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<h1><a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/20/ted-cruz-sets-2016-buzz-speech-announcement/">Ted Cruz Sets Off 2016 Buzz with Speech Announcement</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/">Patrick Svitek</a> and <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/abby-livingston/">Abby Livingston</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 20 Mar 2015 18:01:44 -0500" title="2015-03-20 18:01"> March 20, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/20/ted-cruz-sets-2016-buzz-speech-announcement/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/15/Cruz_NH_copy_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Sen. Ted Cruz campaigns in a Barrington, N.H. manufacturing plant."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/15/Cruz_NH_copy_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Sen. Ted Cruz campaigns in a Barrington, N.H. manufacturing plant." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Abby Livingston</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Sen. Ted Cruz campaigns in a Barrington, N.H. manufacturing plant.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span class="im">News that U.S. Sen. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ted-cruz/">Ted Cruz</a> would deliver a major speech at Liberty University <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1783348494"><span class="aQJ">on Monday</span></span> set off a wave of speculation late <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1783348495"><span class="aQJ">Friday</span></span> that the Texas Republican was preparing to take a step into the 2016 presidential race.</span></p> <p><span class="im"> </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/20/ted-cruz-sets-2016-buzz-speech-announcement/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/20/sid-miller-clashes-legislature-over-budget/">Sid Miller Clashes With Legislature Over Budget</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jay-root/">Jay Root</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 20 Mar 2015 14:55:06 -0500" title="2015-03-20 14:55"> March 20, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/20/sid-miller-clashes-legislature-over-budget/comments/"><span class="value">17</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/20/sid-miller-clashes-legislature-over-budget/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/05/Miller216CMS_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="New Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller does a fist pump on election night Nov. 4, 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/05/Miller216CMS_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="New Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller does a fist pump on election night Nov. 4, 2014." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">New Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller does a fist pump on election night Nov. 4, 2014.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;"><span>Recent episodes highlight a rapidly deteriorating relationship between the cowboy hat-wearing agriculture commissioner and the Legislature that once counted <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/sid-miller/">Sid Miller</a> as one of its own. </span> </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/20/sid-miller-clashes-legislature-over-budget/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/cruz-wants-upend-laws-contraception-gay-rights/">Cruz Wants to Upend Laws on Contraception, Gay Rights</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Aaron C. Davis and Mike DeBonis, The Washington Post </li><li><time datetime="Thu, 19 Mar 2015 11:24:37 -0500" title="2015-03-19 11:24"> March 19, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/cruz-wants-upend-laws-contraception-gay-rights/comments/"><span class="value">37</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/cruz-wants-upend-laws-contraception-gay-rights/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/25/Ted_Cruz_IA_Freedom_Summit_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="U.S. Sen Ted Cruz gives a speech at the Iowa Freedom Summit in Des Moines, Iowa on Jan. 24, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/25/Ted_Cruz_IA_Freedom_Summit_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="U.S. Sen Ted Cruz gives a speech at the Iowa Freedom Summit in Des Moines, Iowa on Jan. 24, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Rebecca Miller</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">U.S. Sen Ted Cruz gives a speech at the Iowa Freedom Summit in Des Moines, Iowa on Jan. 24, 2015.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p id="U900903382214FjB"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ted-cruz/">Ted Cruz</a> has turned his attention to D.C. politics, introducing measures <span>to keep </span><a title="apps.washingtonpost.com" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/local/sen-ted-cruz-disapproving-dc-bill-in-approving-the-human-rights-amendment-act-of-2014/1464/">religious colleges </a><span>from having to fund gay and lesbian student groups and to </span><a title="apps.washingtonpost.com" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/local/sen-ted-cruz-disapproving-dc-bill-in-approving-reproductive-health-non-discrimination-amendment-act-of-2014/1463/">upend a law on discrimination over reproductive health decisions</a>.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/cruz-wants-upend-laws-contraception-gay-rights/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/contracting-reform-bill-sails-out-committee/">Contracting Reform Bill Sails Out of Senate Committee</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:39:46 -0500" title="2015-03-19 10:39"> March 19, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/contracting-reform-bill-sails-out-committee/comments/"><span class="value">2</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/contracting-reform-bill-sails-out-committee/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/11/_F5U9857Nelson1_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Senate Finance Committee Chairwoman Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, confers with Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, during a March 11, 2015, committee hearing on state contracting issues."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/11/_F5U9857Nelson1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Senate Finance Committee Chairwoman Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, confers with Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, during a March 11, 2015, committee hearing on state contracting issues." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Senate Finance Committee Chairwoman Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, confers with Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, during a March 11, 2015, committee hearing on state contracting issues.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Amid an ongoing scandal over how the state awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to a private company, the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday approved <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=84R&Bill=SB20">Senate Bill 20</a>, which would overhaul the state’s contracting processes.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/contracting-reform-bill-sails-out-committee/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/houstons-annise-parker-ponders-her-political-futur/">Houston鈥檚 Annise Parker Ponders Her Political Future</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Krissah Thompson, The Washington Post </li><li><time datetime="Thu, 19 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-19 06:00"> March 19, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/houstons-annise-parker-ponders-her-political-futur/comments/"><span class="value">17</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/houstons-annise-parker-ponders-her-political-futur/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/_KCB9321_1_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Houston Mayor Annise Parker at the Texas Democratic Party's convention in Houston on June 8, 2012."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/_KCB9321_1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Houston Mayor Annise Parker at the Texas Democratic Party's convention in Houston on June 8, 2012." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Marjorie Kmays Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Houston Mayor Annise Parker at the Texas Democratic Party's convention in Houston on June 8, 2012.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p id="U900521211835lMH">Annise Parker, who is serving her final year as Houston's mayor, has left her mark on the nation’s fourth-largest city and become a national figure in LGBT politics. Doing both at the same time hasn’t always been easy.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/houstons-annise-parker-ponders-her-political-futur/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/analysis-tax-cut-wont-save-taxpayers-dime/">Analysis: Killing a Tax Without Saving Taxpayers a Dime</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 19 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-19 06:00"> March 19, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/analysis-tax-cut-wont-save-taxpayers-dime/comments/"><span class="value">14</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/analysis-tax-cut-wont-save-taxpayers-dime/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/24/PropertyTax-DollarSigns_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/24/PropertyTax-DollarSigns_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo illustration by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Senate legislation that cuts property and business margins taxes also includes a clause that would outlaw taxes on real estate transactions. Texas has no such tax.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/analysis-tax-cut-wont-save-taxpayers-dime/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/castro-moves-democratic-ranks/">U.S. Rep. Castro Moves Up the Democratic Ranks</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/abby-livingston/">Abby Livingston</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 19 Mar 2015 05:05:00 -0500" title="2015-03-19 05:05"> March 19, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/castro-moves-democratic-ranks/comments/"><span class="value">16</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/castro-moves-democratic-ranks/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/19/TTEvents_JoaquinCastro156_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro talks about the national 2016 political landscape during a TTEvents conversation with Evan Smith on Feb. 19, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/19/TTEvents_JoaquinCastro156_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro talks about the national 2016 political landscape during a TTEvents conversation with Evan Smith on Feb. 19, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro talks about the national 2016 political landscape during a TTEvents conversation with Evan Smith on Feb. 19, 2015.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>San Antonio sophomore U.S. Rep. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/joaquin-castro/">Joaquin Castro</a> has landed a spot as a chief deputy whip, making him one of House Democratic leadership's top vote counters on the House floor. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/19/castro-moves-democratic-ranks/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/after-scandal-lawmakers-change-gears-health-agency/">Post-Scandal, Lawmakers Changing Gears on Health Agency</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 18 Mar 2015 17:31:29 -0500" title="2015-03-18 17:31"> March 18, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/after-scandal-lawmakers-change-gears-health-agency/comments/"><span class="value">7</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/after-scandal-lawmakers-change-gears-health-agency/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/14/Sunset027Nelson_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, wraps up the Sunset Advisory Commission hearing on Jan. 14, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/14/Sunset027Nelson_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, wraps up the Sunset Advisory Commission hearing on Jan. 14, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, wraps up the Sunset Advisory Commission hearing on Jan. 14, 2015.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>As the state’s largest health agency reels from a scandal over how it awarded contracts to private vendors, lawmakers on Wednesday said they are slowing down on their ambitious — and controversial —<strong> </strong>plan to restructure it.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/after-scandal-lawmakers-change-gears-health-agency/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/costco-joins-wal-mart-kroger-liquor-fight/">Costco Joins Wal-Mart, Kroger in Liquor Push</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ryan-mccrimmon/">Ryan McCrimmon</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 18 Mar 2015 16:41:07 -0500" title="2015-03-18 16:41"> March 18, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/costco-joins-wal-mart-kroger-liquor-fight/comments/"><span class="value">6</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/costco-joins-wal-mart-kroger-liquor-fight/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/02/06/Liquors-4_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/02/06/Liquors-4_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Wholesale giant Costco has joined Wal-Mart, Kroger and other retailers in the fight to <span>loosen restrictions</span><span> on the state liquor market and </span>let public corporations sell hard alcohol in Texas.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/costco-joins-wal-mart-kroger-liquor-fight/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/ag-paxton-sues-feds-over-benefits-same-sex-couples/">Texas Sues Feds Over Benefits for Same-Sex Couples</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 18 Mar 2015 16:29:43 -0500" title="2015-03-18 16:29"> March 18, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/ag-paxton-sues-feds-over-benefits-same-sex-couples/comments/"><span class="value">78</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/ag-paxton-sues-feds-over-benefits-same-sex-couples/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/02/11/GayMarriage-Court_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/02/11/GayMarriage-Court_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>graphic by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>The state of Texas is suing the Obama administration for giving medical leave benefits to certain same-sex couples, according to an announcement Wednesday from Attorney General </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ken-paxton/">Ken Paxton</a><span>.<br/></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/ag-paxton-sues-feds-over-benefits-same-sex-couples/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/judge-reaffirms-dismissal-ethics-ruling-against-ac/">Judge Reaffirms Dismissal of Ruling Against Activist</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/">Patrick Svitek</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 18 Mar 2015 14:49:37 -0500" title="2015-03-18 14:49"> March 18, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/judge-reaffirms-dismissal-ethics-ruling-against-ac/comments/"><span class="value">4</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/judge-reaffirms-dismissal-ethics-ruling-against-ac/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/07/01/FriRPT1329cms_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Republican activist Michael Quinn Sullivan visits at the State Republican Convention trade show on June 6, 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/07/01/FriRPT1329cms_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Republican activist Michael Quinn Sullivan visits at the State Republican Convention trade show on June 6, 2014." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Republican activist Michael Quinn Sullivan visits at the State Republican Convention trade show on June 6, 2014.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>A new judge Wednesday reaffirmed the dismissal of a ruling by the Texas Ethics Commission against conservative power broker Michael Quinn Sullivan. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/judge-reaffirms-dismissal-ethics-ruling-against-ac/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/cruzs-digital-chief-heads-likely-2016-campaign/">Cruz's Digital Chief Heads to Likely 2016 Campaign</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/">Patrick Svitek</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 18 Mar 2015 13:01:18 -0500" title="2015-03-18 13:01"> March 18, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/cruzs-digital-chief-heads-likely-2016-campaign/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/15/Cruz_NH_copy_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Sen. Ted Cruz campaigns in a Barrington, N.H. manufacturing plant."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/15/Cruz_NH_copy_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Sen. Ted Cruz campaigns in a Barrington, N.H. manufacturing plant." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Abby Livingston</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Sen. Ted Cruz campaigns in a Barrington, N.H. manufacturing plant.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Josh Perry, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ted-cruz/">Ted Cruz</a>'s top digital strategist, is joining the Texas senator's political operation in Houston.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/cruzs-digital-chief-heads-likely-2016-campaign/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/campus-carry-debate-hits-senate-floor/">Campus Carry Gets Initial OK in Senate</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/morgan-smith/">Morgan Smith</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 18 Mar 2015 12:19:01 -0500" title="2015-03-18 12:19"> March 18, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/campus-carry-debate-hits-senate-floor/comments/"><span class="value">83</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/campus-carry-debate-hits-senate-floor/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/18/7C2A4712_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Sen. Kirk Watson speaks with the author of Senate Bill 11, Sen. Brian Birdwell, as Sen. Joan Huffman listens on. The Senate's campus carry debate began on Mar. 18, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/18/7C2A4712_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Sen. Kirk Watson speaks with the author of Senate Bill 11, Sen. Brian Birdwell, as Sen. Joan Huffman listens on. The Senate's campus carry debate began on Mar. 18, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Sen. Kirk Watson speaks with the author of Senate Bill 11, Sen. Brian Birdwell, as Sen. Joan Huffman listens on. The Senate's campus carry debate began on Mar. 18, 2015.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Following a preliminary Senate vote on Wednesday, Texas is now a step closer to requiring public colleges and universities to allow concealed handguns on campus — a policy opposed by many higher education leaders. </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/campus-carry-debate-hits-senate-floor/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/breast-and-cervical-cancer-services-map/">Map: Texas Breast and Cervical Cancer Program Providers</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a> and <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/becca-aaronson/">Becca Aaronson</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 18 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-18 06:00"> March 18, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/breast-and-cervical-cancer-services-map/comments/"><span class="value">7</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/breast-and-cervical-cancer-services-map/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/17/WomensHealthServicesMap_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/17/WomensHealthServicesMap_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>graphic by: Michael Stravato / Becca Aaronson</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span><span>The Senate's proposed changes to the state's breast and cervical cancer screening program — </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/28/senate-renews-effort-keep-funds-planned-parenthood/" target="_blank">intended to cut funding for Planned Parenthood clinics</a><span> — could hit low-income women in rural and West Texas hardest. </span><span>Use our map to see how.</span></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/breast-and-cervical-cancer-services-map/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/bill-would-prohibit-doctors-asking-about-guns/">Bill Would Prohibit Doctors From Asking About Guns</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 18 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-18 06:00"> March 18, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/bill-would-prohibit-doctors-asking-about-guns/comments/"><span class="value">114</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/bill-would-prohibit-doctors-asking-about-guns/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/HandgunsAtFiringRange_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/HandgunsAtFiringRange_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Edward A. Ornelas/San Antonio Express-News</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>State Rep. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/stuart-spitzer/">Stuart Spitzer</a> is afraid the federal government can use medical records to identify gun owners. Over the objections of the medical community, he has filed a bill that would prohibit doctors from asking patients whether they own a firearm.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/18/bill-would-prohibit-doctors-asking-about-guns/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/17/local-control-and-fracking-debate/">Denton Fracking Ban Tees Up Local Control Fight</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 17 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-17 06:00"> March 17, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/17/local-control-and-fracking-debate/comments/"><span class="value">35</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/17/local-control-and-fracking-debate/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/10/17/TxTrib-UrbanDrilling005_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Fracking in Fort Worth, Sept. 27, 2013"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/10/17/TxTrib-UrbanDrilling005_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Fracking in Fort Worth, Sept. 27, 2013" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Mark Graham</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Fracking in Fort Worth, Sept. 27, 2013</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Plenty of lawmakers are siding with the oil industry in response to Denton's vote to ban fracking inside city limits. What's surprising this session is how few are weighing in for local control.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/17/local-control-and-fracking-debate/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/16/texas-m-university-seek-2016-presidential-debate/">Texas A&M University to Seek 2016 Presidential Debate</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/">Patrick Svitek</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:57:33 -0500" title="2015-03-16 17:57"> March 16, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/16/texas-m-university-seek-2016-presidential-debate/comments/"><span class="value">1</span><span class="label">Comment</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/16/texas-m-university-seek-2016-presidential-debate/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/AnM_Tower_AggieLand_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Texas A&M University"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/AnM_Tower_AggieLand_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Texas A&M University" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Texas A&M University</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Texas A&M University is finalizing its application to host a 2016 presidential or vice presidential debate. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/16/texas-m-university-seek-2016-presidential-debate/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/16/perry-and-cruz-deploy-differing-styles-new-hampshi/">Perry and Cruz Deploy Differing Styles in New Hampshire</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/abby-livingston/">Abby Livingston</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:00:34 -0500" title="2015-03-16 17:00"> March 16, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/16/perry-and-cruz-deploy-differing-styles-new-hampshi/comments/"><span class="value">5</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/16/perry-and-cruz-deploy-differing-styles-new-hampshi/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/08/14/Perry-Cruz_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Rick Perry and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and 2014 RedState Gathering at the Worthington Renaissance Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas on August 8, 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/08/14/Perry-Cruz_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Rick Perry and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and 2014 RedState Gathering at the Worthington Renaissance Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas on August 8, 2014." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Cooper Neill</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Rick Perry and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and 2014 RedState Gathering at the Worthington Renaissance Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas on August 8, 2014.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Both <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-perry/">Rick Perry</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ted-cruz/">Ted Cruz</a> are showing New Hampshire voters that they are willing to brave icy weather to travel across the state and get their messages to voters. But the two likely Republican presidential candidates are taking different paths.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/16/perry-and-cruz-deploy-differing-styles-new-hampshi/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/16/perry-and-cruz-deploy-differing-styles-new-hampshi/">Perry and Cruz Deploy Differing Styles in New Hampshire</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/abby-livingston/">Abby Livingston</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:00:34 -0500" title="2015-03-16 17:00"> March 16, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/16/perry-and-cruz-deploy-differing-styles-new-hampshi/comments/"><span class="value">5</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/16/perry-and-cruz-deploy-differing-styles-new-hampshi/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/08/14/Perry-Cruz_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Rick Perry and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and 2014 RedState Gathering at the Worthington Renaissance Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas on August 8, 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/08/14/Perry-Cruz_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Rick Perry and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and 2014 RedState Gathering at the Worthington Renaissance Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas on August 8, 2014." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Cooper Neill</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Rick Perry and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and 2014 RedState Gathering at the Worthington Renaissance Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas on August 8, 2014.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Both <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-perry/">Rick Perry</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ted-cruz/">Ted Cruz</a> are showing New Hampshire voters that they are willing to brave icy weather to travel across the state and get their messages to voters. But the two likely Republican presidential candidates are taking different paths.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/16/perry-and-cruz-deploy-differing-styles-new-hampshi/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/16/texas-senate-considers-key-gun-bill/">Texas Senate Approves Open Carry of Handguns</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/morgan-smith/">Morgan Smith</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:43:47 -0500" title="2015-03-16 14:43"> March 16, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/16/texas-senate-considers-key-gun-bill/comments/"><span class="value">88</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/16/texas-senate-considers-key-gun-bill/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/12/UP9A0917_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Jason Orsek with Come and Take it America wears a cloth gun holder with a photo of a gun imprinted on it at the Texas Capitol on Feb. 12, 2015, when the Senate Committee on State Affairs heard testimony on gun-related bills."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150321004741/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/12/UP9A0917_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Jason Orsek with Come and Take it America wears a cloth gun holder with a photo of a gun imprinted on it at the Texas Capitol on Feb. 12, 2015, when the Senate Committee on State Affairs heard testimony on gun-related bills." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Jason Orsek with Come and Take it America wears a cloth gun holder with a photo of a gun imprinted on it at the Texas Capitol on Feb. 12, 2015, when the Senate Committee on State Affairs heard testimony on gun-related bills.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>A bill lifting some of the state's restrictions on handguns passed easily on a 20-11 vote after repeated Democratic efforts to amend it were defeated. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150321004741/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/16/texas-senate-considers-key-gun-bill/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </section> <nav class="pagination"> <ul class="pagination"><li class="disabled"><span class="disabled prev"><span>&lsaquo;</span> previous</span></li><li><span class="current page">1</span></li><li><a href="?page=2" class="page">2</a></li><li><a href="?page=3" class="page">3</a></li><li><a href="?page=4" 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