Abbott: Davis Wants "Late-Term Abortion on Demand"
GOP gubernatorial front-runner Greg Abbott attacked chief Democratic rival Wendy Davis — though not by name — at a boisterous anti-abortion rally at the Texas Capitol on Saturday. Full Story
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![Texas Attorney General and candidate for Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott gives keynote speech during the Texas Rally for Life on January 25th, 2014]()
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TribLive: A Conversation With Paul Ryan
Full video of my 1/23 TribLive conversation with U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, the chairman of the House Budget Committee. Full Story
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The Brief: Jan. 24, 2014
The story of Steve Stockman is rapidly turning from that of a Tea Party-fueled challenge to the GOP establishment to a headline ripped from a milk carton — as in, no one seems to know where the Clear Lake congressman is. Full Story
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The Texas Weekly Hot List
The Hot List ranks the races by risk to the incumbents and/or the level of drama for candidates and voters. We'll add, subtract and change the rankings as the races develop. Full Story
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Water, Local Control Issues Fuel HD-53 Race
After re-electing Harvey Hilderbran every two years since 1992, the voters in House District 53 are vetting a group of fresh faces and hosting a slew of candidate forums to hear where the GOP primary candidates stand on issue No. 1 — water. Full Story
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The Brief: Jan. 23, 2014
The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza has put a different frame on the Wendy Davis storyline from this week. Full Story
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Hispanic Republicans in House Look Past March
With most candidates' campaigns for the March primaries in full swing, Hispanic Republicans trying to increase their numbers in the state House are mostly looking past the primaries. Their main fight is in November. Full Story
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![State Reps. Jason Villalba, R-Dallas; Jose Manuel Lozano, R-Kingsville; and Larry Gonzales, R-Round Rock, are the GOP's three Hispanic incumbents in the state House. Only Lozano will return to the Legislature in January.]()
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Border Reps Split on Using Drones for Security
Texas' recent designation as one of six test states for a federal project that seeks to expand the use of drones is spotlighting how far apart border lawmakers are on using more unmanned aircraft for border security. Full Story
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The Brief: Jan. 22, 2014
The fallout continues from the Sunday story in The Dallas Morning News on discrepancies in Wendy Davis' accounting of her early life. Full Story
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Karin Johanson: The TT Interview
The campaign manager for state Sen. Wendy Davis on criticism that Davis blurred key details of her past, whether Davis will campaign with President Obama and whether Davis is running away from the abortion issue. Full Story
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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
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Video: Ted Cruz Q&A at TPPF Forum
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
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Turner's Declaration Could Create New Issue for Republican Primaries
Rep. Scott Turner, R-Frisco, wants to be speaker of the Texas House. That could make him a topic of discussion in this year's Republican primaries for the House. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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Slap Fight in Governor's Race Over Fundraising
Nobody expected Republican Greg Abbott and Democrat Wendy Davis to agree on big policy issues. But this week, after releasing their fundraising reports, it became clear they can't agree about how to count, either. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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Campaign Filings: The Best of the Rest
Other campaign finance storylines swirl underneath the headline-grabbing exploits of the major statewide candidates. Full Story
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The Texas Weekly Hot List
The primaries are on, and our biennial Hot List is back, ranking the races by risk to the incumbents and/or the level of drama for candidates and voters. We'll add, subtract and change the rankings as the races develop. Full Story
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Bush Reports Raising $773,000; $2.8 Million On Hand
George P. Bush, a Fort Worth attorney and son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, continues to amass a sizable war chest in his campaign for Texas land commissioner. In six months the GOP front-runner hauled in about $773,000. Full Story
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Violence, Resolution in Mexico Lead to Questions About U.S. Aid
In the wake of more violence and a resolution urging the U.S. to grant asylum to Mexicans, activists are urging lawmakers to review aid aimed at helping to end that country's drug war. Full Story
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![Gutierrez, who is awaiting a hearing on his request for asylum in the U.S., stands in front of the Texas Capitol after his 12-day ride across the state. The focus of his journey was to raise awareness about the impunity for violent criminals in Mexico and to support his fellow asylum-seekers. What it isn’t, he said, is a protest of the U.S. government.]()
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