Politics
The University of Texas Board of Regents chairman on the controversies over higher education and the future of learning.
Senator Donna Campbell puts a new twist on the debate over photo ID: You can't say "I do" until you show the proper form of identification.
When the curtain went up on the 83rd Legislature, I thought the state was poised to have one of the best sessions ever. Then everything fell apart.
Texas's capital was the first stop on the president's new "Middle Class Jobs & Opportunity Tour."
Central Texas was the first stop on President Obama's "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity" tour.
On Monday the Senate passed HB-5, which slashes the number of mandatory tests in Texas high schools, proposes a new way to rate districts, and restructures the high school diploma plans.
A Republican judge from Harris County, with the support of the conservative TPPF and the left-leaning TCJC, is working with Democratic lawmakers to reduce the sentences for defendants arrested with trace amounts of illegal drugs. But it takes more than bipartisanship to change people's views on the state's drug laws.
In February, Judge John Dietz ruled that the state's current school finance system was unconstitutional. However, the legislature's restoration of some of last session's deep cuts to schools during the 83rd legislative session could be a game changer for the lawsuit.
The city held a special place in Lyndon Baines Johnson’s heart, and a number of the places significant in his life there are still around.
In an interview with Texas Monthly in Washington last week, the freshman congressman from El Paso weighed in on border security, U.S.-Mexico trade, and immigration reform.
The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum opened today. Americans are still trying to figure out how we feel about that.
Looking back on 43 as the the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum opens its doors.
After more than a dozen amendments toughening regulations on short-term lenders were added to Sen. John Carona's payday lending bill, he referred to his legislation as an "ugly baby" before it passed out of the Senate. But can it make it out of the House?
Over the past two decades a movement to increase the importance of standardized testing in public schools has swept across the country. It was born in Texas. Is Texas also where it might die?
The latest data from the Texas Workforce Commission shows that the state actually lost jobs last month. About 4,100. The total employment numbers have changed 0.0 percent. But still!
Sen. John Carona found his payday lending bill met with more opposition on the Senate floor than he had anticipated Thursday, prompting him to suggest that lobbyists were exercising undue influence over some of his colleagues.
Acting like a rube used to be the best way to get ahead in politics. Now something crazier is required.
The Republican State Senator from Houston made what was his third appearance on the show this year to talk guns Tuesday night.
After the deadliest industrial accident in American history, the people of Texas City were angry—at the government, not the company that caused the catastrophe
After 100 days of relative calm, discord finally erupted in the Senate when Dan Patrick brought up a rare and controversial measure to recall a colleague's bill.
What the politics of Medicaid expansion says about the future of Texas.
The latest edition of "Texas on the Brink" shows that for all of its success, Texas has plenty of room for improvement
On Monday, Donna Campbell's resolution to add an amendment to the Texas constitution guaranteeing freedom of religion lead to a discussion about abortion rights, the Westboro Baptist Church, and goat slaughter.
Bob Perry, the Houston homebuilder and mega contributor to Republican causes and, in the 2004 presidential race, the Swift Boat Vets, passed away at him home this weekend at the age of 80.
Houston homebuilder Bob Perry was the nation's largest individual political donor and the man criticized for helping to popularize “Swift boat” as a verb.
In an exclusive conversation with Texas Monthly, the controversial UT regent opens up about the board, the Legislature, and the future of UT-Austin president Bill Powers.
On Thursday the Texas Senate passed SB2, which would expand the number of charter licenses in the state.
Republicans and Democrats agree on drug testing for welfare recipients? Maybe there is something in the water.
Too many people, most of whom don’t know what they’re talking about. In defense of our (mostly) great state.