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An Interview with Sharon Keller

By Morgan Smith Oct. 26, 2010

The soft-spoken and — until now — media-shy presiding judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals sat down with The Texas Tribune last week to talk about capital punishment in Texas, what she was doing on the afternoon she closed her office at 5 p.m. to a last-minute death row appeal, the flaws in the way the state sanctions judges, what it's like to be known as Sharon “Killer” Keller and the "ridiculous" idea that she doesn't care about defendants or indigent defense. Full Story

Good for the GOP?

By Elise Hu Oct. 22, 2010

Republicans say the swelling early vote turnout in scattered Texas suburbs bodes well for their party's candidates this November. Full Story

Adrian Garcia: The TT Interview

By Brandi Grissom Oct. 22, 2010

The first Hispanic sheriff in Harris County history in 2008 on growing up as a child of legal immigrants, how his mom helped change his liberal views about illegal immigration and whether Houston is a sanctuary city. Full Story

Rob Owen: The TT Interview

By Brandi Grissom Oct. 19, 2010

Texas Tribune interview with Rob Owen, lawyer for Hank Skinner and co-director of the University of Texas School of Law Capital Punishment Center Full Story

An Hour With Rick Perry

By Evan Smith Oct. 18, 2010

On Friday, Gov. Rick Perry sat down with me for an interview co-presented by the Tribune and Austin's public broadcasting stations, KUT and KLRU. We talked about the controversy over the Emerging Technology Fund, the calendar he makes public and the one he doesn't, how he'd cut the shortfall, which federal stimulus money he likes, whether Texas is a sanctuary state, the limits of abstinence education and more. Full Story

An Hour With Bill White

By Evan Smith Oct. 18, 2010

On Friday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White sat down with me for an interview co-presented by the Tribune and Austin's public broadcasting stations, KUT and KLRU. We talked about whether the big bucks he's raised from appointees qualifies as "government for sale," how he'd cut the shortfall, how he feels about Barack Obama, the health care reform he'd prefer, those lawsuits against the feds and more. Full Story

Clinton: Don't Blow It, Vote for Ciro

By Justin Dehn Oct. 16, 2010

President Bill Clinton stops in San Antonio late Thursday to rally with U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, D-San Antonio, who's facing a tough re-election challenge from Republican Francisco "Quico" Canseco. Full Story

A Conversation With Michael Burgess

By Evan Smith Oct. 15, 2010

For the 14th event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the Republican congressman from Lewisville on the problems with federal health care reform, what's wrong with the way Barack Obama and the Democrats got it passed and how he'll lead the charge to repeal it — if his party takes back control of the U.S. House. Full Story