Nearly three decades ago, Perryton's town-wide celebration for $20-per-barrel oil made news across the country, delivering a hopeful message to those mired in an oil bust. The Panhandle town faces a modern day oil bust, but residents are sure they'll stay on the map. Full Story
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As the end neared for Ted Cruz's presidential campaign, one problem it did not have was money, according to its latest finance report. Full Story
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A Texas hospital is safe from a Houston-area widow's malpractice suit because her husband's autopsy falls under a sweeping protection law for health care providers. Full Story
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If judges cede their authority to interpret the Texas Constitution over public school finance, writes Texas Association of School Business Officials Executive Director Tracy Ginsberg, then what is the next stage of school finance purgatory? Full Story
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A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been indicted in a sweeping corruption probe into a drug ring that allegedly recruited law enforcement officials to steal dope from traffickers. Full Story
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Mexican cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is one step closer to facing charges in the United States after Mexico’s secretariat of foreign relations said the Sinaloa cartel boss can be extradited. Full Story
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A former staffer for state Rep. Dawnna Dukes has claimed the Austin Democrat sought reimbursement from the state for travel payments she was not entitled to, according to the Austin American-Statesman. Full Story
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The Texas Tribune is now on HTTPS, a security standard that's a big deal in tech circles, as well as for our users’ peace of mind in an age of phishing attempts and malware. Full Story
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Less than a year and a half into his term, Gov. Greg Abbott appears to be following a path traveled by his two predecessors — write a book, raise your profile and then? Full Story
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In the Roundup: A Texan makes Donald Trump’s list of potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees, the Republican Party of Texas keeps secession out of its latest platform and Gov. Greg Abbott weighs in on ride-sharing regulations imposed in cities around the state. Full Story
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A Democratic group makes an early financial commitment to the Hurd-Gallego contest, the Supreme Tweeter appears on a shortlist of possible Trump nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court and the insiders make some runoff election predictions — all that and more in the latest issue of our subscriber-only newsletter for political insiders ($). Full Story
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You already knew about Donald Trump’s reverence for Twitter, but it’s still surprising that a Texas judge known mainly for his funny tweets would land on the Republican presidential candidate’s list of possible U.S. Supreme Court nominees. Full Story
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The decision by Gov. Greg Abbott to pen a book touting a weighty national political proposal before he's been in office for two years has plenty of people wondering if he's setting up a run for higher office. Full Story
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Gov. Greg Abbott has called for a tweaking the state's controversial Top 10 Percent Rule for college admissions, another sign that the highly controversial law could be at risk when the Texas Legislature convenes in 2017. Full Story
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The Brownsville-based judge who halted President Obama’s 2014 executive action on immigration has decided that ethics classes are in order for the attorneys who defended the policy. Full Story
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A trio of Texas Republican lawmakers says the U.S. Library of Congress is bowing to political pressure by eliminating the terms “illegal alien” and “alien” from its search and subject heading classifications. Full Story
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Involving parents should be the default position for any potentially controversial new policy of an independent school district, writes state Sen. Konni Burton, R-Colleyville. Unfortunately in this instance, it was not. Full Story
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Lawyers working for the Turkish government plan to file a complaint with the Texas Education Agency next week against Houston-based Harmony Public Schools, alleging financial malfeasance and other misconduct, school officials said. Full Story
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As the Great Depression was winding down, a variety show broadcast from the state prison in Huntsville began airing on the radio and collecting a devoted audience. A new book collects the stories of the men and women who performed on the show and at the annual Texas Prison Rodeo. Full Story
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An ambitious effort by the state's legal community to provide legal representation to immigrant children hasn't had quite the impact some had hoped. Full Story
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