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• Leppert Swipes at Cruz and Dewhurst in New Ad

  By Aman Batheja April 11, 2012

  Tom Leppert released a new TV ad that includes a thinly veiled swipe at U.S. Senate race rivals David Dewhurst and Ted Cruz. Full Story 

• In Tough New Ad, Paul Plays Texan Card

  By Evan Smith April 10, 2012

  Showing no signs of quitting the 2012 race, Ron Paul is attacking his Republican rivals in a new ad as a "debt-raising fiscal liberal," a "moon colony guy" and a "moderate from Massachusetts" — and playing up his Texanness. Full Story 

• Video: Is State System Helping Failing Districts?

  By Justin Dehn and Thanh Tan April 10, 2012

  In conjunction with Morgan Smith's "Death of a District" series, the Tribune presents a special video report on the role of accountability and whether the state's current standards are helping or hurting failing districts in Texas. Full Story 

• The Hot Seat: A Conversation with West Texas Lawmakers

  By Evan Smith April 6, 2012

  At our Hot Seat conversation at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, state Reps. Tom Craddick, R-Midland, and Tryon Lewis, R-Odessa, and state Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, discussed cuts to public and higher education and other by-products of the 82nd Session. Full Story 

• Texas Weekly Newsreel: Texas Primary Races

  By Justin Dehn April 6, 2012

  Take One! This is our introduction to something new: The Texas Weekly Newsreel, starting with an intro to some of the races to watch in the upcoming Texas primary. Full Story 

• The Hot Seat: West Texas Lawmakers on Public Ed Cuts

  By Evan Smith April 5, 2012

  At last Friday's Hot Seat conversation at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, state Rep. Tryon Lewis, R-Odessa, and state Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, talked about the impact of cuts to public education. Full Story 

• The Hot Seat: West Texas Lawmakers on Romney

  By Evan Smith April 5, 2012

  At last Friday's Hot Seat conversation at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, state Reps. Tom Craddick, R-Midland, and Tryon Lewis, R-Odessa, and state Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, declined to endorse their party's likely 2012 presidential nominee. Full Story 

• Texas Weekly Newsreel: Primary Voter Turnout

  By Justin Dehn April 5, 2012

  The Texas presidential primaries don't look to be as competitive as they would have been in March, and races from the U.S. Senate, Congress and the Legislature don't have the attention of voters. That's got people worrying about turnout. Full Story 

• Weekend Insider: Workers Comp, Houston School Closure

  By Justin Dehn April 5, 2012

  Wal-Mart looks to provide a cheaper alternative to workers compensation for their employees, and a Houston school district struggles with the possibility of closure. Full Story 

• Weekend Insider: Joe Straus Challenged, Vet Shortage

  By Justin Dehn March 29, 2012

  House Speaker Joe Straus faces a primary challenger. And some rural areas in Texas are facing a shortage of veterinarians. Full Story 

• TribLive: A Conversation with Paul Sadler

  By Evan Smith March 26, 2012

  Full video of Evan Smith's March 22 TribLive conversation with former state Rep. Paul Sadler, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. Full Story 

• First Ad from Ames Jones: Jobs

  By Ross Ramsey March 23, 2012

  In her first TV commercials — running during college basketball games this weekend and then in broader rotation in Austin and San Antonio starting next week — Texas Senate candidate Elizabeth Ames Jones says she'll create jobs and fight "Obama bureaucrats." Full Story