Hall Hopes to Ride to Re-election With Help From Friends
Congress’ oldest member is trying to prove wrong those writing his political obituary with a spirited rally around the incumbent effort.
Full StoryCongress’ oldest member is trying to prove wrong those writing his political obituary with a spirited rally around the incumbent effort.
Full StoryAnd a trio of Tea Party House members ride to the help of T.J. Fabby.
Full StoryThis week in the Newsreel: A business group drops its endorsement of Dewhurst, the Hall report is in and four U.S. presidents visit Austin.
Full StoryFor this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we asked about the impeachment efforts against a University of Texas regent, about the reputation of UT’s flagship in Austin and about whether the turmoil will affect UT’s search for a new chancellor.
Full StoryKey meetings and events for the coming week.
Full StoryHall acted like a roving inspector general in search of a problem rather than a solution.
An excerpt from the draft report prepared for the House panel investigating allegations of impeachable offenses by UT System Regent Wallace Hall
[The report] leads us to conclude the committee is not serious about its mission, and instead is engaged in a campaign to influence public impressions of Regent Hall for political purposes.
Hall attorney Stephen Ryan expressing displeasure in a letter to the House panel over the release of the draft report to media outlets before it was publicly available
Yes, they broke the law, but it’s not a felony; it’s an act of love. It’s a different kind of crime.
Rumored GOP presidential contender Jeb Bush challenging his party's orthodoxy on immigration
I mean, that statement he made about illegal immigrants being an act of love is kind of bizarre. I grant him the complete sincerity and honesty of his view, he’s always had that kind of approach. But that’s leading with your chin.
Conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer, clearly put off by Bush's immigration comments
I went to the drug store to fill a prescription, and there were two people hitting me up for tickets.
LBJ Foundation vice chairman and former Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes on the popularity of this week's Civil Rights Summit in Austin
The LBJ Presidential Library drew national attention this week by hosting the Civil Rights Summit to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act. The biggest headlines were around the appearances of President Barack Obama and three former Presidents. But other noteworthy panels were held on gay marriage, the relationship between MLK and LBJ and memories of the civil rights movement from three frontline participants.
The counsel for the House committee investigating impeachment charges against UT Regent Wallace Hall released his report, listing the grounds that could be used to support a recommendation to impeach. The draft report by Houston attorney Rusty Hardin, though, created controversy by being released to media outlets before it became publicly available.
Gov. Rick Perry announced changes to his senior staff, naming Felix Browne his new director of communications and Hugh Addington his new director of scheduling and advance. The addition of Browne, who was a Mitt Romney adviser, spurred further speculation that Perry is eyeing another run at the White House in 2016.
The SBOE fashioned a compromise with advocates of an elective course on Mexican-American studies, adding instructional materials for a number of ethnic studies courses that could be picked up voluntarily by school districts.
The Texas Department of Transportation dismantled a portion of its toll tag website after a blogger noticed that it was leaving users' credit card information exposed. The flaw left 1.2 million TxTag holders vulnerable.
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Sondra Haltom has been hired to serve as Texas state director for the DNC's Voter Expansion Project. Haltom founded the nonprofit group Empower the Vote Texas in December 2012 and before that was the political director for the Texas Democratic Party.
Carine M. Feyten is the sole finalist for chancellor and president of Texas Woman's University. She comes to the university from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where she has been dean of the College of Education, Health and Society since 2006.
Air Guard Brig. Gen. Kenneth W. Wisian has been promoted to the rank of Major General in the Texas Air National Guard. A University of Texas graduate, Wisian has served in the Air National Guard since 1994.
The political arm of the Texas Medical Association has endorsed in two GOP House runoffs: DeWayne Burns in HD-58 and Morgan Meyer in HD-108.
GOP attorney general candidate Dan Branch picked up the endorsement of State Republican Executive Committee member and Hispanic Republicans of Texas founder George Antuna.
GOP SD-10 candidate Konni Burton received endorsements from Tarrant County District Clerk Tom Wilder and Constable Clint Burgess. The Burton camp noted that Wilder had previously supported her and former state Rep. Mark Shelton.
GOP SD-4 candidate Brandon Creighton announced the support of the Texas Patriots PAC as well as from the Kingwood and East Montgomery County Tea Parties. Creighton is running in the May 10 special election to fill the seat relinquished by Tommy Williams.