Welcome to the Rick Perry pile-on. After his relatively lackluster debate performance Thursday night, the conservative political pundit class has basically concluded that the Texas governor is not yet ready for prime-time.
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The Department of Justice advised the Texas Secretary of State today that its request for preclearance of the contentious voter ID bill lacked enough information for the government to render a decision.
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Texas Tribune reporter Emily Ramshaw joins other national reporters in the New York Times video segment of "The Caucus" for a closer look at five moments from Thursday night's GOP presidential debate in Orlando, Fla.
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Your afternoon reading: more negative marks for Perry's debate performance; Perry says country not looking for "smoothest debater"; Romney leading endorsement race
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Former gubernatorial candidate and Tea Party favorite Debra Medina and other activists slammed what they called a culture of crony capitalism in Texas politics at a Capitol press conference on Thursday — taking aim at Gov. Rick Perry.
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Native-born Texans who were seeking employment likely lost out to competition from immigrants in recent years, according to a conservative think tank that advocates for less migration to the country.
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The Texas A&M University Police Department has released its report regarding the termination of A&M System Deputy Chancellor Jay Kimbrough, who displayed a knife while he was being fired.
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Gov. Rick Perry's go-to problem solver, Jay Kimbrough, could have chosen a more inconvenient time to take out his pocket knife in response to his firing from the Texas A&M University System, whose flagship university is Perry's alma mater. But maybe not much more.
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Despite more details from the Obama administration today about how it would exempt states from complying with the law's signature requirements, the Texas Education Agency has yet to decide whether it will apply for a waiver on federal accountability requirements under the 2001 act.
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We are less than 24 hours away from the first-ever Texas Tribune Festival. It would be a wicked understatement to say we're excited.
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How much it'll hurt him is unclear, but one thing's for sure: The debate stage has been increasingly unkind to Rick Perry.
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Use our interactive to see how Texas has divided $42 million since 1992 to compensate 74 exonerated prisoners, how much time they spent in prison, and how much total per fiscal year the state has paid out.
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How much Texas pays exonerated prisoners depends largely on when they were released and applied for compensation. Changes in the law over the last decade have created vastly different payouts for former prisoners, leaving some feeling doubly wronged.
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El Paso oldtimers fondly remember the small congregation of alligators that inhabited their downtown plaza from 1889 to 1965. As this border city works to remake its downtown, the question arises: Should the city bring back live alligators?
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Nobody is required to pay attention to you just because you’re running for office. Not the news media, not the money people and not the voters. But where is the line on who’s in and who’s out?
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In a speech to the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Orlando, hours before his third presidential debate, Gov. Rick Perry said the most frequent target of his political attacks needed a little divine intervention to guide him in the White House.
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Your afternoon reading: Brownback endorses Perry; state to end meals of choice for death row inmates; the Rick Perry-Russell Crowe connection
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The long-standing tradition of allowing death row inmates one last meal of their choosing before they enter the execution chamber ends today, said Brad Livingston, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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The Texas Tech climate scientist and author of A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith-Based Decisions on why why working in Texas, a state full of both prominent climate skeptics and extreme weather, is an "opportunity."
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Gov. Rick Perry heads into his third presidential debate with a slight polling problem.
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