UT/TT Poll: Economy, Border Issues Are Texans' Biggest Concerns
At the national level, voters are concerned about pocketbook issues, while at home immigration is the top problem. Full Story
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Video: How Late Texas Primary Could Affect Voters, Candidates
Federal judges have set May 29 as a tentative state primary date. The Tribune's Thanh Tan explains what that date could mean for candidates, voters and the election process. Full Story
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Unsettled District Lines Hurting Some Candidates' Finances
Texas' state Senate maps were finalized this week, but the protracted court battle has left state House and congressional districts without boundaries. And as Andy Uhler of KUT News reports, the district-line confusion is costing some candidates time and money. Full Story
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The Never-Ending Story
There is a date for primary elections, but it's uncertain. And there is one redistricting map done, with two to go. And for what it's worth, the judges seem to be in a hurry. Full Story
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Group Aims to Bring God Into Politics
God and Country, a new Texas-based organization, will hold a rally Saturday at a Tyler church to “draw a line in the sand and aggressively and publicly defend those certain unalienable rights endowed by our creator.” Full Story
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Redistricting Lawyers Agree on Senate Maps
UPDATED: Election officials were told to prepare for a possible May 29 primary, as redistricting foes reached agreement on a map for Texas Senate elections this afternoon and continued talks on state House and congressional maps. Full Story
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Redistricting Experts Struggling to Set Maps
UPDATED: April primaries are all but impossible for the state's election administrators, a Bexar County elections official said today, as an agreement on political maps remains elusive. Full Story
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Crunch Time: Judges Want New Maps Quickly
The state's political mapmakers will be back in court this morning, trying to produce maps in time for April primaries. Full Story
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With Redistricting, It's Inside Baseball, Football
Some of redistricting is about getting a good seat in the office. Some is about getting good seats when you're not at the office. Full Story
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aguilar on an environmental battle in South Texas, Galbraith on the impact of the drought, Grissom on the latest in the Michael Morton case, Hamilton and Theobald on plans for greater scrutiny of faculty performance, Murphy on Rick Perry's campaign donors and expenditures, Ramsey on where we stand on redistricting, Ramshaw on the intense interest in stem cell rules, Root on a congressman's controversial pipeline holdings, M. Smith on the backlash against student testing and Tan on the fight for a new medical school in Austin: The best of our best content from February 6-10, 2012. Full Story
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Redistricting Judges to Lawyers: Get to Work
Federal judges told redistricting lawyers Friday afternoon to redouble their efforts to reach a quick settlement — by next week — on interim political maps for the state's congressional and legislative elections. Full Story
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Slow Redistricting Curbs Clout of Texas Primary
Pushing the state's primaries from March back to April (or further) could cheat Texas voters out of a rare chance to choose the next nominee for president. Full Story
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Uncharted, Still
Start here: The judges in charge of the redistricting case in Texas haven't rejected the maps proposed by the state and agreed to by some but not all of the plaintiffs. They simply observed that no deal has been made to satisfy everyone and told everyone to keep talking and get ready for a hearing next week. Full Story
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Perry Targets "Left-Wing, Pro-Abortion Radicals" in CPAC Speech
Gov. Rick Perry targeted “left-wing, pro-abortion radicals” in a speech before the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, blaming the Obama administration for the state’s stand-off over the Women’s Health Program. Full Story
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Humane Society Wants Tougher Exotic Pet Rules
Animal protection organizations are pushing for legislation in Texas that further regulates ownership of exotic animals as pets, but one East Texas resident says she'll fight to keep her 22-year-old African lion. Full Story
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The Weekly TribCast: Episode 118
On this week's TribCast, Ben, Ross, Emily and Morgan discuss redistricting, public school accountability testing and the controversy involving Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Planned Parenthood. Full Story
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Perry Campaign Manager to Head Dewhurst Super PAC
Former Perry campaign manager Rob Johnson has a new job: running a Super PAC for Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst's U.S. Senate bid. Full Story
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State Health Department Now Enforcing Sonogram Law
The Department of State Health Services will begin enforcing Texas' abortion sonogram law, after releasing guidelines for women's health clinics on Monday night. Full Story
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AG Offers Political Maps, Says Most Parties Agree
UPDATED: The state unveiled proposed redistricting maps, saying some of the parties in that litigation have signed off on at least some of the lines. Full Story
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U.S. Senate Race a GOP-Only Battle
While Texans wait for the courts to determine most of the state's political races, the candidates for U.S. Senate have begun a campaign blitz in the run-up to this spring’s primary. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports. Full Story
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