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• TribLive: The State of the 2012 Race

  By Evan Smith June 28, 2012

  At this morning's TribLive conversation, political strategists Matthew Dowd, Mark McKinnon and John Weaver assessed the state of the 2012 presidential race. Full Story 

• Weekend Insider: Dewhurst vs. Cruz, Mexico Election

  By Justin Dehn June 28, 2012

  Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former solicitor general Ted Cruz try to set themselves apart, but how different are they? And Mexico hopes for peace as it prepares to elect a new president. Full Story 

• TribLive: Romney and the Hispanic Vote

  By Evan Smith June 28, 2012

  At this morning's TribLive conversation, political strategists Matthew Dowd, Mark McKinnon and John Weaver discussed Mitt Romney's pressing need to win over Hispanic voters this fall. Full Story 

• Video: Where Did Family Planning Money Go?

  By Thanh Tan June 28, 2012

  In Part 5 of the Tribune's "Fertile Ground" series, we track the fallout from the Texas Legislature's decision last year to shift two-thirds of family planning funds to other causes, including crisis pregnancy centers. Full Story 

• Dewhurst's Latest TV Ad: "Stop Obama's Amnesty"

  By Aman Batheja June 27, 2012

  In a new TV ad, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst describes the southern border as "a 2,000-mile monument to the failure of Washington," and the U.S. Senate candidate says President Obama's recent executive order "burns me up." Full Story 

• Video: Sen. John Cornyn on National Security Leaks

  By Justin Dehn June 26, 2012

  U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said Tuesday that a special counsel should be appointed to investigate reports of national security leaks because the Obama administration "cannot be trusted to investigate itself." Full Story 

• Texas Weekly Newsreel: Senate Runoff Debates

  By Justin Dehn June 23, 2012

  This week, the volume goes up in the U.S. Senate primaries, with debates for the Republicans on Friday and the Democrats next week, sponsored by KERA Dallas, the Tribune, Hearst, Univision and others. Full Story 

• Perry: Cruz Backers Don't Know "How Texas Works"

  By Aman Batheja June 22, 2012

  A Super PAC backing Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst's bid for the U.S. Senate released a new web video Friday in which Gov. Rick Perry praises Dewhurst's conservative record and criticizes some backers of former Solicitor General Ted Cruz as uninformed. Full Story 

• Weekend Insider: Tension in Jasper, Surgeries for Obese Texans

  By Justin Dehn June 21, 2012

  The firing of Jasper's first black police chief is exposing racial tensions in the East Texas town. And how much taxpayer money should should be used to subsidize bariatric surgery? Full Story 

• Dewhurst Calls Cruz "D.C. PAC Man" in New Web Ad

  By Aman Batheja June 18, 2012

  In its first attack video of the runoff, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst's campaign for U.S. Senate has reached back to a 1980s-era arcade classic for inspiration. Full Story 

• Texas Weekly Newsreel: State Conventions

  By Justin Dehn June 15, 2012

  The parties came out of their state conventions with completely different sets of problems. The Republicans want to keep the factions inside their big tent. The Democrats are struggling to raise a big tent of their own. And now, they're headed for the runoffs. Full Story 

• Video: Medicaid Overhaul Causes Some Pharmacists Pain

  By Becca Aaronson June 15, 2012

  Independent pharmacists in Texas say they're concerned about lawmakers' decision to curb state health costs by including pharmacy benefits in the expansion of Medicaid managed care to the Rio Grande Valley. Full Story