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Dismantling the political puzzle: Five things to know about the Texas Tribune Festival

By Caitlin M. Ryan

09.21.12 | 10:45 am

After a successful debut, the Texas Tribune Festival stands on solid political ground in its second year as it kicks off a weekend of dialogue, discussion and debate this Friday. Because we' ...


Weekend Roundup

Horrors, homos and hullabaloo: A Fantastic weekend full of PRIDE for Texas' many festivals

By Michael Graupmann

09.20.12 | 4:04 pm

The temperature is dipping down, heralding the arrival of Austin's beloved Festival Season: that time of year where portions of our city get infiltrated by enchanted out-of-towners from far and ...


Political conventions

Impact of GOP convention lukewarm for Romney, but positive for Perry and Cruz

By Karen Brooks Harper

09.04.12 | 8:59 am

While Dems get set to take the stage for their convention in Charlotte this week — and the national GOP begins to weigh the impact of its own recently ended meeting — here are two Texan ...


Convention stories

Stars, parties, protestors and politics: A guide to the political conventions

By Karen Brooks Harper

08.28.12 | 6:30 am

Don't judge me. But there's no place I'd rather be right now than in Tampa, six press badges on lanyards around my neck, pounding down the street to catch a keynote somewhere, short on ...


GOP upset

Cruz defeats GOP stalwart Dewhurst in watershed victory for Tea Party

By Karen Brooks Harper

08.01.12 | 6:00 am

Establishment Republicans lost another one on Tuesday night, as upstart Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz snatched the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in a primary runoff that at the end of the day was an ...


political parties

State political conventions make history: Here's why you should care

By Karen Brooks Harper

06.11.12 | 2:42 pm

The state’s two main political parties made history at their respective state conventions this weekend, though you’d be forgiven — sort of — for not really having the conven ...


Texas primaries 2012

Why runoffs will add drama and sizzle to the normally tepid summer election season

By Karen Brooks Harper

05.30.12 | 10:53 am

Runoff season hasn’t been this much fun in a long time. Usually reserved for a couple of low-key contests, and generally taking place months earlier, this year’s Round Two of the Te ...


The Ron Paul Revolution

Rationally defending Ron Paul: Detractors and supporters beware

By Adam Sparks

05.08.12 | 12:30 pm

It's hard for outsiders to understand the world of Ron Paul. Friedrich Hayek, Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard — Austrian School economists whose ideas form the ba ...


election year

Election crunch week: With redistricting in the past and the filing deadline approaching, the race is finally on

By Karen Brooks Harper

03.06.12 | 12:45 pm

Politicians across Texas are scrambling this week to file for election before the Friday deadline, now that months of grappling over Congressional and statehouse maps has finally come to an end.&nb ...


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