Texas Monthly Burka Blog

• Wilson Research Strategies Poll: Perry +12
• Observations about the fire: an e-mail from a Harris County election official
• Coincidence or conspiracy: the Harris County voting machine fire
• “Bill White refusing to debate”
• Remembering Charlie
• Rasmussen: Perry 49%, White 41%
• Waiting for Rasmussen: UPDATE
• The MSNBC Interview
• Where’s Burka? On MSNBC.

Houston Chronicle Politics

• Perry's new video may prompt revenge of the nerds
• Gov. Perry ups ante on debate question
• Cuts rile teacher groups
• Perry still sore about snub
• White video contradicts Perry on budget shortfall
• Debate flap reaches State Board of Education races
• Gallup: 'unprecedented' GOP lead on generic ballot
• White calls for term limits
• The governor's race and the state budget

Capitol Annex

• Twitter, Texting & The Texas Open Meetings Act: The Making For Spectacularly Bad Legislation?
• Texas Clergy Call On SBOE To Promote Religious Freedom In Standards
• Statement of Organizing for America-Texas State Director Luke Hayes on Nomination of Elena Kagan as Supreme Court Justice
• ELECTION COVERAGE: See The Map!
• Mineola ISD Elects African American Board Member
• Grand Saline Local Option Election Close
• Interactive Texas Municipal, School Board Election Results Map
• Hempstead City Council Results
• League City Voters Overwhelmingly Support Change In Government

Grits for Breakfast

• Why so few DWIs in Berlin? Public transport
• Fully Fund the Texas Commission on Jail Standards
• Great Day for Justice in Texas
• Legislative Budget Hearings
• The Tim Cole Advisory Panel Report: Too Much Ado, Not Enough Done
• TCJC Re-entry Project
• More TYC Turmoil?
• I'm Outta Here: Guest bloggers hold down fort while Grits takes a holiday

In the Pink Texas

• Strange Brewer
• It’s 2008 All Over Again
• Poll Positioning
• Playing Doctor
• And on the Seventh Day, the Internet Rested
• I’m a Frayed Knot
• God Reaches Stupid People Through Glenn Beck
• I Have a Nightmare
• Smooth Criminal

Off the Kuff

• Friday random ten: That’s just crazy
• And we’re back
• Interview with State Sen. Mario Gallegos
• In defense of Todd Willingham
• Angelika says it’s looking for another location in Houston
• Metro to hire Greanias as CEO
• Texas blog roundup for the week of August 30
• Judicial Q&A: Toni Martinez Ingversen
• Six candidates file for the open HISD Trustee seat

Virtual Capitol

• VirtualCapitol: Texas applies for $830 million in education aid http://bit.ly/b4RinT
• VirtualCapitol: A look behind the debate stalemate http://bit.ly/cdPURe
• VirtualCapitol: First reading: Big fundraiser for Perry tonight http://bit.ly/bmALvO
• VirtualCapitol: Governor offers up economic development funds for cuts http://bit.ly/bHzXZs
• VirtualCapitol: Governor's Mansion work permit approved http://bit.ly/9dfnc0
• VirtualCapitol: First reading: Interim director taking over at Lege Council http://bit.ly/9oA3Y4
• VirtualCapitol: Chris Bell awarded $2 million from GOP governors http://bit.ly/9nM3Np
• VirtualCapitol: First reading: Obama back in Texas today http://bit.ly/ax1ech
• VirtualCapitol: Live chat today on governor's race http://bit.ly/cB7r04

Texas Kaos

• Some days it feels like running up a mudslide, join the Democratic Defenders
• Weekly Roundup and Open Thread
• Campaign for TX-17 on the Issues: Energy
• Meet the GOP/Tea Party Billionaire Puppet Masters, Part 2
• Texas Youth Commission Abuses Make the News Again
• Meet the GOP/Tea Party Billionaire Puppet Masters
• Rick Perry Seceded from the People of Texas
• Weekly Roundup and Open Thread
• The Arizona Immigration Law in Perspective

Letters from Texas

• Headline of the day so far
• Chilean mine disaster update
• Headline of the day so far
• Interoffice Memorandum to Rick Perry
• France.
• So much for those "family values" Republicans
• Headline of the day so far
• Kudos to the Massachusetts State Legislature
• Letters From Texas sports update

Texas Insider

Lone Star Times

• Weekend Maintenance Open Comments
• Friday Music Thread
• LST Down Time
• Friday Open Comments
• Ol’ McDonald does his campaign harm…
• Appropriate Comparisons
• What Me Worry: Time Magazine? Gitzit?
• Thursday Open Comments
• Nukes in Iran – Victor Davis Hanson & ex-CIA Agent Robert Baer