Comptroller Susan Combs endorsed Rick Santorum in the 2012 GOP primary for president today, telling the Tribune the former Pennsylvania senator is "the only real conservative left in the race." Full Story
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Aaronson on the four-year wait for housing assistance after two hurricanes, Aguilar on George P. Bush's plan to bring Hispanics into the GOP, Hamilton on low graduation rates at state universities, Murphy maps what redistricting did to you, Ramshaw and (Belluck of the New York Times) on Texas vs. Planned Parenthood, Root reports on a legislator who could double-dip but won't, M. Smith and Murphy interactively illustrate job losses in Texas schools over the last year and Tan on what cuts have done to Medicare and Medicaid providers: The best of our best content from March 5 to 9, 2012. Full Story
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The federal government will not renew the Women's Health Program, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in Houston on Friday. Full Story
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Your evening reading: Brownback joins Paul at Kansas rally as caucuses loom; Perry's pledge to fund health program leaves unanswered questions; state unemployment rate dips Full Story
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A federal auditor is recommending that Texas repay or find supporting documentation for $8 million in inflated labor costs related to the Ike-Dolly disaster recovery program. Full Story
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Still on the track to recovery, Texas added 67,200 jobs in January. For the 18th consecutive month employment in the state has grown. In 2011, the state gained a total of 258,200 jobs. Full Story
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At a town hall meeting at Austin Community College on Thursday, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan talked about what the Obama administration is doing to keep higher ed affordable. Full Story
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With criticism mounting, Gov. Rick Perry announced Thursday that the Women's Health Program will live on. Full Story
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After the state reduced its share of co-payments for Texans who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, doctors who treat such patients are seeing revenue disruptions. Full Story
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Nearly four years after Hurricanes Ike and Dolly ravaged the Texas coast, thousands are still waiting for housing assistance. Full Story
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New congressional maps reveal splits between lawyers for minority groups over districts in the Metroplex and in the Hill Country. Full Story
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Your evening reading: Perry says Texas will continue to fund Women's Health Program; South Texas representative, invoking Reagan, makes switch to GOP official; Perry calls Limbaugh critics hypocritical Full Story
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After U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan praised Texas' in-state tuition policy for illegal immigrants, he and Gov. Rick Perry met to discuss a possible waiver for the No Child Left Behind Act. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry thinks people who call others names should "grow up," but he said liberal critics of Rush Limbaugh are hypocrites who have done their fair share of name-calling, too. Full Story
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Flanked by the state's leading Republicans, inlcuding Gov. Rick Perry and House Speaker Joe Straus, state Rep. J.M. Lozano, R-Kingsville, made his switch to the GOP official today. Full Story
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A death row inmate argues another man was the shooter, and Hurricane Ike recovery efforts struggle to get on track. Full Story
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A Super PAC aimed at knocking unpopular incumbents out of office — and funded largely by Texas donors — won its first race this week, upsetting a Republican primary in Ohio. Full Story
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As Planned Parenthood travels the state by bus to defend its Women's Health Program funding, anti-abortion advocates gathered in Austin to blast the organization. Full Story
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Public schools in Texas employ about 25,000 less employees than they did at this time last year. Use this interactive to see what happened in your school district. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry said Texas will continue to fund the Women’s Health Program no matter what the federal government does. But Planned Parenthood won't be able to participate — and the program likely won't operate under Medicaid. Full Story
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