Inside Intelligence: About That Changing House Leadership...
For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we asked about Ted Cruz's influence on the Hill and the departure of House Speaker John Boehner. Full Story
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John Reynolds was the newsletters editor for the Tribune from 2013 to 2017. Prior to that, he was a reporter for Quorum Report, a non-partisan online political newsletter focusing on the ins and outs under the Dome, for more than seven years – covering the waterfront from health and human services and redistricting to pensions and elections. A native of Atlanta, Ga., he started his journalistic career one day after the attacks of Sept. 11 in Lubbock, Texas, where he rotated through a slew of beats at The Avalanche-Journal. He received his undergraduate degree from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and studied at the University of Georgia's graduate school in journalism. When not at work, he actively attempts to convince himself he is adept at tennis with varying levels of success. And he has adopted the Austin custom of appreciating smoked meats and listening to music in grassy/muddy fields.
For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we asked about Ted Cruz's influence on the Hill and the departure of House Speaker John Boehner. Full Story
In this week's edition of the Trib+Edu newsletter: The challenge of finding a principal who can stay for the long haul, Texas gets a conditional No Child Left Behind waiver and an interview with Fredrick Nafukho of Texas A&M University. Full Story
The nonpartisan Texas Lyceum found close to a majority of Texas adults support same-sex marriage, legalization of marijuana in its latest poll. Full Story
The presidential hopeful plans to announce that he will be endorsed by more than a third of all the GOP members of the Texas Legislature. Full Story
In this week's edition of the Trib+Health newsletter: A furor over a drug company's price hike spurs reversal in course, sports concussions may be underreported in Texas and an interview with Steven Kelder of the University of Texas School of Public Health. Full Story
GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz took to the floor of the U.S. Senate for an hour on Monday night to again criticize the leadership of his party and to expand the scope of his criticism to include Texas' senior Senator, John Cornyn. Full Story
An update on a legal challenge to a state policy that might result in Texas-born children being denied citizenship, a fuller portrait of the Irving teen who made the infamous homemade clock and a profile of Tea Party leader Julie McCarty. Full Story
Female lawmakers talk on inequality in the Capitol, Paxton adds heavy hitters to his legal defense team and Abbott sets his sights on traffic congestion — all that and more in the latest issue of our subscriber-only newsletter for political insiders ($). Full Story
The spotlight is shining now on a June ruling by the Texas Supreme Court that open government advocates fear will lead to much more information from government contracts being kept secret. Full Story
Also, Sylvester Turner airs first TV ad of Houston mayoral election, the field of potential CD-19 candidate winnows and presidential hopefuls keep flocking to Texas. Full Story