The Texas Workforce Commission today released its latest stats, which show that Texas has gained more than 220,000 jobs since last year.
Texas Tribune’s Ross Ramsey sat down with Kip Averitt to talk about his time in the Texas Legislature.
For the ninth event in [their] TribLive series, [Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith] interviewed Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst about the budget shortfall, state-federal tensions, immigration, why he doesn’t release his taxes and his future plans.
Darren Yancy, a Republican candidate from Burleson who wants to replace state Sen. Kip Averitt, of Waco, had an interesting conversation with The Conservative Movement WebTV a few months back.
For the first of Texas Tribune’s TribLive events, Texas Tribune Editor-in-Chief and CEO Evan Smith interviewed the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives about his first session leading his colleagues, the coming budget turmoil, the controversial plans for a renovation of the Governor’s Mansion, the “scary as hell” health care reforms in play in Congress, and, of course, the titanic battle of Rick vs. Kay.
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