Libations
December 13, 2019
Naughty and Nice Texas Cocktails
Four star bartenders from around the state offer up recipes for delicious tipples and creative mocktails.
Aaron Pena
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
Texas Redistricting Ball Now in Scalia’s Court
But does the U.S. Supreme Court Justice’s request for briefs mean he might rule in the state’s favor?
The Culture
December 22, 2011
Merry Christmas! Twelve Gifts for Twelve Texans
What we'd like to get Rick Perry, Warren Jeffs, Willie Nelson, and other prominent Texans for Christmas.
Politics & Policy
November 27, 2011
Court’s Interim Redistricting Map Claims Aaron Peña
Longtime Rio Grande Valley legislator and recent Republican convert Aaron Peña won’t seek a seat in the next election.
Politics & Policy
April 30, 2011
No Peña, No Gain
Was Aaron Peña’s defection to the Republican party a quixotic move that will cost him his political career or the start of a bad trend for Democrats?
Politics & Policy
February 10, 2011
House committee assignments, at long last
The Joe Straus who put together these committee assignments was a different Joe Straus from the one who made the appointments in 2009. Straus 2.0 is a much more skilled politician. For those who had labeled him a RINO, he spiked that attack by appointing 27 Republican chairs to only 11
Politics & Policy
January 27, 2011
Peña forms legislative Hispanic Republican Conference
State Rep. Aaron Peña of Edinburg, who recently changed the D after his name to an R, is forming a legislative Hispanic Republican Conference, which he hopes will “inject a dose of realism” into some of the session’s most divisive issues. Before everyone jumps to the comments section to be