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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/billy-clayton/" target="_blank">Billy Clayton</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/lewis-gibson-gib/" target="_blank">Gib Lewis</a>, and won a pitched race for the job against Rep. Jim Rudd, D-Brownfield.<br/> <br/> He and Lewis are the ...</p></p> <a class="permalink" href="about/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Read More</a> </div> </article> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-12"> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/11/19/bush-perry-tension-renewed-as-governors-star-rises/">Bush, Perry Tension Renewed as Governor's Star Rises</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Elise Hu </li><li><time datetime="Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:00:00 -0600" title="2010-11-19 05:00"> Nov. 19, 2010 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/11/19/bush-perry-tension-renewed-as-governors-star-rises/comments/"><span class="value">14</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/11/19/bush-perry-tension-renewed-as-governors-star-rises/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150324124554im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/perrybush_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150324124554/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/perrybush_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmerich</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>To the list of things that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-perry/" target="_blank">Rick Perry</a> shows contempt for — Barack Obama’s leadership abilities, excessive federal regulation, coyotes that interrupt his morning jog — add this surprising one: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/george-w-bush/" target="_blank">George W. Bush</a>’s ideological disposition. The governor seems to go out of his way to criticize his predecessor as insufficiently conservative. Bush, for his part, makes no mention of Perry in his memoir. "There's certainly no love lost between these two men," says UT presidential scholar Bruce Buchanan.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/11/19/bush-perry-tension-renewed-as-governors-star-rises/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_1"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/09/13/our-education-system-discourages-innovation/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150324124554im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Grusendorf-Kent-v3_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150324124554/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Grusendorf-Kent-v3_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/09/13/our-education-system-discourages-innovation/">Our Education System Discourages Innovation</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Kent Grusendorf </li><li><time datetime="Mon, 13 Sep 2010 05:00:00 -0500" title="2010-09-13 05:00"> Sept. 13, 2010 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/09/13/our-education-system-discourages-innovation/comments/"><span class="value">6</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>We have thousands of great educators. We should set them free, allow them to be more entrepreneurial and hold them accountable for results. Instead, we make decisions in Washington and Austin that unfortunately have the effect of discouraging innovation.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/09/13/our-education-system-discourages-innovation/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_2"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/01/06/shrinking-rural-sway-in-lege-hurts-health-care/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150324124554im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/010609_nocountry003_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150324124554/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/010609_nocountry003_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>credit: David Hartstein</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/01/06/shrinking-rural-sway-in-lege-hurts-health-care/">Shrinking Rural Sway in Lege Hurts Health Care</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/emily-ramshaw/">Emily Ramshaw</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 6 Jan 2010 05:00:00 -0600" title="2010-01-06 05:00"> Jan. 6, 2010 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/01/06/shrinking-rural-sway-in-lege-hurts-health-care/comments/"><span class="value">2</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>It’s no time to be an advocate for rural health care. Rural lawmakers say they're consistently outnumbered and under-represented — and that redistricting will only make matters worse.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/2010/01/06/shrinking-rural-sway-in-lege-hurts-health-care/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_3"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/2009/11/17/hutchison-has-complex-history-with-term-limits/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150324124554im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/111609_KBHTriad004_go_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150324124554/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/111609_KBHTriad004_go_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>credit: Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/2009/11/17/hutchison-has-complex-history-with-term-limits/">Hutchison Has Complex History With Term Limits</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reeve-hamilton/">Reeve Hamilton</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:55:22 -0600" title="2009-11-17 15:55"> Nov. 17, 2009 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/2009/11/17/hutchison-has-complex-history-with-term-limits/comments/"><span class="value">5</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Kay Bailey Hutchison used to like term limits. And then she didn't. And then she did. Not surprisingly, her rivals are quick to point out the contradiction.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/2009/11/17/hutchison-has-complex-history-with-term-limits/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-12"> <nav class="pagination clear"> </nav> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper-r"> <footer id="site_footer" class="wrapper-r"> <div class="hide-for-medium-down"> </div> <div id="footer" class="grid"> <dl id="staff_writers" class="cell w-3"> <dt>Writers</dt> <div class="cell w-6"> <dd> <a href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/becca-aaronson/">Becca Aaronson</a> </dd> <dd> <a href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Juli谩n Aguilar</a> </dd> <dd> <a href="/web/20150324124554/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/christine-ayala/">Christine Ayala</a> </dd> <dd> <a 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