasmussen Poll

  By Evan Smith Oct. 23, 2010

  Gov. Rick Perry leads Bill White by 8 percentage points, 51 to 43, in a Rasmussen Reports poll released Saturday. Full Story 

• Perry 51, White 43

  By Evan Smith Oct. 23, 2010

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• 2010: Star-Telegram for White

  By Evan Smith Oct. 23, 2010

  The Democratic nominee for governor has run the big-city newspaper endorsement table. Joining its counterparts in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram today backed Bill White is his quest to deny Rick Perry a third full term in office. Full Story 

• TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

  By Evan Smith Oct. 23, 2010

  M. Smith on the frailties of electronic voting machines, Hu on the big bump in early voter turnout, Chang talks to the national coordinator of Health Information Technology, Hamilton on why the nondiscrimination policies of state university systems don't include sexual orientation, Aguilar on the prospect of high school football referees on strike, Stiles updates our government employee salary app to include 20 more public agencies, Philpott on where the candidates in HD-52 stand on fast growth, Galbraith on damage to Texas roads caused by heavy truck traffic, Grissom interviews the first Hispanic sheriff of Harris County and my one-hour sit-downs with Rick Perry and Bill White: The best of our best from October 18 to 22, 2010. Full Story 

• T-Squared: But We Don't Look a Day Over Zero...

  By Evan Smith Oct. 21, 2010

  On Tuesday, Nov. 2 — which happens to be Election Day — The Texas Tribune will have been live and online for a year. Hell of a good time for a party, yes? Full Story 

• T-Squared: Yes, We're Partnering With The New York Times

  By Evan Smith Oct. 19, 2010

  Now it can be told — more deliberately and more fully fleshed out than you may have read yesterday: The Trib has indeed inked a partnership with the New York Times that will result in the best of our content appearing in the pages of the most iconic newspaper in the world. Full Story 

• 2010: Midland Paper for Perry, Sort Of

  By Evan Smith Oct. 18, 2010

  Make that two newspaper endorsements for Rick Perry in his quest to win a third full term as governor — although the second one, unlike the first, is the dictionary definition of "ambivalent." Full Story