As the trial over how Texas funds its public schools kicks off, we've compiled all our school finance coverage — from the battles of the last legislative session to the latest developments in the case — in one place. Full Story
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When Ken Armbrister, chief legislative aide to Gov. Rick Perry, said last week that Perry had told him he was going to run for re-election in 2014, Armbrister may have done his boss a favor. Full Story
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Former President Bill Clinton is coming to Texas this week to stump for state Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Francisco "Quico" Canseco, R-San Antonio, the Gallego campaign has announced. Full Story
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Early voting in Texas begins today, and campaigns across the state don't want you to forget it. Full Story
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The battle between the Sierra Club and Harold Simmons' Waste Control Specialists nuclear disposal site is intensifying as Andrews County joins the fray with a lawsuit against the environmental group. Full Story
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Our reporting on political races continues with Aaronson in Dallas’ Kent-Villalba contest in HD-114, Aguilar on the Lozano-Gonzalez Toureilles race in HD-43, Ramshaw on the heated Davis-Shelton battle in Tarrant County’s SD-10, Root on the introduction of Jesus into the Canseco-Gallego race in CD-23, Batheja contrasts ways to pay for new road projects in Texas, Grissom on the difference between county and state lockups for juveniles, Hamilton profiles the Senate’s new honcho of higher education, Murphy’s latest data drilling on Super PACs and presidential contributions by ZIP code, M. Smith’s report on cheerleaders and religion in Kountze, and video of E. Smith’s conversation with four experts on the future of Medicare: The best of our best from Oct. 15 to 19, 2012. Full Story
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Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Paul Sadler stuck mostly to policy issues and even found a rare area of agreement Friday evening during their second, and likely final, debate before the general election. Full Story
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Outgoing Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley is being considered to head up the state office that prosecutes crimes in state prisons and juvenile detention facilities. Full Story
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Your evening reading: Texas Supreme Court upholds franchise tax; state appeals redistricting ruling; Cruz, Sadler to face off again tonight Full Story
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As expected, the state of Texas is appealing a federal court decision throwing out Legislature's redistricting maps, Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Friday. The appeal, however, won't affect the current elections. Full Story
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The chairman of the Republican Party of Texas says he won't be home before Election Day. Full Story
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The Supreme Court of Texas has dismissed a challenge by Nestle Inc. and two other businesses targeting the state’s franchise tax. The court said that the tax squares with the Texas and U.S. constitutions. Full Story
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The prosecutor who oversaw Michael Morton's wrongful conviction in 1987 is now facing both civil and criminal legal action and could be disbarred if he is found to have violated professional rules of conduct. Full Story
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Texas added 21,000 nonfarm jobs in September, according to numbers released Friday by the Texas Workforce Commission. The gains brought the state's unemployment rate to 6.8 percent, down from August's 7.1 percent. Full Story
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Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Paul Sadler, candidates for U.S. Senate, will spar Friday evening in what is likely to be their last televised debate before Election Day. Full Story
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A couple of key "process" decisions — adopting an official prediction of how much the economy and population will grow, and deciding how big a patch to put on the current state budget — could limit state spending for the next two years. Full Story
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The higher education background of state Sen. Kel Seliger, the new Senate Higher Education Committee chairman, is pretty thin, particularly when compared with that of his predecessor. But he says he's "learning a lot very rapidly." Full Story
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All eyes are on the Fort Worth matchup between state Sen. Wendy Davis, the Democratic incumbent, and her Republican challenger, state Rep. Mark Shelton — and not just because it is expected to be a nail-biter. Full Story
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A controversial advertisement has heightened the drama in what was already the state's most heated congressional battle. Full Story
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In a new TV ad, Republican Wayne Faircloth says state Rep. Craig Eiland, D-Galveston, actually lives in Austin and says he can afford his house there because "he's a trial lawyer who sues businesses." Full Story