Keeping the School Finance Cases Straight
By the end of the year, there will likely be four school finance lawsuits filed against the state. Here's a primer. Full Story
By the end of the year, there will likely be four school finance lawsuits filed against the state. Here's a primer. Full Story
The state doesn't have maps for its congressional and legislative districts, throwing the date what was going to be a March 6 primary into question. It seemed like a good time to ask the insiders about this. Full Story
Arizona sheriff and Gov. Rick Perry endorser Joe Arpaio allegedly engaged in discriminatory law enforcement practices and racial profiling of Latinos, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Justice. Full Story
In this episode of Weekend Insider, Gov. Rick Perry heads out on a bus tour of Iowa, and reporters Ben Philpott and Jay Root are along for the ride. Reporter Julian Aguilar takes a different type of bus tour — from Mexico to Dallas with some serious Cowboys fans. Full Story
Your afternoon reading: Perry ad targets Gingrich, Romney; executions, death sentences drop in Texas; Perry's scandal fixer Full Story
The Perry campaign's latest attack ad labels Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich as "political insiders." Both are running ahead of the Texas governor in most polls. Full Story
Leading a national downward trend in the use of the death penalty, Texas has executed just 13 prisoners so far in 2011, the lowest number in more than a decade. And juries meted out only eight new death sentences. Full Story
The federal government has granted Texas permission to move almost all of its Medicaid patients into managed care in an effort to save money. But as Carrie Feibel of KUHF News reports, hospitals will now have to do more to show how they spend — and prove they deserve — state money. Full Story
The magazine was reluctant to confer its "lowest honor" on the Texas governor until his now-infamous brain freeze. "In that moment," editor Jake Silverstein writes, "all our resistance melted away." Full Story
When will the elections be held? Sometime next year. The dates for the congressional and legislative elections won't be certain until maps have been approved. But candidates are filing, and endorsements haven't stopped. Full Story
The escalating fight between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney has spawned an unlikely Texas alliance (of sorts). Full Story
Nearly a week after faculty unrest led to the sudden ousting of Dean Larry Sager from the University of Texas School of Law, his interim replacement told the Tribune one of her top priorities will be a review of faculty compensation. Full Story
Gov. Rick Perry kicked off his two-and-a-half week, 40-stop Iowa bus tour today in an effort to rejuvenate a campaign that has been down in the polls for several weeks. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports. Full Story
Evan, Ross, Reeve and Morgan on the latest from the University of Texas School of Law, the launch of Rick Perry's Iowa bus tour and the return of Craig James. Full Story
Gov. Rick Perry launched his meandering, hopeful bus tour through first-test Iowa, pleading with voters to give him another chance ahead of the crucial Jan. 3 caucuses. Full Story
Your afternoon reading: Perry internals show Gingrich slipping; Paul says he hasn't gone negative; Romney warns against "zany" Gingrich Full Story
A pointed warning from the Obama administration has heightened the drama surrounding the state's already chaotic redistricting process. Full Story
The Williamson County attorney on how the Michael Morton case inspired her to run against Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley, and her concerns that his office could still allow the same mistakes. Full Story
Though a state commission is considering raising the cap on energy prices, Dave Fehling of KUHF News and StateImpact Texas reports that some think allowing rates to rise won't be enough to ensure that companies can keep building plants in a state that keeps on growing. Full Story
The federal government's rejection this week of a state request to exclude certain providers — namely Planned Parenthood — from the Women's Health Program came as a victory to some family planning advocates, and a travesty to others. Full Story