An aide to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said Wednesday night that speculation the Texas Republican would try to force a government shutdown over an immigration measure isn’t coming from the junior senator’s office.
Ted Cruz
Posted in
Politics
The Brief: Sept. 10, 2014
State Rep. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, a Tea Party favorite, cruised to an outright win on Tuesday night in the special election to fill the West Texas Senate seat formerly held by Robert Duncan.
Posted in
Health care
The Brief: Sept. 8, 2014
Following the revelation that Wendy Davis had two abortions performed for medical reasons more than 15 years ago, the question pursued over the weekend was how this would affect the dynamics of the race for governor.
Posted in
Energy
The Brief: Sept. 5, 2014
A U.S. district judge in New Orleans found BP to be “grossly negligent” in the 2010 Gulf oil spill, opening the door to potentially $18 billion in fines that could raise doubts about the oil company’s future.
Posted in
Health care
The Brief: Sept. 4, 2014
In a blow to Texas pride, it appears that the Lone Star State has lost out to Nevada in the race to land Tesla Motors’ $5 billion battery “gigafactory.”
Posted in
Energy
The Brief: Sept. 3, 2014
Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott on Tuesday reaffirmed the watchdog role of the Public Integrity Unit while also defending his agency’s investigation of a Houston voter registration group in 2010.
Posted in
Energy
The Brief: Sept. 2, 2014
Greg Abbott, the Republican nominee for governor, will spend his first day on the campaign trail after Labor Day unveiling a proposal to make it easier for students to get college credit for taking certain types of online courses.
Posted in
Health care
The Brief: Aug. 29, 2014
It’s a good thing that Judge John Dietz dropped his school finance ruling before a three-day weekend, because interested parties could use that extra day to go over his 400-plus page decision.
Posted inState Government
Inside Texas Politics: The Perry Indictment
On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics, I talked with host Jason Whitely and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Bud Kennedy about what’s now known simply as the Perry indictment.
Posted in
Politics
The Brief: Aug. 22, 2014
The Houston Chronicle is reporting that in the days before Gov. Rick Perry’s indictment over his veto of funding for the public integrity unit, the Travis County DA’s office had requested the next Legislature to restore most of the unit’s funding.
