David Muto

One theme dominated Tuesday’s Senate hearings on the state’s recent rolling blackouts: “We’ll learn from this.”

Your afternoon reading: blackout hearings, more Ron Paul vs. Donald Trump, and a deeper look at Texas vs. Amazon

The state’s electric grid operator will enter Senate hearings this morning with a Texas-sized target on its back.

Your afternoon reading: census inaccuracies; lawmaker predicts $1,000 tuition increase; report says Texans overpay for electricity

One unlikely bout of political drama pitting Texas against Amazon.com has spawned another: Gov. Rick Perry vs. Comptroller Susan Combs.

Your afternoon reading: Cornyn officially enters whip fray; Granger gets an audience with Hillary Clinton; Perry and Paul to address CPAC

It’s no Texas vs. the feds, but in Texas vs. Amazon.com, the state’s latest high-profile battle of the wits, things just got testy.

Your afternoon reading: Cornyn eyes a leadership fight; House members call on prisons to release some inmates; and the Arts Commission’s lost money

Abortion sonogram legislation, which its author says will be the “strongest in the nation,” took a step toward becoming law Wednesday.

Your afternoon reading: House committees announced; eminent domain bill moves through Senate; abortion sonogram testimony under way