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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.
The Texas Capitol has been full of protesters and demonstrators off and on for the last month as lawmakers considered abortion legislation. And activists on both sides fight have put some R-rated signs in the hands of children. Full Story
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Aaronson, Luthra and M. Smith with the latest on the state’s abortion legislation, Aguilar on the slow comeback of El Paso’s Mexican sister city, Dehn on what’s next now that Gov. Rick Perry isn’t running again, KUT’s Philpott on the scramble triggered by Perry’s announcement, Root on the expectations for Texas Democrats, M. Smith on a challenge to the lieutenant governor from inside the Senate, Grissom tracks the status of sentencing for teenaged murderers, Hamilton on the resignation of Texas A&M’s president, and our do-it-yourself scorecard to rank lawmakers based on your own views: The best of our best for the week of July 8 to 12, 2013. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry's decision not to seek re-election opens some doors in Texas politics and government, including one that has been shut for a long time: What happens next to a lame duck governor? Full Story
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Political parties, interest groups, trade associations and others regularly compile scorecards for legislative votes, comparing and ranking lawmakers based on their decisions on issues. Now it's your turn. Full Story
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Midsummer doldrums have been replaced by a little suspense — about the governor's plans, a court's decisions and the Legislature's protracted debate over abortion law. Full Story
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UPDATED: House leaders are piecing together a version of the transportation bill that includes elements from several different proposals, and said they have not convinced their Senate counterparts to go along. Full Story
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For this week's nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we asked about the implosion of the first special session, its effect on Wendy Davis and David Dewhurst, and whether it will have a lasting impact. Full Story
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Rick Perry has been governor for so long and has consolidated so much power that it's easy to forget a basic tenet of Texas government: It's designed to keep its governors weak. Full Story
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Root orients us on the governor and on the man who’d like to replace him, Rocha and Dehn on the crowds that started the current special session, Aaronson on the first round of the debate over abortion restrictions, Murphy on which Texas counties are getting older fastest, Hamilton on unnoticed tweaks to a college-aid program, Grissom reports on young murderers waiting for lawmakers to determine their fates, Aguilar peeks at a behind-the-scenes fight over the federal immigration bill and Ramshaw unveils our free e-book on “Bidness as Usual” in the Texas Legislature: The best of our best content from July 1-5, 2013. Full Story
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The former Texas Republican Party chairman is betting his fellow conservatives want a change of direction after a dozen years of Gov. Rick Perry and what he says would be "more of the same" from Attorney General Greg Abbott. Full Story
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