Corruption Investigations to Continue Despite Funding Veto
On the latest Agenda Texas, from KUT News and the Tribune: What's next for the state's only political corruption investigation unit, whose funding Gov. Rick Perry has eliminated. Full Story
On the latest Agenda Texas, from KUT News and the Tribune: What's next for the state's only political corruption investigation unit, whose funding Gov. Rick Perry has eliminated. Full Story
Your evening reading: Lehmberg calls Perry funding veto "misguided"; Senate advances transportation funding fix; Legislature fares better than Congress in new UT/TT poll Full Story
UPDATED: The board of the state’s embattled Texas Windstorm Insurance Association agreed Tuesday to take steps that it says will better prepare the agency for the 2013 hurricane season and be more efficient over the long term. Full Story
Senators on Tuesday tentatively approved a resolution that aims to solve the state's transportation funding woes by diverting future revenue from the Rainy Day Fund. Full Story
For this week's nonscientific survey of insiders in politics and government, we asked about the travails of the Travis County district attorney, and about the governor's ultimatum that she resign or lose state funding for her office. Full Story
Texas Democrats exercised considerable influence over the legislative process during the 2013 regular session, in contrast with their relative impotence last fall. While the November election results were unequivocally red, the legislation passed during the session was decidedly purple. Full Story
Constitutional questions could plague the capital murder legislation under consideration in the current special legislative session, according to some juvenile justice advocates. Full Story
Two legislators from Hidalgo County and two from Cameron County recall what it took to come up with a compromise on the bill to create a new university in South Texas, which Gov. Rick Perry recently signed into law. Full Story
Texas politicians and institutions are getting much better marks from the state’s voters than the president and Congress, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Full Story
Pharmacists squeezed between the costs of drugs and the sometimes lower-than-cost reimbursements from Medicaid are looking forward to changes in managed care that will let them see behind the reimbursements and to challenge them. Full Story
With just a week left in the special session, lawmakers are still debating legislation on redistricting, transportation, abortion and criminal justice, and the lengthy to-do list has some legislators worried that bills won't be properly vetted. Full Story
A major Supreme Court ruling on Monday drew a swift retort from U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. Full Story
Citing concerns about eminent domain abuse and the potential contamination of water resources, a coalition is asking state lawmakers to conduct interim studies and hold public meetings on the issue of oil pipeline expansion. Full Story
Your evening reading: Connecticut governor jabs at Perry over job-poaching trip; in new ad, Staples vows to fight liberals; House Democrat slams Perry's veto of ethics legislation Full Story
A panel of House lawmakers on Monday agreed to join other state officials in calling on the federal government to send additional aid to the small town of West, which was rocked in April by a massive plant explosion. Full Story
John Morton, who has overseen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement since 2009, is resigning from his post. Full Story
In a new video, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples, a declared candidate for lieutenant governor in 2014, vows that he will fight back against progressives who want to turn tomorrow's Texas into the California or Washington, D.C., of today. Full Story
As two Texans eye a 2016 presidential bid, one has already emerged as an early front-runner among the state's Republicans. Full Story
District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg's story was primarily about a public fall from grace. When Gov. Rick Perry stripped funding from the public integrity unit she runs, it also became a story about a political power grab. Full Story
Of the hundreds of bills that were approved by both the House and the Senate in the 83rd legislative session, more than two dozen were vetoed by Gov. Rick Perry. Use our interactive to see which measures did not survive Sunday's veto deadline. Full Story