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Ann Richards

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2011

    Top 100 Reasons Texas Is Twice as Awesome as Any Other State

    Merritt MartinOh, you can damn well bet this is on the list.​By now most of you dear readers are well aware of the Gawker-produced list of the 50 Worst States In America. Gawker placed their home base at 50, and the Lone Star State at 13. Sure sure, our placement could be worse, but instead of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2011

    While Hinojosa Applied for Georgia Job in Secret, Texas Lawmakers Considered Making Superintendent Searches More Public

    Photo by Patrick MichelsDISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa at the Ann Richards Middle School groundbreaking ceremony earlier this year.​Right now, DISD trustees are meeting once again in closed session (Leslie drew the short straw on this one) to discuss their pick for an interim superintendent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Hinojosa Takes a Break from Budget Woes to Break Ground on Ann Richards Middle School

    Photos by Patrick MichelsSuperintendent Michael Hinojosa and Dan Richards, Ann Richards' son, turned over the dirt at DISD's newest construction project, flanked by trustees Bernadette Nutall, Carla Ranger and Nancy Bingham.Potted palms and wildflowers flanked the podium at the Ann Richards Middle S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Amidst Talk of "New Reality" at Dallas ISD, An Invite to a New School Groundbreaking

    ​During Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa's budget-gutting presentation to the school board yesterday, when he warned that the state's $27-billion budget shortfall could result in as many as 3,900 layoffs and secondary school classrooms filled with at least 35 students per teacher, the di ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2010

    Can WikiLeaks info dump of state secrets make for a more just society? Well, that's what Russell Fish thinks.

    ​During Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa's budget-gutting presentation to the school board yesterday, when he warned that the state's $27-billion budget shortfall could result in as many as 3,900 layoffs and secondary school classrooms filled with at least 35 students per teacher, the di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Kinky Friedman Says: There'd Be No Tea Party If Molly Ivins Were Still Around

    Sam MertenFriedman campaigning at Urban Dog Coffee on Oak Lawn back in February​So insists the Texas Jewboy and former gubernatorial candidate in a piece penned for Tina Brown's Daily Beast, the headline of which is "Why Democrats Should Blame Themselves for the Tea Party." Friedman, who lost to h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    If You're In Philly, That One-Woman Show About Molly Ivins Opens This Week

    ​Back in December we made mention of a one-woman show set to bow in Philly this month: Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins. Yesterday, The New York Times offered a lengthy sneak peek at the show "by" and about Schutze's former colleague and competitor, which stars Kathleen Turner as t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    What Summer Vacation?

    School's out for summer, but the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees has one hellacious evening ahead of it, beginning with a 5 p.m. public hearing at 3700 Ross Avenue concerning the proposed 2009-'10 school year budget. After that's done, it's down to big business, some of which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2008

    A Friday Flashback

    School's out for summer, but the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees has one hellacious evening ahead of it, beginning with a 5 p.m. public hearing at 3700 Ross Avenue concerning the proposed 2009-'10 school year budget. After that's done, it's down to big business, some of which ... More >>

  • News

    June 19, 2008

    Time Warped

    School's out for summer, but the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees has one hellacious evening ahead of it, beginning with a 5 p.m. public hearing at 3700 Ross Avenue concerning the proposed 2009-'10 school year budget. After that's done, it's down to big business, some of which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2008

    Under a Paper Moon

    School's out for summer, but the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees has one hellacious evening ahead of it, beginning with a 5 p.m. public hearing at 3700 Ross Avenue concerning the proposed 2009-'10 school year budget. After that's done, it's down to big business, some of which ... More >>

  • News

    March 27, 2008

    Arrested Development

    School's out for summer, but the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees has one hellacious evening ahead of it, beginning with a 5 p.m. public hearing at 3700 Ross Avenue concerning the proposed 2009-'10 school year budget. After that's done, it's down to big business, some of which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2008

    Vote for Bush's "Hole in the Ground"

    School's out for summer, but the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees has one hellacious evening ahead of it, beginning with a 5 p.m. public hearing at 3700 Ross Avenue concerning the proposed 2009-'10 school year budget. After that's done, it's down to big business, some of which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2008

    More From the Obama Rally: The Waiting is the Hardest Part

    School's out for summer, but the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees has one hellacious evening ahead of it, beginning with a 5 p.m. public hearing at 3700 Ross Avenue concerning the proposed 2009-'10 school year budget. After that's done, it's down to big business, some of which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2008

    Hillary's Other Big Secret: How Texas' Primary System Works

    School's out for summer, but the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees has one hellacious evening ahead of it, beginning with a 5 p.m. public hearing at 3700 Ross Avenue concerning the proposed 2009-'10 school year budget. After that's done, it's down to big business, some of which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2008

    Obama's Dallas Beachhead -- And the Food Ain't Bad, Either

    School's out for summer, but the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees has one hellacious evening ahead of it, beginning with a 5 p.m. public hearing at 3700 Ross Avenue concerning the proposed 2009-'10 school year budget. After that's done, it's down to big business, some of which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2008

    Mary Mapes Knows What Texans Like

    School's out for summer, but the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees has one hellacious evening ahead of it, beginning with a 5 p.m. public hearing at 3700 Ross Avenue concerning the proposed 2009-'10 school year budget. After that's done, it's down to big business, some of which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2007

    Setting Sunstein

    School's out for summer, but the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees has one hellacious evening ahead of it, beginning with a 5 p.m. public hearing at 3700 Ross Avenue concerning the proposed 2009-'10 school year budget. After that's done, it's down to big business, some of which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2007

    If You Ever Made, Saw or Rented a Movie in This State, You Will One Day Be in the Texas Film Hall of Fame

    School's out for summer, but the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees has one hellacious evening ahead of it, beginning with a 5 p.m. public hearing at 3700 Ross Avenue concerning the proposed 2009-'10 school year budget. After that's done, it's down to big business, some of which ... More >>

  • News

    September 28, 2006

    Country Hillary

    Tell me she wasn't trying to sound like Ann Richards. Please.

  • News

    October 27, 2005

    Place Called Hope

    Prop 2 could fail, if the right people stay home

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2005

    Rock the Walls

    Prop 2 could fail, if the right people stay home

  • Music

    April 14, 2005

    An Old Flame

    Four decades later, a forgotten Dallas jazz label descends from the 90th Floor

  • Film

    March 24, 2005

    Ugly Duckling

    Sandra Bullock fires off another Miss

  • Culture

    September 23, 2004

    From Buenos Aires to Bush-ville

    Esteban Pastorino Diaz's photos riff and play on the so-close-yet-so-far

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2004

    Kiss and Makeup

    Lone Star politicians work together

  • News

    March 18, 2004

    Re: Your New Job!

    Plus: Winning is Fun; Ethan Makes a Funny

  • Calendar

    March 20, 2003

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    Plus: Winning is Fun; Ethan Makes a Funny

  • News

    March 13, 2003

    Horton Hears a "Wha?"

    Plus: Winning is Fun; Ethan Makes a Funny

  • Music

    March 22, 2001

    Tired of Waiting

    The center of the musical universe, Austin welcomes the beautiful and the ugly

  • Music

    September 21, 2000

    Hijinks at Trees

    Long-overdue debuts

  • News

    August 24, 2000

    Sisterly Love

    Determination and a little Tupperware help create a museum honoring American women

  • News

    September 30, 1999

    Maverick rides again

    Democratic media whiz Mark McKinnon left partisan politics behind until George W. Bush swept him off his feet

  • News

    May 13, 1999

    The Nerd Behind the Throne

    Karl Rove has masterminded all of Bush's political victories. Now he faces his toughest challenge: convincing you that the presidential front-runner owns his own soul

  • News

    April 29, 1999

    Bully Pulpit

    Pushy, driven, and fearless, Texas Secretary of State Elton Bomer is Bush's big man on the border. But is he tough enough to cut through the red tape snarling efforts to help the poor people living in the colonias?

  • News

    October 29, 1998

    Bush's free ride

    With a little help from his Democratic pals, George W. Bush has become the GOP front-runner for president. But it's a cold world beyond Texas' borders, and it may take more than charm and luck to carry a good ol' boy to the White House.

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    The bull market

    Peter Lowe explains how to succeed in business without really trying: First, find 20,000 suckers Photographs by Mark Graham

  • News

    September 17, 1998

    Smoke-filled room

    When Dan Morales brokered Texas' $17.3 billion tobacco settlement, he blew away Governor Bush. He also made sure his friends got a few puffs.

  • News

    September 10, 1998

    Buzz

    When Dan Morales brokered Texas' $17.3 billion tobacco settlement, he blew away Governor Bush. He also made sure his friends got a few puffs.

  • News

    July 23, 1998

    Getting dumped

    Despite shoddy science, bad economics, and catastrophic health risks, a West Texas border community may become the nation's nuclear dumping ground

  • Calendar

    August 21, 1997

    Events for the week

    Despite shoddy science, bad economics, and catastrophic health risks, a West Texas border community may become the nation's nuclear dumping ground

  • Calendar

    April 18, 1996

    Events for the week

    Despite shoddy science, bad economics, and catastrophic health risks, a West Texas border community may become the nation's nuclear dumping ground

  • News

    April 4, 1996

    Letters

    Despite shoddy science, bad economics, and catastrophic health risks, a West Texas border community may become the nation's nuclear dumping ground

  • News

    October 26, 1995

    Judge, not?

    Dallas attorney Cheryl Wattley's nomination for the federal bench is in limbo

  • Calendar

    June 8, 1995

    Events for the week

    Dallas attorney Cheryl Wattley's nomination for the federal bench is in limbo

  • News

    January 19, 1995

    Four brief shining years

    Ann Richards' record as Texas governor goes like this: she gave the joint some class

  • News

    January 12, 1995

    Buzz

    Ann Richards' record as Texas governor goes like this: she gave the joint some class

  • News

    November 17, 1994

    Buzz

    Ann Richards' record as Texas governor goes like this: she gave the joint some class

  • News

    November 3, 1994

    Buzz

    Ann Richards' record as Texas governor goes like this: she gave the joint some class

  • Calendar

    November 3, 1994

    Events for the week

    Ann Richards' record as Texas governor goes like this: she gave the joint some class

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