The Brief: Jan. 21, 2014
The focus on Tuesday returns to District Judge John Dietz's courtroom, where the next chapter in the legal challenge to the state's school finance system commences. Full Story
The latest Ted Cruz news from The Texas Tribune.
The focus on Tuesday returns to District Judge John Dietz's courtroom, where the next chapter in the legal challenge to the state's school finance system commences. Full Story
Here's video of a question-and-answer session featuring U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz during his Jan. 10 appearance at the Texas Public Policy Foundation forum in Austin. Full Story
U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Dallas, is facing a primary challenge from Katrina Pierson, a candidate with strong ties to the national Tea Party movement and Ted Cruz's successful campaign for U.S. Senate. Full Story
Wendy Davis' life story is once again under scrutiny, this time after a Sunday piece by The Dallas Morning News' Wayne Slater. Full Story
Washington, D.C., is abuzz over the latest perceived thumb to the eye delivered by Ted Cruz to the House leadership. Full Story
Here's full video of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's keynote address Friday at the Texas Public Policy Foundation's policy orientation event. Full Story
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz criticized the Obama administration for a culture of "lawlessness" and renewed his attack on the Affordable Care Act during the Texas Public Policy Foundation's policy orientation Friday morning. Full Story
In his bid to unseat U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman is arguing that he is a "fighter" in the same vein as the state's junior senator, Ted Cruz. Full Story
Wendy Davis has now laid out the first major policy initiative of her gubernatorial campaign. The policy area — education — was not surprising, but the extensive press coverage focused on a big unanswered question: How to pay for it? Full Story
The Tribune's Morgan Smith has a must-read piece on what's next for the education reform group funded by tort reform champions that left a big imprint on policy debates during last year's legislative session. Full Story
The challenge to Texas' law placing further restrictions on abortion facilities took another step toward a widely expected hearing by the U.S. Supreme Court with oral arguments before a three-judge panel from the 5th Circuit in New Orleans. Full Story
2013 wasn't supposed to be a very political year, but in this very political state, it became one. Full Story
Dreams of Texas playing a pivotal role in choosing the next GOP presidential nominee are running thorugh state Republican Party Chairman Steve Munisteri's head. Full Story
Your evening reading: state shutters six charter school campuses under new heightened accountability regime; conservative advocacy group circulates mailer criticizing lawmakers investigating UT regent; how Cruz's dad became a GOP rock star Full Story
By the time Ted Cruz completes his first year in office, he will arguably have become the most recognizable face of the GOP’s far right. So what does he have to say for himself? In a wide-ranging interview, he sized up year one. Full Story
In a wide ranging interview with The Texas Tribune's Jay Root, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz refused to say whom he favored in the primary contest between John Cornyn and Steve Stockman, said he's working on renouncing his Canadian citizenship and had little to say about a potential run for the White House in 2016. Full Story
Your evening reading: Hall declines to testify in impeachment investigation; photos of Stockman's shuttered campaign office and they are grimy; Davis tops Google trending list Full Story
Your evening reading: when private companies come in to manage schools, transparency takes a hit; judge rules NSA phone program likely unconstitutional; state GOP chairman calls Texas "somewhat competitive" Full Story
New numbers suggest the state is having a hard time — at least initially — maintaining the same level of women's health services under its new purely state-funded program as the mostly federally funded program that preceded it. Full Story
Your evening reading: Texans are No. 1 in purchasing health plans through the online insurance marketplace; the petition to remove the Travis County DA is denied; Tea Party blowback builds against Stockman Full Story