"You don't find white people who are willing to work," the Democratic candidate for governor said. But there's more. He also didn't disavow the conspiracy theory that the U.S. government was involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Full Story
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Democrat Bill White runs stronger against Republican Rick Perry than either of Perry's Republican primary rivals, according to a new Daily Kos/Research 2000 Texas Poll. Full Story
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Your afternoon reading. Full Story
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Sales tax collections fell by double digits, again. Full Story
"Gilbert is far more knowledgeable about agriculture issues and state government than Friedman." Full Story
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"Earle has the better insight into the levers of power in government," says the Morning News. "Chavez-Thompson is undoubtedly the best Democratic candidate in the race," says the Express-News. Full Story
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It seems the social conservatives on the State Board of Education may be on their way to getting more ink than any other politicians in modern Texas history, a cause that will be helped in this Sunday's printing of The New York Times Magazine. Full Story
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The Texas Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of a $5 tax on admission to the state's strip clubs — a measure lawmakers implemented in 2007 to raise money for sexual assault prevention and low-income health insurance. Full Story
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With early voting starting next week and public poll numbers in the twenties, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's latest spot aims to remind voters why they should like her more than the incumbent governor. Full Story
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Farouk Shami's latest promise. Full Story
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Debra Medina, take comfort in the words of Cat Stevens — "The first cut is the deepest." Especially if the cut is about 9/11 truthers. Full Story
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Texas kids are poorer, hungrier and more often uninsured than kids in almost any other state, according to the Center for Public Policy Priorities. Full Story
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When a West Texas sheriff criminally charged a nurse who reported an unethical doctor to the Texas Medical Board, it sent shockwaves through the nation’s nursing community. But her acquittal has done little to calm the furor. Full Story
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The Tea Party is a movement more than an organization, with various Texas offshoots that agree on some things and not on others. Like whether to be a PAC or a nonprofit. Which issues to emphasize. And whether to endorse — gulp — Democrats. Full Story
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In the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, Rick Perry and Bill White are way out front in their respective primaries. Full Story
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The University of Texas / Texas Tribune poll, conducted from February 1-7, shows Gov. Rick Perry holding a 24-point lead over U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Republican gubernatorial primary contest, with Debra Medina posing a surprisingly strong challenge to Hutchison for second place. Full Story
Former FEMA head Joe Allbaugh jumped into the Medina-9/11 kerfuffle, landing landing himself squarely with Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the scorn section. Full Story
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"An affront to the men and women who are sacrificing their lives..." Full Story
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The number of Texas physicians who use electronic medical records has been on the rise for the last four years, according to a Texas Medical Association study. Full Story
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The primary matchup between perennial opponents state Rep. Al Edwards, D-Houston, and former state Rep. Borris Miles is going where most haven't publicly gone before: the urinal. Full Story
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