David Muto

Your evening reading: Perry sets special election date for state Senate seat; Fox News host cuts off Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson in heated interview; Hispanic groups warn Congress to fix immigration

Weeks away from leaving office, a candid Kay Bailey Hutchison on Wednesday opened up about some of the lingering regrets of her political career.

Your evening reading: Straus says he’s confident of re-election as speaker; business leaders favor changes to testing system; state posts more strong sales tax growth

Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday opened the latest front in what’s likely to become the biggest abortion battle in Texas next year.

Your evening reading: Perry backs fetal pain bill; head of state’s cancer-fighting agency resigns; Planned Parenthood files another lawsuit against state

State Rep. David Simpson shook up the speaker’s race on Monday, but has he shifted it at all?

Your evening reading: Simpson files for speaker, wins Hughes’ support; majority back path to citizenship, poll says; secession petition still awaiting White House response

Already a known foe of federal health care reform, Gov. Rick Perry doesn’t have high hopes for the law’s success nationwide, either.

Your evening reading: lawmakers may revisit family planning cuts; Abbott voices support for federal measure increasing child porn penalties; Hensarling chimes in on Boehner committee purge

A dramatic day in Texas education news marked the rise of one public institution and the demise of another.