The Midday Brief: December 3, 2009
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
The latest Bill White news from The Texas Tribune.
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
Get to know Bill White, his verbal tics, his issues and the car he drives. Full Story
Bill White may soon be retiring his Senate race stump speech and replacing it with a new one. So it's better to Stump Interrupt it now than never. Full Story
The Texas Republican Party must be certain Houston Mayor Bill White's getting in the race for governor. Full Story
With the filing deadline fast approaching, are Democrats beginning to feel some holiday cheer? Full Story
Democrats are still talking about who'll fill out their statewide ticket, and it doesn't look like they'll know by the end of the week. Republicans might not see everyone's filing this week, but expect all of their non-judicial statewide incumbents to file for reelection. Full Story
They certainly provide daily fodder for campaign news coverage, but there’s no guarantee that endorsements will translate to anything positive for a candidate — let alone an electoral victory. Full Story
Two Houston bloggers duke it out over the wisdom and promise of the mayor's gubernatorial candidacy. Full Story
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
With the Thanksgiving behind us, it’s time to put noses back to the grindstone — unless you are state Rep. Dan Gattis, R-Georgetown. Full Story
Doubt about Houston Mayor Bill White's plans is scarce, but just for grins, undo this political pretzel. Full Story
Ramsey and others on Bill White and the changing state of the race for governor; Thevenot's two-parter on what Dallas churches are doing to combat social ills and racial division; Ramshaw on the use of force by school district police departments (and why parents don't know about it); Grissom's two-parter, abetted by Stiles, on unregulated payday lenders; Aguilar on Mexican immigrants who play against type; and Rapoport on those missing extra checks for retired public employees. The best of the best from November 21 to 25, 2009. Full Story
With some notable exceptions, few political donors cut checks to both candidates. Full Story
It's the Thanksgiving episode of The Texas Tribune TribCast. Evan Smith, Ross Ramsey, Elise Hu and Ben Philpott talk about the shakeup in the Democratic race for governor and the ramifications for the Republicans. Full Story
If Bill White runs for governor, what's the effect down the ballot? Full Story
This holiday weekend, Democrats up and down the ballot are giving thanks for the prospect of a Bill White gubernatorial candidacy. Full Story
It's a Bill White-Tom Schieffer-Kinky Friedman-Farouk Shami-Rick Perry mashup to get you caught up on Monday's developments, if you missed them. Full Story
If we didn't think campaign finance law was confusing before this morning, well, we do now. Full Story
Is “eye-gougingly boring” the new “gubernatorial”? Full Story
How much of Bill White's federal war chest could be used in a race for governor? Most of it. Full Story