Greg Abbott has reversed the campaign fundraising storyline of a month ago, raising more than three times the cash as the combined efforts of Wendy Davis and Battleground Texas.
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The Brief: Feb. 3, 2014
The Tribune’s Jay Root has the story on another secret audio recording released with the intent to impact the already contentious gubernatorial contest.
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The Brief: Jan. 31, 2014
The House Republican leadership on Thursday released a one-page blueprint for immigration reform. But with its call to legalize 11 million undocumented workers, the immediate question was whether the plan would fly within the party.
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The Brief: Jan. 30, 2014
New research by a Sam Houston State University economics professor finds Texas fifth in income inequality. Could it become a big issue in the governor’s race?
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The Brief: Jan. 29, 2014
Time magazine on Tuesday posted an article talking about Wendy Davis’ “moment of truth.” Davis then spent the rest of the day making the most concerted effort of the past week to push aside critics who have seized on details of her life story to say she isn’t fit for office.
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The Brief: Jan. 28, 2014
In their first televised debate, the four GOP candidates for lieutenant governor seemed content to continue to frame the contest as a race to see who could claim the title of the most conservative.
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The Brief: Jan. 27, 2014
The Austin American-Statesman’s Jonathan Tilove had a must-read in the Sunday paper, reporting some fascinating details in what he described as a “cat-and-mouse game” between Battleground Texas and James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas.
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The Brief: Jan. 24, 2014
The story of Steve Stockman is rapidly turning from that of a Tea Party-fueled challenge to the GOP establishment to a headline ripped from a milk carton — as in, no one seems to know where the Clear Lake congressman is.
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The Brief: Jan. 21, 2014
The focus on Tuesday returns to District Judge John Dietz’s courtroom, where the next chapter in the legal challenge to the state’s school finance system commences.
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The Brief: Jan. 20, 2014
Wendy Davis’ life story is once again under scrutiny, this time after a Sunday piece by The Dallas Morning News’ Wayne Slater.