Nearly 120,000 Texans purchased coverage under the Affordable Care Act in 2013, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. That number represents a tiny fraction of the state's uninsured. Full Story
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Nearly 700 people are running for various state offices, but to figure out the direction of Texas politics, you only need to see the results in a few of those contests. Full Story
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Texas is preparing for a new drug screening procedure required of applicants for unemployment benefits, but the federal Labor Department has yet to set the parameters. Full Story
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Both Greg Abbott and Wendy Davis are expected to disclose raising more than $10 million in campaign finance filings due this week. Full Story
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In the next few years, about 40 percent of the employees at the state’s largest nuclear power plant will be eligible for retirement, so the company is racing to recruit new specialists. Full Story
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With the leading gubernatorial candidates providing insights into their thoughts on education policy this week, we decided to begin our Texas news-inspired playlist this week with "Education" by Modest Mouse. Full Story
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The best of our best for the week of Jan. 6 to 10, 2014. Full Story
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Fewer government mandates and more choices for parents were among the education reform strategies gubernatorial hopeful Greg Abbott touted at an event Friday. Full Story
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz criticized the Obama administration for a culture of "lawlessness" and renewed his attack on the Affordable Care Act during the Texas Public Policy Foundation's policy orientation Friday morning. Full Story
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A dispute in a South Texas border town that could keep hundreds of children out of school on Monday illustrates the struggles that small border communities face in upgrading long-neglected water and sewer systems. Full Story
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The primaries are underway and a flurry of legislative scorecards is coming out, offering both information and misinformation about the candidates. The grades are useful so long as you know how they were determined. Full Story
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In his bid to unseat U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman is arguing that he is a "fighter" in the same vein as the state's junior senator, Ted Cruz. Full Story
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A Democratic state representative who is the only Vietnamese-American ever elected to the Texas Legislature will face the winner of a Republican primary that has two Vietnamese-American hopefuls. Full Story
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Wendy Davis has now laid out the first major policy initiative of her gubernatorial campaign. The policy area — education — was not surprising, but the extensive press coverage focused on a big unanswered question: How to pay for it? Full Story
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The University of Texas System says it is reviewing a recent list of directives from the legislative committee investigating one of the system's regents and plans to respond before the Feb. 1 deadline. Full Story
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State Sen. Wendy Davis, in her first major policy proposal as a candidate for Texas governor, said on Thursday that she would increase the supply of teachers and give them more money. But she didn't say how she'd pay for the new programs. Full Story
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Studying technology's impact on higher education and evaluating public school students' writing scores on state assessments are among the tasks Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst gave lawmakers in education-related interim charges Thursday. Full Story
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The Supreme Court of Texas heard arguments Thursday morning in a case that could determine whether Texas courts can force individuals to remove remarks from the internet if they are found to be false or defamatory. Full Story
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As Texas’ rapid growth continues to be fueled by an increase in the Hispanic population, Hispanic and black Texans are likely to keep lagging socioeconomically behind whites, leading to a poorer and less competitive state, according to a new book. Full Story
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Now that candidates have filed with their political parties and the parties have passed the information to the state, we have a list of the nearly 700 people running for state office. Full Story
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