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  • Davis Releases Second Attack Ad, On Cancer Agency

    By Jay Root

    Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis is launching a second TV attack ad in the Texas governor’s race, this time criticizing Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott for his ties to companies that got cancer research grants. Full Story 

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    Credit: Illustration by Marjorie Kamys Cotera / Todd Wiseman

  • Davis Releases 2013 Tax Information

    By Edgar Walters

    Wendy Davis earned significantly less income from her legal work in 2013 than in previous years, according to tax documents released Friday by her campaign. But the Democratic gubernatorial candidate also received a six-figure payment that year for her upcoming memoir. Full Story 

    Gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis addresses supporters before they canvass for her in East Austin.
    Credit: Callie Richmond

  • The Brief: Aug. 21, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    Now that Gov. Rick Perry is ramping up his legal team to fight a pair of felony indictments, he has also changed course on how to pay for his counsel — the bills will now come to his campaign account. Full Story 

    Gov. Rick Perry leaves the Blackwell-Thurman Justice Center in Austin after his booking on Aug. 19, 2014.
    Credit: Bob Daemmrich

  • The Brief: Aug. 20, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    Call it the frozen custard heard round the world. Gov. Rick Perry and his booking on two felony counts late Tuesday afternoon captured national attention — on social media, most of all. Full Story 

    Mugshot of Governor Rick Perry, booked on two felony counts at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center in Austin, Texas on Tuesday, August 19, 2014.
    Credit: Austin Police Department

  • New Ruling Keeps Old Travel Records Secret

    By Jay Root

    A few years ago, lawmakers passed a bill designed to shed light on expenditures for the governor's security. Under a new ruling from the office of Attorney General Greg Abbott, the itemized records won't be provided after all. Full Story 

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    Credit: Jerod Foster / Bob Daemmrich

  • Dueling Ads in Governor's Race

    By Jay Root

    UPDATED: A TV ad war is about to begin in the governor's race. State Sen. Wendy Davis is out with a blistering TV attack ad featuring the story of a rape victim and a vote her opponent made as a judge. The ad was released after Greg Abbott announced he was airing the first major statewide TV ad of the fall governor's race. Full Story 

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    Credit: Laura Buckman / Bob Daemmrich

  • The Brief: Aug. 6, 2014

    By Aman Batheja

    Three years after Gov. Rick Perry took heat for his full-throated defense of the state's in-state tuition laws, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has revived the issue, accusing Perry of helping draw migrants to the border. Full Story 

    U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, son of Republican candidate Ron Paul, speaks to a Tea Party crowd Sunday May 6, 2012 at the Texas Capitol.
    Credit: Bob Daemmrich

  • Davis and Abbott Swap Corrupt Insider Charges

    By Jay Root

    Here is the state of the Texas governor's race in the late summer of 2014: Both candidates are speaking directly to their base voters and labeling each other as corrupt insiders out of touch with ordinary people. Full Story 

    Gubernatorial candidates Greg Abbott and Wendy Davis are shown on primary night on March 4, 2014.
    Credit: Bob Daemmrich / Laura Buckman

  • The Brief: Aug. 4, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    A new report raises fresh doubts about a key witness instrumental in securing the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham. This new evidence forces again the question as to whether Texas executed an innocent man. Full Story 

    Cameron Todd Willingham was executed on Feb. 17, 2004.
    Credit: Graphic by John Jordan

  • The Brief: Aug. 1, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    Ted Cruz has become the latest D.C.-based practitioner of the Pottery Barn rule: He broke the border bill, and now, possibly more than any other single person, he owns it. Full Story 

    U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas thanks Republican delegates in Fort Worth on June 6, 2014.
    Credit: Bob Daemmrich

  • The Brief: July 31, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    This week's House committee hearing in which leading officials in charge of executing the plan said they never asked for Guard troops revealed another aspect of Rick Perry's border action, according to the Houston Chronicle's Patrick Svitek. Full Story 

    Gov. Rick Perry announces the deployment of National Guard troops along the Texas border as Texas Guard Adjutant General John Nichols listens at the Texas Capitol on July 21, 2014.
    Credit: Bob Daemmrich