David Muto

Your evening reading: Gingrich says he and Perry would have fared better than Romney; lawmakers address future of CPRIT funding; Castro, Gallego, Veasey score plum committee assignment

Texas officials’ response to the Newtown school shooting has incurred the wrath of a Connecticut politician.

Your evening reading: state leaders call for moratorium on cancer agency grants; Dewhurst, Patrick reveal details of school choice legislation; Hutchison delivers farewell address

Drawing a stark contrast with the intensifying national debate over tighter gun laws, Texas has moved a step closer to allowing weapons on its public school campuses.

Your evening reading: Dallas Republican will file bill to allow teachers to carry weapons; Dewhurst, Patrick to unveil school reform legislation; Castros talk gun control

With the Newtown tragedy consuming the national political debate, Gov. Rick Perry on Monday joined the chorus of Texas voices calling for an expansion, not restriction, of gun rights.

Your evening reading: 78 school districts not meeting safety standards, Abbott says; Texas Monthly on Michael Quinn Sullivan; George P. Bush fundraiser attracts supporters with ties to Rove

Even in Texas, the Connecticut school shooting has pounded new urgency into the debate over gun rights.

Your evening reading: Texas officials react to Connecticut shooting; Patterson says arming school personnel would save lives; payment for CPRIT consultants stirs criticism

The fiscal cliff still looms large, but the Obama administration appears to have quietly begun moving on the next great debate about to hit Washington: immigration.