Past Contributions

• TribLive: Seliger and Solomons on the Senate Map

  By Evan Smith April 11, 2011

  At last Thursday's TribLive, state Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, and state Rep. Burt Solomons, R-Carrollton, the chairs of the Senate and House redistricting committees, respectively, talked about their approach to redrawing Texas Senate district lines. Full Story 

• AUDIO: Kel Seliger and Burt Solomons at TribLive

  By Evan Smith April 11, 2011

  The chairs of the Senate and House redistricting committees, respectively, were our guests for TribLive on April 7. Full Story 

• TribLive: Seliger and Solomons on the House Map

  By Evan Smith April 11, 2011

  At last Thursday's TribLive, state Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, and state Rep. Burt Solomons, R-Carrollton, the chairs of the Senate and House redistricting committees, respectively, talked about their approach to redrawing Texas House district lines. Full Story 

• TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

  By Evan Smith April 9, 2011

  Tan on the budget standoff between the House and Senate, Ramsey on budget cuts that cost us money, Philpott on Hispanics and redistricting, Stiles visualizes speed limits by state, Grissom on a liberal social justice organizer who became a conservative hero, M. Smith on even more student social security numbers at risk, Ramshaw on whether family planning equals abortion, Aguilar on what circumcision has to do with citizenship, Murphy on how much Texas university adminstrators are paid, Hamilton on the latest in the higher ed reform saga and Galbraith on Texas energy lessons from the 1970s: The best of our best content from April 4 to 8, 2011. Full Story 

• TribLive: Seliger and Solomons on the Politics of Redistricting

  By Evan Smith April 7, 2011

  At this morning's TribLive conversation, state Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, and state Rep. Burt Solomons, R-Carrollton, acknowledged that there's no way to take politics out of the mapmaking process. Full Story 

• TribLive: Thompson on Gambling

  By Evan Smith April 4, 2011

  At last Thursday's TribLive, State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, made the economic development case for legalized gambling in Texas. Full Story 

• TribLive: Thompson on Race and Party ID

  By Evan Smith April 4, 2011

  At last Thursday's TribLive conversation, State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, talked about whether being black and being Republican were incompatible. Full Story 

• TribLive: Thompson on Gambling, Race and the Democrats

  By Evan Smith April 4, 2011

  For our most recent TribLive conversation, I interviewed state Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, about gambling, how Democrats can regain their mojo and whether being black and being Republican are incompatible. Full Story 

• TribLive: Thompson on the Democrats

  By Evan Smith April 4, 2011

  At last Thursday's TribLive, State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, talked about what her party needs to do to regain its electoral mojo. Full Story 

• AUDIO: A Conversation with Senfronia Thompson

  By Evan Smith April 4, 2011

  For our most recent TribLive conversation, I interviewed state Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, the longest-serving woman the longest-serving African American in the history of the Legislature — and the longest-serving Democratic member currently in the House. Full Story