As a holiday gift to Tribune readers, I'm pleased to present Last Man Standing, my documentary about the 2002 Texas House race between Republican incumbent Rick Green and Democratic challenger Patrick Rose, who mounted his campaign while attending law school. Full Story
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Texas Tech University got sued by one of its employees this week: Head football coach Mike Leach says the school is improperly barring him from coaching the team in the Alamo Bowl on the basis of a complaint it hasn't substantiated. Full Story
Rep. Frank Corte Jr., R-San Antonio, became the sixth eighth member of the Texas House to say he won't seek reelection next year. He says he doesn't have specific plans, and adds that he's not endorsing any would-be successor. Full Story
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has laid out her vision for the future of transportation in Texas. Full Story
Texas House races are full of comings and goings. Full Story
As a holiday gift to Tribune readers, I'm pleased to present Last Man Standing, my documentary about the 2002 Texas House race between Republican incumbent Rick Green and Democratic challenger Patrick Rose, who mounted his campaign while attending law school at UT-Austin. It's the story of why people run for office — and what happens when ideals are pitted against the reality of what it takes to win. Full Story
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It's "time to become a private citizen," the Dumas Republican said in a press release. Full Story
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Your afternoon reading. Full Story
‘Tis the season for retrospection. Full Story
As a holiday gift to Tribune readers, I'm pleased to present Last Man Standing, my documentary about the 2002 Texas House race between Republican incumbent Rick Green and challenger Patrick Rose, a young Democrat who mounted his campaign while attending law school at UT-Austin. Full Story
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Roll your own political videos ... interactive travel maps of your federal and state legislators ... scary movies, to keep the kids out of the border's scary drug wars ... puttting dropouts back in class ... rates squeezing families out of home health care ... how many lobby and trade associations do teachers in Texas need? ... enjoying the silence before an expected two-month siege of political advertising ... the dean of Texas political writers gets shut out of the gubernatorial debates ... and we have an interactive database of the state's best and worst public schools. The best of our best for a short news week, from December 19 to 26, 2009. Full Story
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The multimedia/social media side of the TT operation has various projects and enterprises to connect you with in case you missed them over the past seven weeks. Full Story
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Here's what to expect from us between now and January 4. Full Story
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How are San Antonio Democrats reacting to the party's embezzlement scandal? Full Story
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
A rundown of the data we've published so far — and a look ahead. Full Story
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Eagle Pass Mayor Chad Foster might have to change his tune about his idyllic border home after this week. Foster was having lunch Tuesday with Mexican officials across the border in Piedras Negras when a gunmen started spraying the place with bullets. Full Story
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We added more people this year than any other state — more than Florida, Arizona, California, Nevada and Colorado combined. Full Story
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A major chapter of U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s fight in DC may be drawing to an end. Full Story