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Hall of Fame »
Since 1973 we've picked two hundred best legislators. We asked ten of our favorites to weigh in on how the Capitol has changed and where the state is headed.
July 2011 Interviews by Brian D. Sweany
No Peña, No Gain »
Was Aaron Peña’s defection to the Republican party a quixotic move that will cost him his political career or the start of a bad trend for Democrats?
May 2011 by Patricia Kilday Hart
Less Than Hero »
The worst deficit facing Texas right now is not the one in our budget: It’s the leadership deficit.
May 2011 by Paul Burka
Watergate Still Unfolding at UT’s Ransom Center »
Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein and Robert Redford dished on All the President’s Men,contemporary journalism, and Watergate’s enduring legacy at the LBJ Library Thursday.
May 2011 by Olivia LaVecchia
Joe Straus’s Desk »
Joe Straus’s desk.
April 2011 by Kristie Ramirez
Tea Time »
Read a Q&A with Nate Blakeslee.
February 2011 Interview by Alice Rose Busa
Tea for Texas »
It has more supporters here than anywhere else. It fueled the Republican landslide. It has its own caucus. But what is the tea party? And how will it use its power?
February 2011 by Nate Blakeslee
Power Company »
As we head into the most critical legislative session in decades—maybe ever—the question is not just, Who are the people with the most clout at the Capitol? It’s also, What do they want?
February 2011 by Nate Blakeslee, Paul Burka and Patricia Kilday Hart
Between the Lines »
Ah, redisctricing—that partisan, vengeful, hazardous battle for domination the Legislature fights every decade. Here we go again.
January 2011 by Patricia Kilday Hart
Life After Death »
It’s time to halt executions in Texas.
January 2011 by Michael Hall
Win, Lose, or Draw »
Read a Q&A with Patricia Kilday Hart.
January 2011 Interview by Cathy Sze
Let There Be Right »
The Republicans whipped the Democrats in November. Now what are they going to do?
December 2010 by Paul Burka
George W. Bush Interview With Mark K. Updegrove (Transcript) »
October 26, 2010, Dallas
December 2010
Bush 2.0 »
Two years after leaving office under a cloud of controversy, with a historically low approval rating, George W. Bush is reentering the spotlight and, with the groundbreaking of his library, launching his post-presidency. The question is, What will he do now?
December 2010 by Mark K. Updegrove
Former’s Almanac »
What Bush could learn from Nixon, Carter, and Clinton.
December 2010
George W. Bush Interview With Mark K. Updegrove (Audio)
October 26, 2010, Dallas
December 2010
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Illegal Immigration (But Didn’t Know Who To Ask) »
What’s the deal with the border fence? Are green cards really green? How many undocumented immigrants live in Texas? Any more questions?
November 2010 by Jeff Salamon
Bush v. Perry »
A tale of two campaigns.
November 2010 by Paul Burka
Party Crashers »
An interview with Nate Blakeslee.
November 2010 Interview by Jasmin Sun
Show Me the Money »
Paul Burka talks about cutting $18 billion from the Texas budget, separating the essential from the nonessential, and spending money on bricks and mortar.
October 2010 Interview by Kevin Sullivan
The Eighteen Billion Dollar Man »
Texas is facing an unprecedented deficit in the next legislative session, so to help our poor, overworked elected officials, I went ahead and balanced the budget for them. And good Lord! It wasn’t pretty.
October 2010 by Paul Burka
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