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.
Kel Seliger
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The Brief: Jan. 20, 2014
Wendy Davis’ life story is once again under scrutiny, this time after a Sunday piece by The Dallas Morning News’ Wayne Slater.
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The Brief: Jan. 17, 2014
Texas will continue to be the big winner in the redistribution of the nation’s population westward and southward. And with that go the political spoils.
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The Brief: Jan. 16, 2014
Land commissioner candidate George P. Bush has some pointed words for fellow Republicans who denigrate Hispanics.
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The Brief: Jan. 15, 2014
The campaigns of Wendy Davis and Greg Abbott don’t agree on much, so it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that even the announcement of campaign contributions has become a source of disagreement.
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The Brief: Jan. 14, 2014
Washington, D.C., is abuzz over the latest perceived thumb to the eye delivered by Ted Cruz to the House leadership.
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The Brief: Jan. 10, 2014
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?
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The Brief: Jan. 9, 2014
The Public Utility Commission’s proposed changes to the electric market gained a powerful detractor in recent days: the Texas Oil and Gas Association, the state’s oldest and largest petroleum organization.
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The Brief: Jan. 8, 2014
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.
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The Brief: Jan. 7, 2014
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.