Some of the last campaign finance reports before the election are out. Abbott and Patrick maintain significant leads. In SD 10, there’s a wildcard.
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In this week’s WTF Friday, Americans sleep through a world crisis, David Dewhurst gets lost in another dubious rumor and a reporter swims in sewage.
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Battleground has had a challenging first year and a half and its future is uncertain. But in 12 legislative races, including Wendy Davis’ Fort Worth district, the group hopes to stake a claim to a future in Texas.
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Newly-elected state Sen. Charles Perry, a Republican from Lubbock, says he’ll go to Austin to engage in “spiritual battle.”
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At the second of two governor’s race debates, Wendy Davis seemed a great deal more relaxed and comfortable.
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The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s top energy analyst thinks coal helped end slavery. It didn’t, but the argument says a lot about the state’s discourse.
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The Observer covers the first—and only—lt. governor’s debate between state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte (D-San Antonio), and state Sen. Dan Patrick (R-Houston).
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This week’s WTF Friday, our look at the dialectical excellence of Texas politics, focuses on Rick Perry, Greg Abbott and Ted Cruz, but also has gifs, which helps.
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If the conservative green energy movement is out to swap oil and coal for gas and nuclear, it could be seen as another variation of business as usual.
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At today’s meeting of the Senate Finance Committee, state Sen. Jane Nelson presided over a walk-through of a still-strained state budget.
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