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  • The Brief: June 10, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    The results of a new audit of the Department of Veterans Affairs shed light on the root causes of the agency's wait time scandal while at the same time showing the scope of the problems is nationwide. Full Story 

    Veterans salute during the Pledge of Allegiance at the 112th annual VFW Convention in San Antonio on August 29, 2011.
    Credit: Bob Daemmrich

  • The Brief: June 9, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    Post-convention analyses touch on the Cruz effect, the challenges in managing a political transition from Perry to Abbott as well as fissures that might be appearing within the party. Full Story 

    Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas gives an impassioned speech to Republican delegates in Fort Worth on June 6, 2014.
    Credit: Bob Daemmrich

  • The Playlist: R-E-S-P-E-C-T

    By John Jordan

    A documentary and a book in the works will document Texas A&M University’s transformational decision to join the Southeastern Conference, so we start this week’s R&B-themed Playlist with James Brown’s “Get On the Good Foot.” Full Story 

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    Credit: Graphic by John Jordan

  • The Brief: June 4, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    Immigration threatens to once again be a contentious issue among Republicans gathering for their state convention with several grassroots activists wanting the party to take a mulligan on including a guest worker plank in the platform two years ago. Full Story 

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    Credit: Bob Vonderau

  • The Brief: June 3, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    As some open-carry activists look to take their long-gun-brandishing demonstrations outside the state GOP convention in Fort Worth, the movement's efforts are catching criticism from a pair of unlikely sources — the nation's largest gun-rights group and a state legislator who has pushed open-carry legislation. Full Story 

    Chris Way and his son Ryan, 2, participate in a march during South by Southwest in March 2014, an event led by the Austin chapter of the gun rights group Come and Take It.
    Credit: Erika Rich

  • The Brief: May 30, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    Attorney General Greg Abbott reversed himself Thursday on whether the Texas prison system can withhold information about companies that make drugs used by the state in executions. Full Story 

    Attorney General Greg Abbott declares victory in the Republican primary on March 4, 2014 in San Antonio.
    Credit: Bob Daemmrich

  • The Brief: May 26, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    The conversation over the weekend before the party primary runoff elections was dominated by — what else? — the GOP race for lieutenant governor. Full Story 

    State Sen. Dan Patrick and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and debated in Salado, Tx on May 20, 2014, ahead of the Republican primary runoff for lieutenant governor.
    Credit: Illustration by Steve Moakley

  • Conservative Candidates Ride Out Hard Hits

    By Morgan Smith

    In three statewide Republican runoff races, candidates who have aligned themselves to the right of their opponents are poised to capture the party's nomination despite fielding significant blows from their opponents, including forays into mental health records from three decades ago and a potentially disqualifying violation of state securities law. Full Story 

    Dan Patrick (l) in Salado, Tex., and David Dewhurst in Austin.
    Credit: Steve Moakley / Todd Wiseman

  • The Brief: May 22, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    A lawmaker involved in the House's investigation of UT System Regent Wallace Hall said the process of drafting articles of impeachment could take months. Also, Gov. Rick Perry gave his most forceful defense to date of his appointee to the university system's governing board. Full Story 

    Regent Wallace Hall, Jr. at a regular meeting of the University of Texas Board of Regents in Ashbell Smith Hall in Austin.
    Credit: Bob Daemmrich

  • The Brief: May 21, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    David Dewhurst and Dan Patrick, the Republican candidates for lieutenant governor, gave one last surprise in their final debate before the May 27 primary runoff election — a largely civil debate that avoided mention of the personal attacks that have come to dominate the last few weeks. Full Story 

    State Sen. Dan Patrick and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst are in a runoff in the GOP lieutenant governor's race.
    Credit: Daniel Kramer / Michael Stravato

  • The Brief: May 19, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    The news over the weekend that San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro is being considered for the post of housing and urban development secretary has people in Texas and D.C. wondering how this rearranges the electoral chessboard for 2016 and beyond. Full Story 

    San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro at The Texas Tribune Festival on Sept. 22, 2012.
    Credit: Spencer Selvidge

  • The Brief: May 16, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    News reports late Thursday that lieutenant governor candidate Dan Patrick had received treatment for depression and exhaustion in the 1980s threatened to roil further an an already tense runoff contest just days before voters begin casting ballots. Full Story 

    Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson and state Sen. Dan Patrick, who are both running in the 2014 Republican primary for lieutenant governor
    Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera