A Williamson County judge will consider silencing parties to the murder case against Mark Alan Norwood. He is charged with the 1986 beating death of Christine Morton, whose husband spent nearly 25 years in prison for the crime. Full Story
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Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has a Republican primary coming up, but if you listen to what he's saying, it's all about November. Full Story
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As Rick Perry said Tuesday, he's not going away. But new poll numbers spell possible trouble for him if he sticks around. Full Story
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There are signals that cartels south of the border aren’t looking at methamphetamine as merely a backup source for revenue anymore, analysts say. Full Story
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The Lower Colorado River Authority will soon decide whether rice farmers near the Gulf Coast will get water this year when the lakes near Austin are low because of the drought. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry told us on Tuesday that he may run for re-election. Voters aren't sold, according to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll. Full Story
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Your evening reading: U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear UT affirmative action case; Perry says re-election bid is "on the radar screen"; Straus endorses Romney Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry talked with the Tribune's Jay Root in his first extended interview with a Texas news outlet since leaving the presidential race. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry said Tuesday he is leaning toward running for re-election in 2014 and possibly another stab at the White House two years after that. Full Story
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UPDATED: University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers has responded to the U.S. Supreme Court decision to hear an affirmative action case that argues the university's race-conscious admissions policy violates the rights of white students. Full Story
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is picking up a big Texas endorsement Tuesday — from Speaker of the House Joe Straus. Full Story
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In a scathing new ad set to air in Michigan, Ron Paul attacks GOP front-runner-of-the-moment Rick Santorum for not being fiscally conservative. Full Story
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The director of the University of Texas at Austin's Center for Community College Student Engagement on the latest research identifying how to boost lagging success rates at two-year institutions. Full Story
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David Dewhurst leads his Republican competitors for U.S. Senate, but Ted Cruz is still decidedly in the mix. Full Story
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There is no consensus on the benefits of managed health care in the Rio Grande Valley, which had been the subject of a moratorium in three Valley counties. Full Story
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Texas leads the nation in making and using electricity, which also makes it the nation's top polluter. But as Dave Fehling of StateImpact Texas and KUHF reports, the state's biggest power plant has found a surprising use for some of that pollution: drilling for oil. Full Story
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The Lower Colorado River Authority, the utility that controls water flowing from the Highland Lakes to the Gulf Coast, is set to approve a new plan for allocating water. But as Mose Buchele of StateImpact Texas reports, the authority will first hear from the various — and often feuding — communities relying on the affected water sources. Full Story
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Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is still the leader of the Republican pack running for U.S. Senate, and Ted Cruz is in second place, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll. Full Story
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Your evening reading: Craig James touts Santorum surge; Paul raised $4.5 million in January; PayPal mogul donates millions to Paul Super PAC Full Story
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For this week's nonscientific survey of political and government insiders, we asked about the outcomes of the GOP's presidential and Senate primaries in Texas, the influence of the Tea Party and whether Texans will vote for a Mormon candidate for president. Full Story
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