By William Lutz on 2/8/2010 4:20 PM

Gov. Rick Perry released a new ad -- titled 1993 -- taking aim at U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's record in the US Senate. We post the ad below, followed by the script and Hutchison response:

 

 

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By William Lutz on 2/8/2010 11:54 AM

Today, Gov. Rick Perry released a new ad highlighting the accomplishments of his term as governor. We post the ad below (following the ad, we post a script and the Hutchison camapign's response):

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By Andy Hogue on 2/7/2010 7:27 PM

Not only did the Austin American-Statesman endorse Kay Bailey Hutchison for governor today, but her campaign released what could arguably be its most visible ad of the campaign season ... and the last one of the football season. It featured a fictional "behind the scenes" look at the "Perry HQ attack ad" department -- showing the fake staffers shredding documents such as a map of the Trans-Texas Corridor.

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By William Lutz on 2/7/2010 1:09 PM

The Bill White campaign for the Democratic nomination for governor has released its second campaign ad highlighting White's background and upbringing. We post below.

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By William Lutz on 2/5/2010 3:33 PM

LSR Managing Editor William Lutz will be appearing on WFAA's Inside Texas Politics with Brad Watson at 9 am this Sunday. Lutz will be delivering a commentary calling for the E-Verify System to become mandatory for all Texas employers and slamming the candidates for governor for being soft on illegal immigration. Inside Texas Politics airs on WFAA-TV, Channel 8, in North Texas.

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By William Lutz on 2/5/2010 12:12 PM

In this week's issue, we were pleased to publish an interview with Commissioner of Higher Education Raymund Paredes. We have featured this article on our website, making it available to the general public. Click here to read the main portion of the interview, publishing in this week's Lone Star Report.

Due to space reasons, we were unable to publish the entire interview in this week's issue. We publish the remaining portion of our discussion with Dr. Paredes below:

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By William Lutz on 2/4/2010 2:53 PM

Kay Bailey Hutchison's campaign for governor has just unveiled a new television ad slamming both Gov. Rick Perry and lobbyist Mike Toomey -- his former chief of staff. The ad notes that Toomey represented Merck, the pharmaceutical company that made the controversial vaccine against HPV (the Human Papiloma virus) that Perry tried to mandate to 6th-grade girls -- until the Texas Legislature intervened. We post the ad below. Click "Read more" for the the script as well as Perry's response:


 

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