We thought that because he was in America, he was safe, that he would be the one Liberian to survive.

Thomas Kwenah, lifelong friend of Thomas Eric Duncan, who had the first case of Ebola recorded in the U.S. He died Wednesday.

Part of Greg Abbott’s success is having his own rainy day fund, and I would assume he would want to keep at least $10 million to $15 million in his account.

Rice University political scientist Mark P. Jones on Greg Abbott's $30 million campaign war chest, which dwarfs that of every other politician in Texas

If you saw the debates with Wendy and Abbott, they both talked about how crooked the other one is and they both got it right.

Democratic agriculture commissioner candidate Jim Hogan on why he thinks candidate debates have no value for voters.

Nobody gives that kind of money unless there's something in it for them in a political campaign. ... It really is sort of unbelievable to think there isn't an issue associated with this.

San Antonio-area campaign consultant Trish DeBerry on the decision of a Corpus Christi lawyer to spend nearly $700,000 in the race for Bexar County district attorney

Basically, the proverbial you-know-what is going to hit the fan if they propose to list it.

Melinda Taylor of UT-Austin on the likely fallout of slapping an endangered designation on the spot-tailed earless lizard, a resident of the energy-rich Eagle Ford Shale

We’re weeding out the stoners.

Olivia Mannix, a co-founder of the advertising agency Cannabrand, on the rebranding of marijuana for a post-legalization world