Texas Could Foot Bill for Radioactive Waste Dump

It didn’t take long – 11 days to be exact – after Gov. Rick Perry was safely re-elected for the Texas Compact Commission to [...]

“Deplorable”: SREC member demands “true Christian conservative” Speaker

In case you thought the bout of anti-Semitism in the Speaker’s race was over, think again. An email exchange between State Republican Executive Committee [...]

Is UTB-TSC Getting Divorced or Separated?

Talk about a bad time to play chicken with the University of Texas Board of Regents. With an estimated $20 billion budget shortfall looming [...]

Using Trauma to Educate

At first, Jamie Schanbaum thought she had the flu. In November 2008, she was a healthy, 20-year-old freshman attending the University of Texas at [...]

Can Straus Hang On?

dept. of influence-peddling The election of the Texas House speaker has always been an insider’s fight. The 150 House members who vote on the [...]