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Your afternoon reading: health care reform ruled unconstitutional, and Democrats eye 2012 congressional seats

Enlarge photo illustration by: Todd Wiseman

It's billions of dollars for the taking — and this session, it's lawmakers' forbidden fruit.

Your afternoon reading: nursing homes at risk, and Susan Combs hints at lite guv

Settle in, because voter ID's not going anywhere anytime soon.

Your afternoon reading: vulnerable GOP congressional seats, and Michael Williams makes it official

Months from now, you may be hard-pressed to even remember voter ID.

Your afternoon reading: voter ID vote could come early, congressional Democrats chime in, and "Choose Life" license plates make a return

The real battle over voter ID, which cleared an initial vote last night, could be just beginning.

Your afternoon reading: traffic ticket amnesty, Burka on Kelso, and voter ID rages on

Scratch that. Today's the day for voter ID.

Your afternoon reading: voter ID delayed, Elizabeth Ames Jones to kick off Senate campaign, and Tom DeLay's regrets

The governor calls it an emergency. His critics call it crying wolf.

Your afternoon reading: a State Board of Education member's eligibility in question, a House member de-"TeaApproved," and Joe Barton for Senate?

Usually dormant for its first two months, the Legislature could get cracking as soon as next week.

Your afternoon reading: more emergency items, Medicaid and the Supreme Court, and The Daily Show