The Conservative Core and the 2012 Primary Elections
The February 2012 University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll shows a riptide of very conservative opinion is exerting a strong pull on state politics. Full Story
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The Evening Brief: March 13, 2012
Your evening reading: Barton campaign exceeded limit in contribution to Gingrich; Rasmussen poll shows Romney and Santorum running even in Texas; RedState blogger hits Dewhurst over health care adviser Full Story
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An Update on Who's Not Coming Back Next Year
With the filing deadline passed and the electoral maps finalized at last, we've updated the 2012 quit list. Full Story
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News App: The 2012 Election Brackets
The candidates have filed for the May 29 primary elections, and we've updated our election brackets to reflect the final filing period. Full Story
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Inside Out: The Insiders vs. the Voters
On many issues, the insiders we survey every week are very different from the voters we surveyed for the University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll in February. But sometimes, they sing in harmony. Full Story
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Special Prosecutor Appointed in Morton Case
A Houston lawyer with a long list of high profile clients has been tapped to be the prosecutor in the court of inquiry into possible misconduct in the case of Michael Morton, who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1987. Full Story
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TribLive: A Conversation with Halperin and Heilemann
On Sunday night at the LBJ Library in Austin, Game Change co-authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann talked about the HBO movie based on their best-selling book as well as the 2012 presidential campaign. Full Story
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The Brief: March 13, 2012
Yet another election controversy has pushed Texas into the middle of a national fight over voting rights. Full Story
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Tax Breaks for Sporting Events Raise Questions
Critics are questioning the use of state money they say is being spent to attract sporting events that originated in Texas and don’t appear to be leaving anytime soon. Full Story
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Mark Mathis: The TT Interview
The director of SpOILed, which has been described as a "love song to Big Oil," on who funded his film and why he gives short shrift to climate change. Full Story
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Critics Say New Source of Oil Brings Risks for Texas
Tar sands from Canada may provide the U.S. with a new source of oil. But as Dave Fehling of KUHF News reports for StateImpact Texas, what critics call the world's dirtiest oil could pose a risk to communities on the Gulf Coast, where the oil would be processed. Full Story
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The Evening Brief: March 12, 2012
Your evening reading: Justice Department rejects Texas' voter ID law; George P. Bush denies any "firm plans" to run for land commissioner in 2014; media downplayed Paul's Super Tuesday performance, campaign says Full Story
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Video: Kathleen Sebelius on the Women's Health Program
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Friday that the federal government is on the brink of cutting off funding for Texas' Women's Health Program over the state's insistence on excluding Planned Parenthood. Full Story
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Storify Timeline: See How Controversy Over Health Program Has Unfolded
This Storify timeline looks at how the controversy over the Texas Women's Health Program has unfolded. Full Story
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Dems Cheer, GOP Slams Federal Voter ID Decision
Reaction has been pouring in after today's news that the U.S. Department of Justice has refused to preclear Texas' voter ID law. Republicans are chiding the federal government, and Democrats are cheering. Full Story
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Justice Department Rejects Voter ID Law
UPDATED: The U.S. Department of Justice has rejected Texas' application for preclearance of its voter ID law, saying the state did not prove that the measure would not have a discriminatory effect on minority voters. Full Story
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The Brief: March 12, 2012
Newt Gingrich, grasping for momentum, may have just found his Hail Mary play: Rick Perry for vice president. Full Story
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Campus Election Seasons Provide Political Intrigue
At the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University campuses, the student body election seasons have been anything but ordinary. Full Story
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Texas A&M Looks for Savings, Finds a Fight
John Sharp, the new Texas A&M University System chancellor, is out to privatize services at the main campus in College Station. Full Story
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Death Row Case is About More Than Innocence
A federal judge said in a recent ruling that he has serious concerns about whether Rob Will committed the murder he was sent to death row for, but the law prevented him from doing anything about it. Full Story
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