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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.
The retired three-star general on his bid for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, on the challenge of running in a Republican state in a presidential election year and why government policies might be referred to as "the new segregation." Full Story
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An interview with Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Ricardo Sanchez. Full Story
In a new fundraising letter for a fiscal watchdog group sent out over his signature, Gov. Rick Perry bashes the federal government for wasteful spending on Amtrak, the National Endowment for the Arts and public broadcasting. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry's former legislative director has a Super PAC to support Perry's run for president, and now there's another such PAC — headed by Perry's former chief of staff, Mike Toomey. Full Story
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In our latest unscientific survey of Capitol and political insiders, we asked if they have any remaining doubts that Rick Perry will run for president, and how they think he'd do in that race. Full Story
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If your job was to protect Gov. Rick Perry from political attack, you’d probably protect his front, his back and his left flank — the directions from which you’d expect his foes to attack. You could ignore his right, right? Full Story
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In an effort to make it easier for military and overseas voters to take part in elections, lawmakers may have killed turnout in primary election runoffs in Texas and increased the electoral power of organized groups like the Tea Party. Full Story
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The daughter of a former Texas House speaker tops the latest round of campaign announcements. Full Story
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Maybe it's the heat. Or redistricting. Or maybe Gov. Rick Perry's political hyperactivity is contagious. Whatever it is, candidates are popping up like it was Labor Day. Full Story
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About two dozen candidates and political action committees have more than $1 million in their accounts, some of them much more, according to our analysis of midyear filings with the Texas Ethics Commission. Full Story
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