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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.
Dallas County could house up to 2,000 immigrant children now being held by the Department of Homeland Security on the Texas-Mexico border, County Judge Clay Jenkins said at the Texas Democratic Party’s convention on Saturday. Full Story
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Democrat Leticia Van de Putte's speech at the Texas Democratic Party's convention in Dallas followed an introductory video that left delegates joking about roast chicken and knives. Full Story
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In speeches that combined homespun biography and harsh political attacks, Wendy Davis and Leticia Van de Putte accepted the Texas Democratic Party's nominations for governor and lieutenant governor. Full Story
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The problem with trying to lower property taxes at the state level is that the taxpayers — voters — often do not see the benefits. Full Story
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For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in politics and government, we asked about the upcoming Democratic state convention. Full Story
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It's been a year since Wendy Davis' filibuster against new abortion restrictions. Texas Democrats have used the filibuster as a rallying point, while some Republicans are using it to talk about changing the way the Senate does its business. Full Story
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In a new online ad that sounds like something out of a graphic novel, Democrat Mike Collier pits himself as The Watchdog against Republican Glenn Hegar — he calls him The Taxman — in the race for Texas comptroller of public accounts. Full Story
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With the anniversary of the filibuster that made her a star for Texas Democrats, Wendy Davis is still trying to turn a momentous event into the kind of campaign that will upset the state's entrenched political order. Full Story
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On this week's edition of WFAA-TV's Inside Texas Politics, I talked with host Jason Whitely and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Bud Kennedy about more results from the latest UT/TT Poll, Gov. Rick Perry's recent controversial statements and more. Full Story
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The best of our best content from June 16-20, 2014. Full Story
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