A new poll sponsored by Planned Parenthood found that 59 percent of likely Texas voters oppose efforts to keep the health provider's clinics out of the joint state-federal Women's Health Program. But the poll is likely to have critics. Full Story
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Your evening reading: border-area Democratic state representative to switch parties; Paul campaign touts endorsements from Romney relatives; Barbara Bush slams 2012 presidential field Full Story
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Freshman state Rep. J.M. Lozano, D-Kingsville, will announce later this week he will join the Republican Party. Full Story
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For this week's nonscientific survey of our political and governmental insiders, we asked who would win a fantasy matchup between Rick Perry and Greg Abbott, whether there will be a runoff in the Senate race, and who'll be the next Railroad Commissioner. Full Story
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At our Hot Seat conversation at the University of North Texas in Denton on 2/28, state Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls, and state Rep. Myra Crownover, R-Lake Dallas, discussed cuts to public and higher education and other by-products of the 82nd Session. Full Story
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Ron Paul has gone 12 states without a win, but that may finally change tomorrow. Full Story
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The nephew of former President George W. Bush is focusing on outreach for Hispanic Republicans through his new PAC. Full Story
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Texas Republicans grabbed just about every seat that wasn't protected by the Voting Rights Act. Democrats either have to find more voters or be forced to continue relying on ethnicity to protect the seats they still have. Full Story
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is considering letting hunters use silencers on the end of their rifles. But as Mose Buchele of KUT News reports for StateImpact Texas, the proposal has raised public safety concerns. Full Story
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Sam Houston State University administrators credit a nationally recognized advising center for moving their graduation rates in the right direction. Full Story
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Texas Southern University has the state's lowest graduation rate, but TSU President John Rudley says that steps are being taken to put the university on the right track. Full Story
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Aaronson and Tan interactively map women's health program providers in Texas, Galbraith talks to the state's climatologist about (what else?) the drought, Grissom with the latest on violence in youth prisons, Hamilton on why UTEP's low four-year graduation rate may not matter, Murphy's interactive comparing graduation rates and more at public universities in Texas, Ramsey on the redistricting end game (we think), Ramshaw on the state health commissioner's attack on Planned Parenthood and Root on the closing of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's storied Austin bureau: The best of our best content from February 27 to March 2, 2012. Full Story
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Your evening reading: Crownover and Estes on why they aren't backing Ron Paul, Suehs responds to criticism and more people in Ciudad Juárez feel safer. Full Story
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Waco-area resident and rock star Ted Nugent endorsed Mitt Romney's bid for the GOP presidential nomination today, but he told the Tribune that things would be different if Gov. Rick Perry had run a different campiagn. Full Story
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A crowd gathered Friday at the Planned Parenthood Health Center in Austin to express concerns over the expected demise of the Women's Health Program. Full Story
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At Monday's Hot Seat conversation in Denton, state Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls, and state Rep. Myra Crownover, R-Lake Dallas, talked about their unwillingness to support a certain Texas congressman in 2012. Full Story
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The state's higher education reform debate may have cooled, but the discussion hasn't frozen. The Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education is meeting right now in Austin — and they say they're not giving up the fight. Full Story
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With May 29 primaries in place, the political jockeying has begun. Full Story
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The Lower Colorado River Authority decided Thursday night that there wasn’t enough water in the Highland Lakes to send water downstream to rice farmers in Southeast Texas. Terrence Henry of KUT News and StateImpact Texas reports on where the farmers go from here. Full Story
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UTEP's graduation rates are among the worst in the state, but President Diana Natalicio is adamant that the metric doesn't accurately reflect the institution. Full Story
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