According to Stuck in the Middle: The False Choice Between Health and Education in Texas Middle Schools, school administrators are choosing between improving academic performance and improving fitness — and sacrificing both as a consequence. Full Story
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Your afternoon reading: More tension with the EPA, and Rick Perry's chances of winning the Republican presidential nomination Full Story
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In Austin, undocumented students spent the week risking deportation to speak publicly about their support of the DREAM Act. Full Story
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Speakers rally for the DREAM Act in Austin. Full Story
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State Rep. Ken Paxton, R-McKinney, is throwing his hat in the ring to be the next speaker of the House. Full Story
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A sudden spat was all it took to turn the speaker's race into a full-fledged fight. Full Story
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Over the last five years, cities and counties in Texas have shelled out $17 million more to hire lobbyists in Washington, D.C., according to disclosure forms analyzed by the Tribune. “Just like anyone else in the nation, we pay federal taxes, and we expect a return on those dollars,” says Larry Gilley, the city manager of Abilene, which paid $320,000 to lobbyists between January 2006 and October 2010. Full Story
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Texas has the dubious distinction of being home to one of the busiest human trafficking routes in the country: the stretch of Interstate Highway 10 that runs from El Paso to Houston. Full Story
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State senators reduced the amount they spent on office expenses by $830,000 this year, or an average of nearly $26,000 per senator, an analysis by The Texas Tribune found. Full Story
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In this week's TribCast, Evan, Ross, Elise and Ben look ahead to the next legislative session — the bills, the two-thirds rule and division in Republican ranks. Full Story
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The speaker's race drama continues! House Speaker Joe Straus is hitting back — hard — at challenger state Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, calling on Chisum to "stop the threatening letters, mean-spirited emails, and angry phone calls." Full Story
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The Public Utility Commission will cancel plans to build one controversial wind-power transmission line, as well as a segment of a second — to Hill Country landowners' undoubted relief. Full Story
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During his TribLive interview Wednesday morning, U.S. Rep. Gene Green, D-Houston, was asked if — in light of his party's Election Day disemboweling — he would support outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi's bid for minority leader. Full Story
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The largest school district in Texas isn't providing enough opportunities for high school girls to play sports, according to a Title IX complaint filed by the National Women's Law Center today. Full Story
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At a meeting today in Austin, the University of Texas System Board of Regents voted unanimously to terminate its partnership with Texas Southmost College in Brownsville. Now, a four-year process of phasing out the partnership will go into effect with an August 2015 deadline. Full Story
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"Republican to Republican, I have to ask the Speaker to 'Let our people go,'" said speaker candidate state Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa. It's the latest salvo in an ongoing back-and-forth between the two speaker candidates. Full Story
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The latest defection from Speaker Joe Straus' list of supporters is state Rep. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, who claims the speaker's team is "using the redistricting process as retribution." Full Story
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Your afternoon reading: good (long-term) economic news for Texas, border violence and George W. Bush on Islam Full Story
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After a media tour in New York, Gov. Rick Perry returned to Texas to promote his new book, "Fed Up!" San Antonio supporters were not only eager to read the book but hopeful that the governor would run for president. Full Story
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Already weary, Democrats in the Legislature stand to lose one of their last remaining bulwarks. Full Story
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