Your evening reading: Cornyn says GOP still has "no plans" to help Akin; Democratic state lawmakers' praise for Republican draws party scorn; Abbott offers help to school district caught in Bible verse controversy Full Story
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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has stepped into what has become a national headline-grabbing controversy over cheerleaders at an East Texas school displaying Bible verses at football games. Full Story
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At the unofficial kickoff of the 2012 Texas Tribune Festival, I talked with the superintendents of the Corpus Christi, Harlingen, Houston and Northwest school districts about the state of public education. Full Story
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Months after his run, one of the details surrounding Gov. Rick Perry's unraveling on the presidential campaign trail remains murky. Full Story
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The turmoil on the debate stage was matched by monumental infighting and bitterness inside Gov. Rick Perry's campaign. In the last excerpt from Oops! A Diary from the 2012 Campaign Trail, the divisions are laid bare. Full Story
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Getting elected takes a particular set of skills, governing another. And some members of the incoming freshman legislative class have no experience running things. Full Story
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As with Gov. Rick Perry’s $10,000 degree proposal, his latest call for reducing the price of college — locking in tuition for four years — may prove difficult to implement uniformly in a state as diverse as Texas. Full Story
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Texas has 148 public and private colleges and universities but no single source for easily finding statistics about how well they perform. This easy-to-navigate interactive database lets you explore key academic, enrollment and cost records on all of Texas' institutions of higher learning. Full Story
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On Friday, a Beaumont county judge will rule on yet another case involving TransCanada, the company building the Keystone XL pipeline. Despite all the court action, some say recent eminent domain rulings still haven't clarified where private-property rights end. Full Story
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Prison investigator A.P. Merillat's court testimony about the violence inmates serving life sentences can inflict has helped send at least 15 murderers to death row. Now, his credibility has been condemned by the state’s highest criminal court. Full Story
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Jewish prison inmate Max Moussazadeh is demanding that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice serve him kosher food. On Monday, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear his case. Full Story
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Your evening reading: Perry dismisses sleep apnea diagnosis; new ad hits Canseco on clean energy; Austin City Council endorses gay marriage Full Story
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University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers said he was "heartened" by the statewide discussion on locking in students' tuition rates for four years, and he called on the state to similarly lock in funding for public universities. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry is downplaying the effects that a previously undiagnosed sleep disorder had on his ill-fated presidential campaign, days after his office confirmed the ailment. Full Story
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At the 2012 Texas Tribune Festival, I talked 2012 presidential politics with Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker, Gwen Ifill of Washington Week and Julie Mason of Sirius/XM's The Press Pool. Full Story
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A coalition of nonprofit foundations and the Houston-based advocacy organization Children at Risk have released the initial findings of their comprehensive report on how the 2011 budget cuts have affected public schools. Full Story
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State budget concerns may have engulfed the last legislative session, but Texas officials are now sounding the alarm over another looming fiscal predicament: local debt. Full Story
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The 85 mph speed limit assigned to a new toll road opening in Central Texas is drawing plenty of interest, but it may not draw many truck drivers, according to an official with the Texas Motor Transportation Association. Full Story
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Mexican President Felipe Calderón is known for a war on drugs that has left thousands dead. Opponents of Calderón's war are worried his next stop could be a teaching position at the University of Texas at Austin. Full Story
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By the time Gov. Rick Perry's campaign sputtered into South Carolina in January, he was so gaffe-prone that aides struggled to bat down stories about blunders that never actually happened. An excerpt from Oops! A Diary from the 2012 Campaign Trail. Full Story
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