2010: Bill White Considering Gubernatorial Run
He says he'll let you decide whether he runs for governor. Full Story
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2010: Winners and Losers
Tom Schieffer's out, and for the sake of this piece, let's say Bill White is running for the Democratic nomination for governor. How's that work out for everybody? Full Story
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2010: Schieffer: House Democrats
State Reps. Garnet Coleman of Houston, Jim Dunnam of Waco, Jessica Farrar of Houston and Pete Gallego of Alpine got out early in support of Tom Schieffer, who dropped out of the Democratic primary for governor today. Their statement: Full Story
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2010: Schieffer: Shami Sticks
Farouk Shami is staying in the race for governor, Tom Schieffer or no Tom Schieffer, Bill White or no Bill White. Full Story
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2010: Schieffer's Exit Statement
What Tom Scheiffer said when he announced he's dropping out of the race for governor: Full Story
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TribBlog: State Board of Education and the ABCs
Two legislative ABCs — Anybody But Craddicks — back the Republican moderate challenging Christian conservative member Don McLeroy. Full Story
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2010: The More You Know ... About Bill White
Who is this bald, wonkish, moderate Democrat, where’d he come from, and why’s everyone talking about him? Full Story
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The Midday Brief: November 23, 2009
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
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Moderate Democrat 2.0
Bill White is the sort of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Schieffer had hoped to be. He's well-funded. He's got an organization and a base of voters. He's the kind of moderate who can attract votes from independents and not just Democrats. And he never voted for George W. Bush. Full Story
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2010: Shapleigh endorses Bill White
Houston Mayor Bill White hasn't even announced yet that he's running for governor. But state Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, is endorsing him. Full Story
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2010: Friedman Campaign Responds, However Briefly
Kinky campaign: Schieffer announcement doesn't change our plans. Full Story
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Schieffer's Out, Will Endorse White
Democrat Tom Schieffer dropped out of the gubernatorial race, saying he'll endorse Houston Mayor Bill White and hopes other gubernatorial candidates will do the same. Full Story
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The Brief: November 23, 2009
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said she wanted to keep fighting the “government takeover of healthcare” — and now she’ll get her chance. Full Story
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Peace, Love, and Understanding
Earlier this month, Rick Perry helped push a so-called RINO — Republican In Name Only — off the congressional ballot in New York, only to see the Conservative Party candidate he backed lose to a Democrat. But that kind of us-versus-them narrative was missing from the just completed Republican Governor's Association meeting in Bastrop County. Full Story
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Texas Weekly: Reversal of Fortune
We should pay attention to what my old boss, Bob Bullock, used to call the thorns among the roses here in Texas. Full Story
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Soul Search: Dallas churches unite to right historic wrongs
The Dallas church community has vowed to forge 25 partnerships with high-poverty public schools and push for 700 units of housing for the homeless — a down payment on a larger effort to heal wounds left by racism and injustice. Full Story
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Retired, Rehired
No snowbirds here. A growing number of state employees are retiring and coming straight back to work, padding — and in some cases nearly doubling — their state salaries with pension pay-outs. Full Story
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Starting to Simmer
Things are picking up. Full Story
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2010: The Texas Tribune Index
The number-crunchers among the Republicans and the Democrats in Texas use election results to get a feel for the political environment in each legislative district. They start with statewide races and then bake in some assumptions about what might happen if they put the right candidates in place. We and other political watchers need the same thing, without the partisan ingredients. So we cooked up the Texas Tribune Index. Full Story
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TribBlog: Rick Perry as Chuck Norris in the Twittersphere
He can "can blow bubbles with beef jerky"? Full Story
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