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  • Liveblog: Environment at The Texas Tribune Festival

    By Ayan Mittra

    We're liveblogging the sessions from the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival's Environment track. The sessions include panels on the state's water needs, the Texas coast, agriculture in the state and Texas' battles with the federal Environmental Protection Agency. Full Story 

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    Credit: Graphic by Emily Albracht

  • The Brief: May 28, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    The Tea Party demonstrated forcefully its predominant position in Texas GOP politics on a runoff election night that also closed the curtain on a couple of long political careers. Full Story 

    Republican State Sen. Dan Patrick chats with reporters at a polling station in Cypress, Texas Tuesday, May 27, 2014 to stump for votes in his runoff against against incumbent Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.
    Credit: Michael Stravato

  • Conservative Candidates Ride Out Hard Hits

    By Morgan Smith

    In three statewide Republican runoff races, candidates who have aligned themselves to the right of their opponents are poised to capture the party's nomination despite fielding significant blows from their opponents, including forays into mental health records from three decades ago and a potentially disqualifying violation of state securities law. Full Story 

    Dan Patrick (l) in Salado, Tex., and David Dewhurst in Austin.
    Credit: Steve Moakley / Todd Wiseman

  • The Brief: May 23, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    Confirmation came down from the White House on Thursday night that San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro will be announced on Friday as President Obama's choice to be the next secretary of housing and urban development. Full Story 

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    Credit: Illustration by Rob Rudloff / The Texas Tribune

  • Analysis: A Kink in the Democrats' Chain

    By Ross Ramsey

    Texas Democratic leaders tried to keep Kinky Friedman off of their November ticket, for fear voters will not take him seriously. But if he wins a runoff for agriculture commissioner in May, he might offer them their best odds for a win. Full Story 

    Kinky Friedman is shown at his Medina, Texas, ranch.
    Credit: Todd Wiseman

  • Ag Candidates Weigh In on School Lunch Program

    By Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune and Reveal

    One of the Texas agriculture commissioner's biggest jobs is running the federally funded school breakfast and lunch program. Read what the Republican and Democratic candidates for agriculture commissioner have to say about the program. Full Story 

    School children at Cantu Elementary in San Juan, Texas, are shown eating breakfast on April 24, 2013.
    Credit: Delcia Lopez

  • TribLive: Miller on Immigration

    By Evan Smith

    At Thursday's TribLive conversation, former state Rep. Sid Miller, R-Stephenville, a 2014 candidate for Texas Agriculture Commissioner, discussed the proper balance between strengthening border security and maintaining the agricultural industry's labor force. Full Story 

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  • TribLive: Miller on the Farm Bill

    By Evan Smith

    At Thursday's TribLive conversation, former state Rep. Sid Miller, R-Stephenville, a 2014 candidate for Texas Agriculture Commissioner, talked about why he would have opposed the farm bill recently passed by Congress. Full Story 

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  • TribLive: Miller on Water

    By Evan Smith

    At Thursday's TribLive conversation, former state Rep. Sid Miller, R-Stephenville, a 2014 candidate for Texas Agriculture Commissioner, explained why the state's water crisis would be his first priority if he's elected — and what he'd do about it. Full Story 

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  • The Brief: Feb. 13, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    Ted Cruz put his party's Senate leaders in a tough spot Wednesday: vote against the Democrats on raising the debt limit and risk damaging global markets, or vote with the Democrats and hand Tea Party challengers a line of attack. Full Story 

    U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman, left, is framing his Senate campaign around how he can help U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, right better than current incumbent John Cornyn.
    Credit: Gage Skidmore

  • The Brief: Feb. 12, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    Former Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos was sentenced Tuesday to 13 years in prison for his role in a corruption scheme that in recent days has become a hot topic in the governor's race. Full Story 

    Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott talked about border security, criminal justice and other issues during his "Securing Texans" address in Dallas on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2014.
    Credit: Justin Dehn

  • The Brief: Feb. 11, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    On paper and in person, GOP gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott pushed back on Monday against critics of his use of the term "third world" to describe corruption in Texas. Full Story 

    Texas attorney general and candidate for governor of Texas Greg Abbott during a campaign stop in San Marcos, Texas on October 12th, 2013.
    Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera

  • The Brief: Feb. 7, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    The rise of anti-immigrant rhetoric in the GOP lieutenant governor's race — and personified by state Sen. Dan Patrick — is angering several Hispanic party leaders to the point where one of them is considering voting for a Democrat in the general election. Full Story 

    Candidate for Lt. Governor, Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, makes a point to Evan Smith at TribLive on September 19, 2013.
    Credit: Bob Daemmrich

  • The Brief: Feb. 4, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    Greg Abbott has reversed the campaign fundraising storyline of a month ago, raising more than three times the cash as the combined efforts of Wendy Davis and Battleground Texas. Full Story 

    Greg Abbott, then a candidate for governor and now the governor-elect, spoke at a NE Tarrant Tea Party meeting at Concordia Lutheran Church in Bedford on Nov. 12, 2013. State Sen. Wendy Davis, who was also running for governor, spoke to veterans at Luby's in Forest Hill the day before.
    Credit: Mark Graham / Cooper Neil