Inside Intelligence: Battles of the Titans
This week, we asked the insiders what would happen if two of the Texas GOP's stars collided in a 2014 race for governor. Full Story
This week, we asked the insiders what would happen if two of the Texas GOP's stars collided in a 2014 race for governor. Full Story
Gov. Rick Perry today added his own voice to the increasingly loud controversy over the expected demise of Texas' Women's Health Program. Full Story
The Texas primaries will be held, as expected, on May 29, according to a federal court order issued this afternoon. Candidates have a week to file, starting tomorrow. Full Story
Meet John Nielsen-Gammon, the Texas state climatologist, and find out what Texas public universities are doing about low graduation rates. Full Story
The executive director of NALEO's Educational Fund on what it will take to motivate Latinos to vote this year, why immigration isn't the group's only concern and why voter ID legislation is a bad idea. Full Story
In an uncharacteristically angry letter written as the Women's Health Program circles the drain, the state health commissioner is blasting the Obama administration's argument that Texas can't exclude Planned Parenthood clinics. Full Story
Lawmakers have approved carving prescription drugs into Medicaid managed care to save Texas money — an estimated $100 million over the next biennium. But pharmacists worry lower reimbursement rates will drive them under. Full Story
As legislative races across the state take shape, education funding has been thrust into the spotlight. Full Story
The four-year graduation rates at Texas' public universities are staggeringly low. State officials acknowledge the numbers are dismal and are working to improve them. But not all higher ed leaders buy into the notion that such metrics matter. Full Story
Texas rice farmers near the Gulf Coast are anxiously awaiting word on whether they'll get water from the Lower Colorado River Authority for a rice crop this spring. The LCRA says the farmers' prospects are not good — which will relieve other Texans who also have a stake in the water. Full Story
Last March, 13,000 protesters met in Austin to protest cuts to public education in what organizers called one of the biggest Capitol rallies in state history. This month, as Nathan Bernier of KUT News reports, the same group of activists, Save Texas Schools, plans to do it again. Full Story
As more than 500 school districts sue the state over how it funds its public schools, Texas lawmakers announced today they would form an interim committee to study school finance. Full Story
Your evening reading: new Paul ad slams Republican rivals, including Romney; high school association criticized for denying Jewish day school's shot at title; Cruz video hits "timid career politician" Dewhurst Full Story
Evan, Ross, Reeve and Ben talk about the legacy of Ron Paul, the ramifications of the state's new political maps, and a Texas lawmaker's contingency plans for an asteroid attack. Full Story
A joint interim committee is charging ahead in the state's effort to persuade the federal government to give it more flexibility to run its Medicaid program. Full Story
Lloyd Doggett is moving again, and has a new Democratic opponent in Bexar County Tax Assessor-Collector Sylvia Romo. That's just the start of a busy week on the campaign trail. Full Story
GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul is out with a new ad today attacking all three of his rivals: "serial hypocrite" Newt Gingrich, "counterfeit conservative" Rick Santorum and "flip-flopper" Mitt Romney. Full Story
The latest school finance lawsuit following the state's $5.4 billion cut to public schools suggests that schools need more competition. Full Story
In a new video, GOP U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz is posing the race as a choice between a "strong conservative" (that would be him) and "timid career politician" David Dewhurst. Full Story
Texas' map-making maelstrom has come to an end, at least for now. Full Story