House Democrats Advertise Against the Budget
Texas Democrats are advertising their displeasure with the budgets being proposed by Gov. Rick Perry and House and Senate leaders. Literally. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/TexasOnTopofMoney_1.jpg)
-
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman -
A&M, Assn. of American Universities in Fight Over "Ill-Conceived" Reforms
The Association of American Universities, widely considered the gatekeeper to coveted tier-one status, has strongly criticized the Texas A&M University System's new policy of tracking the money spent on and generated by each individual professor. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/AandM_ProfProfit.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman -
Supporters Plead for Historical Commission Funds
Texas history supporters came out in force today to tell the Senate Finance Committee why the Texas Historical Commission should be saved from a 77 percent budget cut. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/iStock_000001334173Small.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
-
The Midday Brief: Top Texas Headlines for March 7, 2011
Your afternoon reading: Supreme Court says Hank Skinner can sue; Perry makes Rainy Day plea; bad news for Craig James Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/PerryStateofState.jpg)
![Gov. Rick Perry delivering his State of the State address on Feb. 8, 2011]()
Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera -
New Day Rising: Steve Murdock on the Coming Hispanic Majority
At the Tribune's New Day Rising symposium on Feb. 28, former state demographer and former U.S. Census Bureau director Steve Murdock talked extensively about demographic change in Texas. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/videos/murdock.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
-
U.S. Supreme Court Keeps Hank Skinner Alive, Again [Updated]
The U.S. Supreme Court has given Texas death row inmate Hank Skinner another chance at getting DNA testing done on evidence he says could prove he did not kill his live-in girlfriend and her two sons in 1993. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/20100120-IMG_2761-2.jpg)
![Hank Skinner was sentenced to death for the 1993 triple slaying of his girlfriend and her two sons.]()
Credit: Caleb Bryant Miller -
The Brief: Top Texas News for March 7, 2011
Today, Gov. Rick Perry will try to put the brakes on House Republicans, who appear readier than ever to tap the Rainy Day Fund. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/TexasMoneyTree.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman -
State Would Require Jails to Pay for Inspections
To keep critical jail inspections going even as they cut funding to the agency that provides them, lawmakers are proposing that the counties pay for them. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/TxTrib_jail_CalebBryantMiller29.JPG)
![Inspectors testing the emergency ventilation of the unit for fire code compliance tests at Dallas County Jail.]()
Credit: Caleb Bryant Miller -
A Short History of the Rainy Day Fund
A House committee may vote this week to spend more than $4 billion of the state's Rainy Day Fund to help close the state's current budget gap. As the fight heats up over whether to draw from the $9.4 billion fund, Matt Largey of KUT News takes a look at where all that money came from anyway. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/RainyDayFund.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman -
Inside Intelligence: The Consequences of Public Ed Cuts Will Be...
For the latest installment of our nonscientific survey of political and policy insiders, we asked what it would mean to make deep cuts to public education, as proposed by the House, the Senate and the governor. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/inside_intelligence-logo_1.png)
![Article thumbnail]()
-
House Fights on Familiar Ground: The Rules
In the House, what starts with substance — abortion sonogram legislation, in this case — often ends with procedure. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/SonogramandBellyDiptych.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman -
Up and Running
Legislative sessions lag along and then, suddenly, seem to catch traction and start. Plenty of people have been busy, but now, with 12 weeks left in the regular session, lots of people are getting busy. Full Story