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The Evening Brief: Nov. 8, 2013
New in The Texas Tribune• Ken Anderson to Serve 9 Days in Jail: "Former Williamson County State District Judge Ken Anderson, who oversaw the wrongful murder conviction of Michael Morton as a...
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The Evening Brief: Nov. 15, 2013
New in The Texas Tribune• Cornyn Touts "Big Tent" GOP With Perry: "U.S. Sen. John Cornyn spoke to a crowd of supporters at Austin’s Scholz Garten about the need for Republicans to unite against the...
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Immigration Reform Advocates Open to Taking Piecemeal Approach
*Correction appendedEL PASO — Although U.S. House members are back in their districts after leaving the issue of immigration reform untouched, advocates for change — including members of the business...
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More Than 368,000 Deported From U.S. in FY 2013
The Obama administration on Thursday announced that it deported 368,644 undocumented immigrants from the country during the 2013 fiscal year.That's a decrease from the 409,849 removals during fiscal...
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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...
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Texans in the Nation's Capital Share a Special Sense of Camaraderie
WASHINGTON — Ask a Texas transplant about living in the nation’s capital, and you are likely to get an answer with a wistful memory about his or her former home.“In D.C., if you haven’t moved a...
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In Sprawling CD-23, Advantages Are Seen for Both Gallego and Hurd
EL PASO — A San Antonio native and former CIA agent is trying to break through in the only region in this Republican state where congressional Democrats hold a steady grip: Texas’ border with...
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The Brief: June 16, 2014
The Big ConversationTexans identify differently the most pressing issues facing the nation and the state, according to the most recent installment of the University of Texas/Texas Tribune...
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Gallego Raises $400,000 in Second Quarter
U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego announced Tuesday that his re-election campaign raised $407,547 in the second quarter, bringing his total cash on hand to $814,283.Gallego, an Alpine Democrat, is running in one...
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With Summer Ads, Some Campaigns Are Testing Conventional Wisdom
Texans heading to the movies to see Dawn of the Planet of the Apes might be surprised to see Attorney General Greg Abbott, the Republican candidate for governor, pop up on the screen. Seated in his own...
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The Brief: July 29, 2014
The Big ConversationAt a special University of Texas System regents meeting on Tuesday evening, they are expected to name a sole finalist for the system's next chancellor. And their choice is expected...
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The Brief: Sept. 9, 2014
The Big ConversationRick Perry's attorneys were back on Monday with a new filing in which they pursue a different path to quash the felony indictments handed down against the governor last month while...
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The Brief: Sept. 17, 2014
The Big ConversationState leaders seem reluctant to break out the "Mission Accomplished" banner on the border surge even though, as the Houston Chronicle's Brian Rosenthalreports, apprehensions of...
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Liveblog: Immigration at The Texas Tribune Festival
We're liveblogging the sessions from the 2014 Texas Tribune Festival's Immigration track. The sessions include panels on border security, Latinos and the Republican Party, the comprehensive immigration...
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Ahead of CD-23 Election, Gallego and Hurd Tout Fundraising Totals
In the battle to represent Congressional District 23, U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, and Republican Will Hurd have built substantial war chests for the homestretch in what many view as the state’s...
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The Brief: Oct. 17, 2014
The Big ConversationA lingering fight over a failed petition drive aimed at the city of Houston's equal rights ordinance boiled over this week as subpoenas issued to area pastors allied with the...
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Program Helping to Reduce Wait Times at Border Bridges
Nine months into a federal pilot program created to reduce wait times at international ports of entry, operators of bridges on the Texas-Mexico border say it appears to be accomplishing that goal. But...
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The Brief: Oct. 30, 2014
The Big ConversationQuestions continue to be raised about a giant water pipeline project that would pump roughly 16 billion gallons of groundwater annually from Burleson County to San Antonio. The...
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The Brief: Nov. 4, 2014
The Big ConversationVoters go to the polls today with much at stake, as in the wholesale turnover at the top of state government, but seemingly little in the way of suspense about the outcome of those...
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Gallego Out While Cornyn Cruises to Victory
For the third time in as many elections, CD-23 is changing hands, this time going back to the GOP after challenger Will Hurd ousted incumbent Democrat Pete Gallego of Alpine.The district stretching...
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