Analysis: The Voter ID You Won't Need to Show When You're at the Polls
The only identification that you have that says you are, in fact, a registered voter is the one ID you do not need when you go cast a vote. Full Story
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Ross Ramsey co-founded The Texas Tribune in 2009 and served as its executive editor until his retirement in 2022. He wrote regular columns on politics, government and public policy. Before joining the Tribune, he was editor and co-owner of Texas Weekly. He did a 28-month stint in government with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Before that, he reported for the Houston Chronicle, the Dallas Times Herald, as a Dallas-based freelancer for regional and national magazines and newspapers, and for radio stations in Denton and Dallas.
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Analysis: Law, Like Politics, Makes Strange Bedfellows
It can be jarring for a political movement built around restraining the legal system to spawn a collection of officeholders eager to use the courts to get their way. Full Story
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Inside Texas Politics: Front-Runners' Strategy
On this week's edition of WFAA-TV's Inside Texas Politics, we talked about the campaigns being run by three GOP statewide candidates, the conservative makeup of the state Senate, Wendy Davis' new book and more. Full Story
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Analysis: It's a Lot Easier to Rule With a Mandate
It's easier to govern if you have a mandate, and you build the mandate while you're campaigning. So far, the agenda for the next set of officeholders is a little murky. Full Story
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Inside Intelligence: About Those Personal Stories...
For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in politics and government, we asked about the revelations of two terminated pregnancies in gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis’ new book. Full Story
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Analysis: New Think Tank Taking a DIY Approach
It's like a variation on a famous advertisement about energy: "If you don't have an oil well, get one!" But a new Austin venture is about the more prosaic business of government, and about how to get policy ideas in front of lawmakers. Full Story
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Analysis: In Same Party, Not Always on Same Page
One the of state's political parties can’t get itself together, and the other can’t seem to stop tearing itself apart. Full Story
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Inside Texas Politics: Voter ID
On this week's edition of WFAA-TV's Inside Texas Politics, we talk about another "oops" moment from Gov. Rick Perry, the voter ID law trial in Corpus Christi, how ads from both sides of the governors' race aim to define Greg Abbott and more. Full Story
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
The best of our best content from Sept. 1-5, 2014. Full Story
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Analysis: In Race for Governor, the Personal and the Political
Political campaigns can be cunning and crafty affairs where candidates are cautiously presented and positions are carefully tailored to voters. But the contenders are humans, and policy is sometimes personal. Full Story
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