Past Contributions

• T-Squared: Our Second Monthly QRANK Winner is...

  By Evan Smith April 1, 2011

  a smart and dedicated Trib reader who goes by the user name KentWillis. Don't you want to be our winner in April? Play QRANK:TT now! You could win a prize valued at more than $500... Full Story 

• T-Squared: Our Q1 Stats

  By Evan Smith April 1, 2011

  In March we broke our previous records for monthly uniques and monthly page views — by a lot. And we're ahead of where we should be year-to-date in every category of fundraising. Full Story 

• TribLive: Don't Cut Public Ed, Thompson Says

  By Evan Smith March 31, 2011

  At this morning's TribLive conversation, state Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, the longest-serving woman, African American and Democrat in the Texas House, forcefully argued that state funding of public education should not be cut — unless school districts are made to tap into their own reserves. Full Story 

• UTSA Prof to Jon Stewart: Obama Right on Libya

  By Evan Smith March 29, 2011

  Mansour O. El-Kikhia, chair of the political science department at the University of Texas at San Antonio, cited the threat to perhaps 50,000 of his fellow countrymen — including members of his own family. Full Story 

• TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

  By Evan Smith March 26, 2011

  M. Smith on the continuing controversy over Beaumont's school administrators, Tan on the deepening divide over the consequences of the House budget, Hamilton on the latest in the fight over higher ed accountability, Grissom on young inmates in adult prisons, Aguilar on the voter ID end game, Tan and Hasson's Rainy Day Fund infographic, Ramsey on the coming conflict over school district reserves, M. Smith and Aguilar on Laredo ISD's missing Social Security numbers, Galbraith on environmental regulators bracing for budget cuts and Ramshaw on greater scrutiny of neonatal intensive care units: The best of our best content from March 21 to 25, 2011. Full Story 

• TribLive: Straus on Taxes, Abortion, Campus Carry and Obama's Citizenship

  By Evan Smith March 14, 2011

  For our latest TribLive conversation, I sat down with the Speaker of the Texas House, Joe Straus, to talk about budget cuts, possible sources of revenue, hot-button social issues and more. Full Story 

• AUDIO: A Conversation with Joe Straus

  By Evan Smith March 14, 2011

  Full audio of our TribLive conversation with Speaker Joe Straus on March 10, 2011. Full Story 

• VIDEO: A Conversation With Joe Straus

  By Evan Smith March 14, 2011

  Full video of our TribLive conversation with Speaker Joe Straus on March 10, 2011. Full Story 

• TribLive: Joe Straus on Obama's Citizenship

  By Evan Smith March 14, 2011

  At our TribLive conversation last Thursday, Speaker Joe Straus talked about the ongoing controversy over Barack Obama's citizenship. Full Story 

• TribLive: Joe Straus on Campus Carry

  By Evan Smith March 14, 2011

  At our TribLive conversation last Thursday, Speaker Joe Straus talked about proposed legislation that would legalize concealed carry on college campuses in Texas. Full Story