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  • TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

    By Evan Smith

    Aguilar on the denial of asylum petitions by border judges, Galbraith on the history of wind, Grissom talks to the head of the Jail Standards Commission, Hamilton on plans for the state's new online university, Murphy and Ramsey on political warchests at midyear, Philpott on Texas' trucker shortage, Ramsey talks data privacy and abortion with Susan Combs, Ramshaw on the Rick Perry's experimental adult stem cell procedure, Root on the response to The Response, M. Smith on the country's could-be next first lady and Tan on a few of the ways Texas will change on Sept. 1: The best of our best content from Aug. 1 to 5, 2011. Full Story 

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  • Political Warchests at Midyear

    By Ross Ramsey and Ryan Murphy

    About two dozen candidates and political action committees have more than $1 million in their accounts, some of them much more, according to our analysis of midyear filings with the Texas Ethics Commission. Full Story 

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    Credit: Illustration by Ben Hasson

  • Political Armories at Midyear

    By Ross Ramsey and Ryan Murphy

    About two dozen candidates and political action committees have more than $1 million in their accounts, some of them much more, according to a Texas Tribune analysis of midyear filings with the Texas Ethics Commission. Full Story 

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  • Search: Texas Campaign Finance Totals

    By Ryan Murphy

    In mid-July, individuals, candidates and PACs filed itemized reports with the Texas Ethics Commission providing detailed breakdowns of each filer's totals for fundraising, spending, outstanding loans and cash on hand. Full Story 

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    Credit: Todd Wiseman / Ryan Murphy

  • News App: Search Perry's 2000-2011 Campaign Donors

    By Ryan Murphy

    We have updated our news application to include contributions from 2011 reported to the Texas Ethics Commission on July 15. Use our app to search campaign donations to Gov. Rick Perry from 2000 to 2011 to see who has financially supported the longest-serving governor in Texas history. Full Story 

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    Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman / Bob Daemmrich / Ryan Murphy

  • On the Records: Diving Deeper Into Perry's War Chest

    By Ryan Murphy

    We have prepared a series of graphics and tables that examine Gov. Rick Perry's success in growing his war chest from year to year and from campaign to campaign, and which cities and individuals or entities have done the most to ensure the governor's electoral success in Texas. Full Story 

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    Credit: Graphic by Ryan Murphy / Todd Wiseman / Marjorie Kamys Cotera

  • News App: Search 2011 Congressional Campaign Donors, Contributions

    By Matt Stiles

    Candidates running for U.S. House and Senate races in Texas have raised millions of dollars to fund their campaigns during the 2011-12 election cycle. Use this news application to see which individual donors are helping finance those contests — or download the raw data filed by the candidates to the Federal Election Commission. Full Story 

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  • On the Records: Fundraising Outside Texas

    By Matt Stiles

    Candidates in next year’s U.S. House and Senate elections in Texas raised more than $5 million in the first quarter from individuals. Most live in Texas. But a significant portion came from outside the Lone Star State, according to the Federal Election Commission. California led the way, followed by Virginia, Washington, D.C. and New York. Full Story 

    Congressional Fundraising By Zip Code Prefix: 1st Quarter 2011
    Credit: Graphic by Matt Stiles

  • Are TX Senators Influenced By Power PAC Money?

    By Thanh Tan

    This week, lawmakers from two senate committees called the power players in the electricity industry to Austin to grill them about the rolling blackouts on Feb. 2. As it turns out, many of those executives and their companies' PACs have contributed thousands to the senators who were questioning them. Full Story 

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  • At Blackout Hearing, Big Political Donors Grilled

    By Matt Stiles

    The big power companies in Texas on the hot seat during a Senate hearing about this month's rolling blackouts have donated more than $400,000 since 2000 to members of the two committees asking questions. The donations are part of nearly $4 million in campaign money the companies and their employees have spent on political candidates during that time. Full Story 

    Senators Leticia Van de Putte (l), Kirk Watson (c) and John Whitmire (r) listen to David Campbell of Luminant at a public hearing on power outages on February 15, 2011.
    Credit: Bob Daemmrich

  • Who Profited Most in the Fall Campaign?

    By Matt Stiles

    We already know that the major-party candidates in the governor's race spent more on advertising than others on last year's ballot, thanks to the cost of television. But some other ad vendors also received lucrative business from the competitive state House races, with mixed results. Full Story 

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  • Climbing the Ladder

    By Ross Ramsey

    What happens if Gov. Rick Perry or Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst decide to run for federal office and win, creating a vacancy — or two — in Texas? That sound you hear is a herd of GOP pols rushing to update their resumes. Full Story 

    Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst shakes hands with Gov. Rick Perry at the 2011 inauguration.
    Credit: Bob Daemmrich

  • On the Records: Charting the 2010 Campaigns

    By Matt Stiles

    The 2010 political campaigns are over, but looking back at the fundraising and spending that financed them is now fully possible thanks to records made public by the Texas Ethics Commission after Tuesday’s filing deadline. Full Story 

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  • Dick Trabulsi: The TT Interview

    By Ross Ramsey

    The president of Texans for Lawsuit Reform on why the group spends spend so much money on state elections, what it still wants from the Legislature, what he thinks the trial lawyers on the other side are after and what's wrong with the Democrats these days. Full Story 

    TLR President Dick Trabulsi with the Tribune's Ross Ramsey.
    Credit: Justin Dehn