August 26, 2011 5:00 am by: KUT Staff
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst entered the GOP race for U.S. Senator a month ago, but he's not making the rounds at early candidate forums. Photo by Christopher Kosho for KUT News.
Not all the political news in Texas concerns Rick Perry. There's also a race for the U.S. Senate on next year's ballot.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst officially announced that he was running for the GOP nomination to fill Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's seat about a month ago. The announcement could be described as "below the radar," making the first announcement in a video on his website. Since then, the Dewhurst bandwagon has been rolling along almost in "stealth" mode, with the Lieutenant Governor choosing not to participate in some early candidate forums.
In this week's "Texas Political Parlor," KUT's Ian Crawford and Jason Embry of the Austin American-Statesman discuss Dewhurst's decision not to participate in some of the early Senate forums....
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After months of hype and speculation, Saturday is the day Perry-watchers have been waiting for.
This week in the Texas Political Parlor, we’re talking about the expected announcement from Governor Rick Perry on his presidential aspirations. He'll be in South Carolina Saturday, ahead of stops in New Hampshire and Iowa. The Governor’s spokesperson said Thursday that Perry will announce his plans to run for president tomorrow.
KUT's Matt Largey speaks with the Austin American-Statesman's Jason Embry about what's to come....
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The State Board of Education is holding their summer meetings in Austin this week. At the top of their agenda is the adoption of science materials for middle and high school students. But there are some new members on the board, and a new chair, Barbara Cargill, R-The Woodlands.
The meeting...
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Travis County is growing. In addition to adding population at a breathtaking rate, there will be five different members of the U.S. House of Representatives who will have Travis County in their district.
The boundary lines are being challenged in the courts. A trial date has been set for...
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The 30-day special session of the 82nd Texas Legislature is set to end no later than Wednesday night. But that may not be the end of business for lawmakers this summer.
Hints are floating around the State Capitol that Governor Perry may call a second special session, if the House and Senate...
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The name "Rick Perry" is coming up more often among those trying to handicap next year's race to be the Republican presidential nominee. He still says he's only thinking about it, but a speaking tour next week is throwing more kerosene onto the Perry for President fire.
The governor speaks...
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Rick Perry made history last November, becoming the first person elected to three four-year terms as governor. Now there's speculation that he'd like to make more history, like becoming the second consecutive Texas governor to be elected President of the United States.
Nothing's etched in stone,...
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Republican U-S Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has decided not to run for re-election to that seat in 2012. So far, six Republicans say they will contend to be Texas' next senator: former Solicitor General Ted Cruz; Railroad Commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones; former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert; former...
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Politics watchers have been fixated on Governor Rick Perry and whether he'll fling his Stetson into the ring for the Republican presidential nomination. But that's not the only "will-he-or-won't-he" story ongoing now in Texas politics.
When U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, announced...
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A relative hush has descended on the State Capitol, after 169 days of hustle and bustle during the 82nd Texas Legislature. It really won't be that long (18 months, to be precise) till the 83rd Legislature convenes.
This session left a bad taste in the mouths of many lawmakers, largely because of...
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The politics of education in Texas has undergone a change during the 82nd Legislature. Some are using words like "sea change" and "seismic" to describe it.
Lawmakers took a $4 billion bite out of state support to education, bucking a long-standing trend of funding for Texas' public schools....
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Maps. They are a sure sign that summer road trips are on the way. This summer, they are also a sign of the work of Texas state lawmakers.
Legislators are spending part of this special legislative session trying to agree on a new congressional district map for Texas. In this week’s “Political...
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It seems like only yesterday that Texas Republicans walked into the Legislature with a majority in the Senate and a super-majority in the House.
That was January. This is May, and it's getting into "crunch time" for lawmakers. As the 82nd regular session of the legislature approaches its May...
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The internet isn't new, of course. But the relatively new-fangled web may have had an impact on this week's budget battle in the Texas Senate. Increasingly savvy lobbyists, bloggers and political operatives are using the 'net to tell lawmakers' constituents directly what their representative or...
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