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Mike Kanin is the Publisher of the Austin Monitor. As such, he doesn't report on much--aside from the workings of the Monitor--any more. In his previous life as a freelance journalist, Kanin has written for the Washington City Paper, the Washington Post's Express, the Boston Herald, Boston's Weekly Dig, the Austin Chronicle, and the Texas Observer.
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Austin Monitor Radio: TravCo politics with Deece Eckstein and Mark Littlefield
Sunday, July 12, 2015 by Michael Kanin
Travis County Intergovernmental Relations Coordinator Deece Eckstein and political consultant Mark Littlefield join Monitor freelancer Caleb Pritchard for a look at the immediate political future for Travis County electeds. Show is embedded below:
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