His campaign was criticized this week for failing to detail its expenditures. But Craig McDonald, who filed an ethics complaint on behalf of liberal watchdog group Texans for Public Justice, says there's a larger issue at play: the Perry administration's overall lack of openness. Full Story
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The executive director of the progressive Center for Public Policy Priorities and the director of the Center for Fiscal Policy at the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation, debate the best way to dig out of Texas' multi-billion-dollar budget shortfall. Full Story
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As Gov. Rick Perry tours China as part of an economic development trip, his opponent, Democrat Bill White, is accusing the governor of working an average of seven hours a week. "Leadership starts at the top," White said, promising to put in more hours on the job if he's elected. Full Story
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In 2000, Texas higher education in Texas was languishing behind other states and a plan was adopted to “close the gaps” by 2015. A decade later, Higher Education Commissioner Raymund Paredes tells the Tribune that significant change is still needed. Full Story
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In our latest HuTube vlog post, we venture to a Team Perry press conference at Bill White's Austin headquarters. White's volunteers must have had some advance notice. They came armed with signs, chants — and a guy in a chicken suit — to shout over the governor's spokesman. Full Story
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Evan Smith's 35-minute interview with Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, from the Tribune's TribLive event series. Full Story
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White denies claims that he financially benefited from an investment in a company that helped in Hurrican Rita cleanup. Video courtesy of Tribune news partner KHOU-TV in Houston. Full Story
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At this morning's TribLive event, Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins told the Tribune's Evan Smith that the two constables in the crosshairs of a corruption investigation are not the only elected officials in Dallas he's investigating. Full Story
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Photographer Caleb Bryant Miller visits a geriatric prison unit to describe life on the inside for Texas' elderly inmates. A follow-up to "Dying On The State's Dime." Full Story
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The stakeholders in the roiling controversy over enforcement problems at the Division of Workers' Comp testify before state lawmakers on the Sunset Advisory Commission Tuesday night. Full Story
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Full video of Evan Smith's May 19 TribLive conversation with state Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin. Full Story
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Details of life inside Rick Perry's temporary digs made headlines this week, revealing that — in addition to $9,900 a month in rent — taxpayers foot the bill for Neiman Marcus curtains, $700 clothes racks and a subscription to Food & Wine magazine. How much of a political problem are the governor's posh trappings? Full Story
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