Horse Slaughtering to Be Focus of Senate Hearing
Texas was home to two of the last three horse slaughterhouses in the U.S. On Tuesday, state senators will hear testimony on the economic impact of the closure of Texas’ slaughterhouses. Full Story
Texas was home to two of the last three horse slaughterhouses in the U.S. On Tuesday, state senators will hear testimony on the economic impact of the closure of Texas’ slaughterhouses. Full Story
Gov. Rick Perry’s decision to opt Texas out of the federal Medicaid expansion comes as the state's largest medical association has revealed that the number of Texas physicians accepting new Medicaid patients has dropped dramatically. Full Story
Michael Morton’s 2011 exoneration brought to a crescendo calls for change in the way that prosecutors are regulated in Texas. Morton, prosecutors and criminal justice reform advocates talk about why prosecutorial errors happen and how they can be prevented. Full Story
Desalination, the process of removing salt from water, may bring to mind a plant on the coast sucking in salty seawater and dispensing fresh water. But Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson has a plan to bring desalination hundreds of miles inland, to thirsty Central Texas. Full Story
Opening arguments were made and witnesses testified Monday in a five-day trial pitting Texas against the federal government in a showdown over the state's voter ID law. Full Story
Your evening reading: Perry says he'll work with Legislature to block Medicaid expansion; Cruz fires back over complaints from Senate Republicans; voter ID trial opens Full Story
With about three weeks left before the July 31 runoff, state Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, and his GOP challenger, Donna Campbell, have each released new television ads. Full Story
"We're just not going to be part of, again, socializing health care in the state of Texas and going in direct conflict with our founding fathers' wishes — and freedom, for that matter," Perry said in an interview with Fox News. Full Story
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus called on lawmakers Monday to start figuring out how to stop diverting billions of dollars in dedicated taxes and fees that are being used to balance state budgets. Full Story
After David Dewhurst's campaign criticized Ted Cruz for spreading "misinformation" about the legislative record of Texas Republicans, Cruz stood by his portrayal of Dewhurst as a profligate spender. Full Story
Before he was the U.S. Supreme Court chief justice who helped save "Obamacare," John Roberts was friends with U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz, who described Roberts' controversial decision as "heartbreaking." Full Story
Gov. Rick Perry today said no thanks on behalf of Texas to two major parts of federal health care reform. Full Story
Texas will not expand Medicaid or establish a health insurance exchange, two major tenets of the federal health reform that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld last month, Gov. Rick Perry said Monday morning. Full Story
The sudden death of 15 cows on a Central Texas pasture in May was more than a tragedy for the rancher. It marked the beginning of a search for answers that has pointed directly to the grass on which the cows were grazing. Full Story
In Texas, where the curriculum-setting State Board of Education has engaged in high-profile skirmishes over science education, there will be no rush to implement new nationally developed common standards. Full Story
Prosecutors have long enjoyed relative immunity for their mistakes. In the wake of Michael Morton’s case and other high-profile exonerations, many have joined his call for new laws to hold prosecutors accountable. Full Story
Eric Olson was 3 years old when his mother was beaten to death in her bed. Six months after losing his mother, Eric lost his father, too, when a Williamson County jury convicted Michael Morton and sent him to prison for life. Full Story
Speaking to more than 200 people at a Tea Party event in Sugar Land, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz showed more difference in style than in substance. Full Story
Grissom's analysis of misconduct by prosecutors and Murphy's interactive guide to the data and documents behind it, Aguilar on Mexico's presidential election and the official counting, Batheja and Root on donor vetting in the U.S. Senate race, Galbraith on what the drought has done to the Ogallala Aquifer, Hamilton queries education experts on STEM, M. Smith's cheat sheet to guide you through the state's school finance lawsuits and Dehn's latest Weekend Insider on runoff elections and prosecutors: The best of our best from July 2 to 6, 2012. Full Story
Your evening reading: internal Cruz poll draws skepticism; Dewhurst surrogate clashes with Cruz after forum; soot a growing threat for Texas, scientists say Full Story