Your evening reading: closing arguments heard in voter ID trial; Democratic groups revive Perry's attacks on Romney; Mexican presidential runner-up challenges results
New polling, new ads and a new ethics controversy shook up the already lively U.S. Senate race on Thursday.
Your evening reading: Cruz on top in two new polls; Club for Growth unveils new ads attacking Dewhurst; state cuts health care reform cost estimate by $11 billion
Texas played host on Wednesday to the latest pitch in the presidential race: Mitt Romney's appeal to black voters.
Your evening reading: Dewhurst immigration speeches removed from state website; Romney booed at NAACP convention in Houston; Cornyn calls Holder's voter ID comments "bizarre"
With Rick Perry emerging as the most public face of the fight against Medicaid expansion, how many Republican governors will follow his lead?
Your evening reading: as voter ID trial proceeds, Holder vows to fight law; Paul endorses Riddle in CD-25 race; Cruz, Dewhurst drop new ads
For this week's nonscientific survey of government and political insiders, we asked about a dozen open House races on the July 31 ballot and found the insiders mostly in agreement, wrong or right.
Texas has gained control of the latest political football to emerge from the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark health care ruling: Medicaid expansion.
Your evening reading: Perry says he'll work with Legislature to block Medicaid expansion; Cruz fires back over complaints from Senate Republicans; voter ID trial opens
Gov. Rick Perry today said no thanks on behalf of Texas to two major parts of federal health care reform.
