The latest politics news from The Texas Tribune.
Distrust of city government has brewed in Crystal City for years. Now, many see cynicism giving way to engagement, with hope that a rock-bottom moment in city government will help turn anger into activism. Full Story
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CNN announced Wednesday that the University of Houston will still get to host the Feb. 25 GOP primary presidential debate. The university's status had been called into question after NBC News was removed as the organizer of the event. Full Story
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The Texas State Bar was ordered to launch a disciplinary probe into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s conduct in the days following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage. Full Story
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Tuesday to block President Obama’s Clean Power Plan has helped state Republicans — at least temporarily — dodge major action on climate change. Full Story
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A day after coming in third in New Hampshire's Republican primary, Ted Cruz stormed into South Carolina, the next early voting state, with a frontrunner's message: I'm the only who knows how to beat Donald Trump. Full Story
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Moving from the Texas House to the Texas Senate makes sense, but not for every politician: One current candidate for Senate — and a potential future one — each has more clout in the House than he or she would have in the Senate. Full Story
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The upcoming face-off between state Sen. Carlos Uresti of San Antonio and Helen Madla, the widow of the senator Uresti defeated in 2006, flips the script on a storied battle between two prominent San Antonio families. Full Story
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In a Republican primary cycle dominated by talk of illegal immigration and national security, four of the six candidates for an open state Senate seat have ties to the health care industry. Full Story
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With the New Hampshire primary behind him, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is setting his sights on a string of mostly southern states that could test the central arguments of his campaign. Full Story
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A week after his win in the Iowa caucuses, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz was jockeying for third place in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night, finding himself among a pack of also-rans swamped by real estate magnate Donald Trump. Full Story
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Full video of my 2/8 conversation with seven Republican candidates for Texas Railroad Commissioner. Full Story
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In all three state Supreme Court seats up for election this year, Republican incumbents face primary challengers on March 1 – but that's where the similarities end. Full Story
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Candidates Ron Hale, Weston Martinez and Lance Christian say they would support a proposal barring railroad commissioners from accepting political donations from parties doing business before the commission. Full Story
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Real estate magnate Donald Trump is widely expected to finish first here, and U.S. Sen Ted Cruz is part of a five-man pileup for second place. Full Story
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A federal judge has once again denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's efforts to keep the federal government from resettling Syrian refugees in the state. Full Story
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Two years after knocking off an incumbent in the Republican primary, state Rep. Tony Tinderholt, R-Arlington, is fighting off his own challenger who argues Tinderholt is out of the mainstream. Full Story
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz made his pitch to New Hampshire Republicans Sunday as the GOP nomination fight took on new levels of volatility. Full Story
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Unprompted and in the final days of his New Hampshire primary campaign, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz unleashed ire at the notion of drafting women into military combat. Full Story
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Donald Trump reserved his fire for Ted Cruz until the final moments of Saturday's GOP debate. The debate then wrapped, depriving Cruz of the chance to respond in real time. Full Story
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz apologized to Republican rival Ben Carson for a second time at Saturday night's GOP debate for what Carson has described as "dirty tricks" during Monday's Iowa caucuses. Full Story
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