In New Ad, Staples Touts Immigration Position
Republican Todd Staples, running for lieutenant governor, rolled out a new TV commercial extolling his views on immigration. Full Story
Ross Ramsey co-founded The Texas Tribune in 2009 and served as its executive editor until his retirement in 2022. He wrote regular columns on politics, government and public policy. Before joining the Tribune, he was editor and co-owner of Texas Weekly. He did a 28-month stint in government with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Before that, he reported for the Houston Chronicle, the Dallas Times Herald, as a Dallas-based freelancer for regional and national magazines and newspapers, and for radio stations in Denton and Dallas.
Republican Todd Staples, running for lieutenant governor, rolled out a new TV commercial extolling his views on immigration. Full Story
Looking for income disparity? Look at the Texas campaign finance reports, where contributions from big donors outstrip the contributions from thousands of small ones. Full Story
On this week's edition of WFAA-TV's Inside Texas Politics, I talked with host Jason Whitely about the three-way race for second place in the GOP contest for lieutenant governor. Full Story
Republicans running for lieutenant governor demonstrated in their debate Monday that they are concerned about their March primary, not about how their positions might sound in November. Full Story
In which we rank the races by risk to the incumbents and/or the level of drama for candidates and voters. We'll add, subtract and change the rankings as the races develop. Full Story
For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we asked about the race for lieutenant governor. Full Story
The leading candidates for governor have already started a war of words. Last week, it was about divorce and disability — and political correctness. Full Story
On this week's edition of WFAA-TV's Inside Texas Politics, I talked with host Jason Whitely about last week's brouhaha over discrepancies in Wendy Davis' biography. Full Story
The best of our best content from Jan. 20 to 24, 2014. Full Story
Lawmakers love to say that they have solved the state's school finance problems. With that system being challenged once again in court, it's clear that all they can do is readjust it every few years. Full Story