TribBlog: The Karate Kid
Supreme Court Justice David Medina can throw a punch — and take one too. Full Story
Supreme Court Justice David Medina can throw a punch — and take one too. Full Story
... is Ciro Rodriguez, D-San Antonio — or at least that's what the big spenders at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee seem to think. Full Story
The State Board of Education won't be investing any money in properties to lease to charter schools, at least for now. Full Story
A group of border leaders claims Washington is ignoring Texas yet again — but the issue isn't immigration or security this time. Full Story
Your afternoon reading. Full Story
Rick Perry's campaign is giving Bill White the Jim Carrey treatment. Full Story
The State Board of Education wades into a little bit of controversy — yet again. Full Story
Lawyers for the State Board of Education advised members Wednesday to proceed cautiously with a proposal to invest $100 million of the Permanent School Fund in facilities that would be leased to charter schools. Full Story
Texas environmentalists have adopted a pragmatic strategy for winning tougher control of industrial air pollution through the Sunset Advisory Commission's review process: They’ve teamed with a former commissioner of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to craft recommendations. They’re speaking with a unified voice. And they're pursuing limited changes in existing practices. Full Story
The Hispanic vote in Texas is often referred to as a "sleeping giant" because of historically low turnout. If Hispanics were to show up at the ballot box in record numbers, they could easily influence elections of all kinds. In part two of his three-part series, Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports on the efforts of state Democrats to sound the alarm. Full Story
Evan returns for this week's TribCast, in which the podcast gang takes up campaign finance, the Hispanic Republicans of Texas, Gov. Rick Perry's taxes and the committee shakeup in the Texas Senate. Full Story
It couldn't be much better for Rolando Pablos. Full Story
House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, did not have to win a formalwear or swimwear competition to land the title of Mr. South Texas. Full Story
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Hispanic Republicans of Texas made its public debut Tuesday. Even the group's leaders are even willing to admit that the political atmosphere could be friendlier. Full Story
A court case involving two University of Texas applicants who believe they were denied admission because they're white threatens to reinvigorate an ideological skirmish that peaked in the late 1990s. The first lawsuit of its kind brought against a university since a pair of landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions in 2003, Fisher v. Texas has observers everywhere wondering if the state's troubled history with race-based admissions makes it the ideal incubator for the next round of affirmative action battles. Full Story
In the latest clash between the Houston Independent School District and those who question its use of "value-added data" to grade and sometimes fire teachers, state Sen. Mario Gallegos Jr., D-Houston, grilled an HSID representative at Tuesday's Senate Education Committee hearing over what he decried as a transparency issue for the district. Full Story
More than a dozen state officials have at least $1 million in campaign money — and many of them face nominal financial competition this fall. Full Story
Jose Reyes Ferriz on what he'll do next, why his successor isn't corrupt and why the violence in his crime-ridden city will continue. Full Story
Your afternoon reading. Full Story