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  • The Brief: Feb. 4, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    Greg Abbott has reversed the campaign fundraising storyline of a month ago, raising more than three times the cash as the combined efforts of Wendy Davis and Battleground Texas. Full Story 

    Greg Abbott, then a candidate for governor and now the governor-elect, spoke at a NE Tarrant Tea Party meeting at Concordia Lutheran Church in Bedford on Nov. 12, 2013. State Sen. Wendy Davis, who was also running for governor, spoke to veterans at Luby's in Forest Hill the day before.
    Credit: Mark Graham / Cooper Neil

  • The Brief: Feb. 3, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    The Tribune's Jay Root has the story on another secret audio recording released with the intent to impact the already contentious gubernatorial contest. Full Story 

    Texas Attorney General and candidate for Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott gives keynote speech during the Texas Rally for Life on January 25th, 2014
    Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera

  • The Brief: Jan. 31, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    The House Republican leadership on Thursday released a one-page blueprint for immigration reform. But with its call to legalize 11 million undocumented workers, the immediate question was whether the plan would fly within the party. Full Story 

    The Rally for Immigration Reform on Congress Avenue near the Texas Capitol on Feb. 22, 2013.
    Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera

  • The Brief: Jan. 29, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    Time magazine on Tuesday posted an article talking about Wendy Davis' "moment of truth." Davis then spent the rest of the day making the most concerted effort of the past week to push aside critics who have seized on details of her life story to say she isn't fit for office. Full Story 

    State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, a Democratic candidate for Governor, speaking at the Travis County Democratic Fundraiser on Jan. 28, 2014.
    Credit: Todd Wiseman

  • The Brief: Jan. 28, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    In their first televised debate, the four GOP candidates for lieutenant governor seemed content to continue to frame the contest as a race to see who could claim the title of the most conservative. Full Story 

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    Credit: Bob Daemmrich

  • The Brief: Jan. 27, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    The Austin American-Statesman's Jonathan Tilove had a must-read in the Sunday paper, reporting some fascinating details in what he described as a "cat-and-mouse game" between Battleground Texas and James O'Keefe's Project Veritas. Full Story 

    Travis County Democratic Party volunteers make calls to voters on Election Day from the coordinated campaign headquarters in Austin, Texas.
    Credit: Tamir Kalifa

  • The Brief: Jan. 24, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    The story of Steve Stockman is rapidly turning from that of a Tea Party-fueled challenge to the GOP establishment to a headline ripped from a milk carton — as in, no one seems to know where the Clear Lake congressman is. Full Story 

    U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Friendswood, holds a QR code linked to a Bitcoin account at an event at the NYC Bitcoin Center in New York on Dec. 31, 2013.
    Credit: Imgur.com

  • The Brief: Jan. 21, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    The focus on Tuesday returns to District Judge John Dietz's courtroom, where the next chapter in the legal challenge to the state's school finance system commences. Full Story 

    After a trial that lasted more than three months, Travis County District Court Judge John Dietz ruled in February 2014 that the state's school finance system is unconstitutional.
    Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera

  • The Brief: Jan. 17, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    Texas will continue to be the big winner in the redistribution of the nation's population westward and southward. And with that go the political spoils. Full Story 

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    Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman

  • The Brief: Jan. 15, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    The campaigns of Wendy Davis and Greg Abbott don't agree on much, so it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that even the announcement of campaign contributions has become a source of disagreement. Full Story 

    At separate events, Republican Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, filed for governor in Austin, Texas on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013.
    Credit: Jack Plunkett / Erika Rich

  • The Brief: Jan. 10, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    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 

    State Sen. Wendy Davis announces her campaign for governor in front of a crowd of supporters in Haltom City on Oct. 3, 2013.
    Credit: Laura Buckman

  • The Brief: Jan. 9, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    The Public Utility Commission's proposed changes to the electric market gained a powerful detractor in recent days: the Texas Oil and Gas Association, the state's oldest and largest petroleum organization. Full Story 

    Transmission lines near Sweetwater that will connect windy regions of the state to major population centers.
    Credit: Axel Gerdau

  • The Brief: Jan. 8, 2014

    By John Reynolds

    The Tribune's Morgan Smith has a must-read piece on what's next for the education reform group funded by tort reform champions that left a big imprint on policy debates during last year's legislative session. Full Story 

    Texas charter school children and supporters rallied at the Texas Capitol to lobby the Legislature for more funding on May 8, 2013.
    Credit: Bob Daemmrich