The Midday Brief: Jan. 5, 2012
Your afternoon reading: parsing Perry's about-face; post-Iowa polls show bump for Santorum; Wentworth and Ames Jones in residency dispute Full Story
Your afternoon reading: parsing Perry's about-face; post-Iowa polls show bump for Santorum; Wentworth and Ames Jones in residency dispute Full Story
One question has sprung from many minds since Rick Perry's stunning reversal on Wednesday: What's the governor thinking? Full Story
Payday lenders are about to come under the microscope — the result of new laws designed to curb predatory lending and prevent a cycle of "debt and dependency." Full Story
Is UT the new Wall Street? A group of students taking their cues from the worldwide Occupy movement is preparing for a battle with University of Texas System regents over proposed tuition increases. Full Story
What motivated Gov. Rick Perry's quick-turn decision to forge ahead in the GOP presidential race despite a poor finish in the Iowa caucuses? We asked campaign strategists and politicos for their top five theories. Full Story
Natural gas drilling is booming across the country. But when a well blows out or catches fire, who gets called to fix it? Dave Fehling and Scott Detrow of StateImpact Texas report on the Texas wranglers busy capping wells in states like Pennsylvania. Full Story
Gov. Rick Perry may have seeemed like a dead man walking after his fifth-place finish Tuesday night in Iowa. But as Matt Largey of KUT News reports, Perry's pressing on, and his supporters still think he's the only candidate with the mettle to challenge Mitt Romney. Full Story
Evan, Reeve, Brandi and Jim attempt to wrap their heads around the future of Rick Perry's presidential campaign, the state of the U.S. Senate race, and what lies ahead in 2012. Full Story
Your afternoon reading: Perry stays in; Bachmann drops out; conservative elites to meet in Texas to find "consensus" candidate Full Story
At our Hot Seat conversation at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston on 12/14, state Reps. Craig Eiland, D-Galveston, and Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, discussed cuts to public and higher education and other byproducts of the 82nd Session. Full Story
Despite a disappointing finish in the Iowa caucuses that led Rick Perry to say he was returning home to Texas to reassess his candidacy, the Texas governor surprised everyone by announcing this morning that he would stay in the race. Full Story
A round-up of the morning show buzz after Tuesday night's Iowa caucuses. Full Story
The first defeat of Rick Perry's electoral career has likely marked the end of one of the most extraordinary flame-outs in modern political history. Full Story
Gov. Rick Perry will come home to pray and reflect and decide whether to continue his presidential quest after a fifth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses. Full Story
It may have been a disappointing night for Gov. Rick Perry, but for another Texan, Tuesday’s results left few doubts about what comes next. Matt Largey of KUT News reports on Ron Paul’s big night — and where he goes from here. Full Story
Gov. Rick Perry, after coming in fifth place in Tuesday night's Iowa caucuses, says he’ll return home to Texas to decide whether or not to continue his presidential bid. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports. Full Story
Federal judges will have to move quickly if Texas is going to hold primary elections on April 3. Full Story
The president pro tempore of the Texas Senate on what it was like to be second in line to run the Lone Star State when Gov. Rick Perry was out on the campaign trail. Full Story
Want to track the results live in Iowa? Using data provided by the Iowa Republican Party via Google, WNYC has built an embeddable app that will update live as results come in this evening. Full Story
An air of uncertainty is hanging over Gov. Rick Perry's presidential campaign ahead of the Iowa caucuses. Full Story