Point Austin: 'Embrace What Is Right'

On Obama, what it means … and what it doesn't

"...by requiring photo IDs at the polls. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst put it bluntly enough: "Everybody wants to make..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...principle of 'one person, one vote,'" said Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. "With this legal challenge now behind us, I..."

May 2, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

"...taken in a public photo op with Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott. AISD is..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature

Community Colleges to Regain Health Benefits Funding

Perry cuts deal to restore $154 million

"...Rick Perry has cut a deal with Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and House Speaker Tom Craddick to restore the..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

"...• Late Tuesday, Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, and House Speaker Tom Craddick say they've resolved..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature

TYC Trouble

Mounting frustration in Lege over Perry's lack of action toward allegations of sexual abuse and cover-ups within TYC facilities

"...as special master to lead an investigation. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and House Speaker Tom Craddick responded by announcing..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Capitol Briefs

"...its center-stage placement in the campaigns of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Attorney General Greg Abbott – it got..."

March 9, 2007 News Column

Lege Lowdown

"...Perry's proposal will be a tough sell. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst seems cool to the idea. His main concern,..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Column

Naked City

"...Lege opens Jan. 9. In a statement, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, a Republican who campaigned for Madla during the..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature

Media Watch

KXAN staffers fear the baseball bat to the head

"...Parsons, who jumped to a job as Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst's press secretary. Even "Chopper 36," the station's helicopter,..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

On the Lege

Lawmakers accomplish what they failed to do so many times – approve a new education funding package that doesn't look half bad on paper

"...– Perry, House Speaker Tom Craddick, and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst – who, after several failed attempts at passing..."

May 19, 2006 News Column by Amy Smith

On The Lege

Big Tobacco, poor smokers gain temporary reprieve, and other tax politics news

"...little traction and few kind words from Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst...."

April 28, 2006 News Column by Amy Smith

Clouded Prospects

Lege special session opens with glowing rhetoric, uncertain goals

"...the plan. Most telling is that neither Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst nor House Speaker Tom Craddick has yet endorsed..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Chipping Away at CHIP

Kids' health coverage still touch and go in Texas

"...Eliot Shapleigh of El Paso have asked Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and House Speaker Tom Craddick to appoint a..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

News Flash

Here's some surprising news: Nineteen Texans have landed on Forbes magazine's 2006 list of the world's richest people, and the majority of them are big contributors to Republican candidates and officeholders

"...thousand each year, with Perry, Abbott and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst taking the top prizes in 2005. Oil, gas,..."

March 17, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Point Austin: Lessons Learned

I was down at the precinct last Tuesday, but I didn't see you

"...GOP leadership (with the wobbly exception of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst) still considers the public school question as simply..."

March 17, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Bentzin's Bad Connection

District 48 candidate's acknowledgement that he hired political consultant John Colyandro to work on his Senate campaign in 2002 raises big legal questions

"...those of Attorney General Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, but excluded any mention of Bentzin. The omission..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Mad Parent PAC Funding Report

Texas Parent PAC reports raising nearly $56,000 since starting up six months ago

"...to beat [House Speaker] Tom Craddick and [Lt Gov.] David Dewhurst." And from a resident in Plains, Gray read..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Culture Flash!

The Long Center gets more corporate cash, AMOA wants your Christo and Jeanne-Claude stories, and the city of Austin wants your art for City Hall and the airport

"...and health giant Humana kicked in $50,000. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst was also on hand to say that the..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

School Finance: Where We Are and How We Got Here

The Supreme Court's ruling leaves a lot of blanks for the Lege to fill in

"...with the personal animosity between Craddick and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, the conflicts produced a rather spectacular session meltdown..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Preying for Votes: The Governor's Preachers

Perry and religious conservatives get together to bash gays

"...other statewide elected official in attendance was Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (see "Craddick in Dewhurst's Prayers," right)...."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

On the Lege: Two Sessions, Two Failures

Lawmakers still can't salvage school finance

"...it doesn't contain serious reforms. Does too, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst retorted, before singling out the House's textbook bill..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

And not surprisingly, the big money goes to Republicans

"...In other campaign finance reports, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst reported raising $444,000 and spending $1.4 million. He's..."

July 22, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

On the Lege

No solution; another special session is coming

"...Tom Craddick – reached a compromise that Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst had little choice but to reject, in deference..."

July 22, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Lege Notes

Odds and ends – mostly odds – from beneath the pink granite dome

"...jaded might see the recent proclamation from Lt. Governor David Dewhurst (the Lite Guv being no friend of the..."

July 22, 2005 News Column

Grandma vs. Cowboy

Can Strayhorn lasso Perry? Maybe the Lege will tell.

"...one was bowled over by Perry's plan. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst was lukewarm but commended Perry on his effort...."

June 24, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Lege Notes

"...negotiations fail. Given the ongoing clash between Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and House Speaker Tom Craddick, such a strategy..."

June 24, 2005 News Column

Taking Aim

With the 79th barely over, would-be officeholders jockey for position

"...of negotiations had "quickened substantially" between Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, and House Speaker Tom Craddick. But the sudden..."

June 17, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

Requiring photo ID to vote disenfranchises poor, opponents say

"...bill, so the caucus now looks to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst or Gov. Rick Perry to prevent it from..."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Latest Litigation 'Crisis'

First malpractice, now asbestos – gotta stop those greedy trahl lawyuhs'!

"...quality of life here in Texas," said Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, before introducing the bill's sponsor, Sen. Kyle Janek,..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

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