2010: "Reform" War in El Paso
It's a battle of the "reformers" — Texans for Lawsuit Reform and Texans for Insurance Reform — out in El Paso, and the two are neck-and-neck. Full Story
It's a battle of the "reformers" — Texans for Lawsuit Reform and Texans for Insurance Reform — out in El Paso, and the two are neck-and-neck. Full Story
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
Kinky Friedman is hoping some star power will help his campaign, so he's called in a favor from an old friend named Willie Nelson. Full Story
Whether he crosses the 50% threshold or is forced into a run-off when the polls close next Tuesday, the results of the last UT/Texas Tribune Poll suggest that Rick Perry's synchronous orbit over a big chunk of the Republican primary electorate has helped him prove many observers — not to mention KBH boosters and donors — very wrong. Full Story
The latest Public Policy Polling numbers show Bill White way up and Gov. Rick Perry holding his lead. Full Story
March 2 picks from the Texas State Rifle Assocation (yes to Dora, no to Delwin) and Texas Right to Life (no to Kays). Full Story
There’s plenty for Texas-focused Supreme Court watchers to gnaw on today. Also, there’s this election going on, and people really want to vote in it. Full Story
The five major candidates in the governor's race spent $24 million from Jan. 22 to Feb. 20. Full Story
Forget about issues. The GOP primary for this Senate seat in Central Texas is all about honesty and integrity. Incumbent Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, says of his challenger, Ben Bius, "I can't remember the last time he said something truthful." Bius says of Ogden, "I can forgive a man a policy difference if he keeps his word." Full Story
North Texas Democrats see GOP state Rep. Linda Harper-Brown's Irving seat as theirs for the taking in 2010 — the top target in their battle to take back the majority in the House. But first they have to settle on a candidate. Full Story
With only a week to go before the GOP primary for governor, Debra Medina is pressing forward with her insurgent candidacy — despite the controversy over 9/11 truthers that temporarily upended her campaign. Her core supporters remain strongly with her, unfazed by and miffed at the media's scrutiny. How the whole thing ends is anyone's guess. Ben Philpott, covering the 2010 elections for KUT News and the Tribune, spent Monday on the trail with Medina and her flock and filed this report. Full Story
Will the MSNBC host accept? Full Story
Don't click that link! Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples is the latest "phishing" victim on Twitter. Full Story
The Texas Attorney General's office is throwing its own punches at the attorney who sued the state over its storage of infant blood samples, saying all he wanted was the headlines. Full Story
Republican candidate Milton Rister says he's got nothing to do with the speaker-bashing in an email making the rounds in Georgetown. Full Story
As Texas education officials predicted when objecting to federal Race to the Top grant rules, the feds may now be moving to tie billions more in federal funds to the adoption of national curriculum standards, according to an Education Week report. Full Story
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
Did it just get easier for governmental agencies in Texas to delay releasing public information? Full Story
Move over Helen Mirren, there's a new woman starring in "The Queen." That's the name of Rick Perry's latest ad attacking Kay Bailey Hutchison. Full Story
Gov. Rick Perry's tapping into an anti-government groundswell with his latest ad. It's called "Tenth Amendment." Full Story