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• Texas Weekly Newsreel: Tom DeLay, Debates, Medicaid

  By Justin Dehn Oct. 13, 2012

  This week in the Newsreel: Upcoming debates, voter registration, medicaid expansion and campaign finance reports. Full Story 

• Video: Faircloth Focuses on Job Growth in New Ad

  By Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project Oct. 12, 2012

  In a new ad, Republican Wayne Faircloth, who is challenging state Rep. Craig Eiland, D-Galveston, in House District 23, says his career as a small-business owner has prepared him to work on balancing the state budget and create jobs. Full Story 

• TribLive: A Conversation with Three House Hopefuls

  By Evan Smith Oct. 12, 2012

  Full video of my TribLive conversation with three Texas House hopefuls: Republicans Stephanie Klick and Chris Paddie and Democrat Justin Rodriguez. Full Story 

• Weber Ad: Voters Fired Lampson Twice

  By Ross Ramsey Oct. 11, 2012

  Randy Weber's latest ad says CD-14 opponent Nick Lampson voted against the Bush tax cuts, child tax credits and ending with this: "Voters fired him. Twice." It goes on TV on Friday, Weber's campaign said. Full Story 

• TribLive: New State Reps. on Speaker Politics

  By Evan Smith Oct. 11, 2012

  At this morning's TribLive conversation, presumptive incoming state Reps. Stephanie Klick, Chris Paddie and Justin Rodriguez were asked if they were prepared to sign pledge cards for Speaker Joe Straus or his challenger, state Rep. Bryan Hughes. Full Story 

• Canseco Shoots Back at Gallego, Promotes Jobs

  By Ross Ramsey Oct. 10, 2012

  U.S. Rep. Francisco Canseco, R-San Antonio, says groups supporting Democrat Pete Gallego in that CD-23 race have spent $2.1 million on ads he says are "all false." Canseco says he is promoting energy jobs that Gallego's supporters oppose. Full Story 

• Weber's New Ad Touts His Community Work

  By Ross Ramsey Oct. 10, 2012

  State Rep. Randy Weber's newest ad in his congressional race against Democrat Nick Lampson is a testimonial from local builder Terry Collins. He talks about Weber's help for a program called Operation Finally Home, which builds homes for wounded and disabled soldiers and their families. Full Story 

• Shelton Ad Calls Davis "Lifelong Tax Liberal"

  By Emily Ramshaw Oct. 10, 2012

  In a new ad, Mark Shelton's campaign depicts his SD-10 opponent, Fort Worth Sen. Wendy Davis, as a "lifelong tax liberal" who takes money from the pockets of seniors. Cue the vacuums. Full Story 

• Lampson Ad Highlights Opponent's Job Votes

  By Ross Ramsey Oct. 9, 2012

  In his new spot, Democrat Nick Lampson of Beaumont says his CD-14 opponent, state Rep. Randy Weber, R-Pearland, voted for "tax breaks for companies that send Texas jobs overseas" and says Lampson "protected jobs in Texas" when he was in Congress. Full Story 

• NRCC Enters CD-23, Slamming Gallego's Environmental Support

  By Ross Ramsey Oct. 9, 2012

  Defending incumbent U.S. Rep. Francisco "Quico" Canseco, R-San Antonio, the National Republican Congressional Committee is running an ad slamming state Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, for his support from "radical environmentalists in Washington." Full Story 

• Davis Ad Hits Shelton for Vote on Rape Investigations

  By Ross Ramsey Oct. 9, 2012

  In a new commercial, a rape victim credits state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, with legislation that put her attacker in jail, and says Davis' challenger, state Rep. Mark Shelton, R-Fort Worth, was one of eight lawmakers who voted against it. Full Story 

• TribuneFest: A Conversation About Educating Latinos

  By Evan Smith Oct. 8, 2012

  At the 2012 Texas Tribune Festival, New York Times reporter Manny Fernandez talked about educating the emerging Hispanic majority with Sarita Brown of Excelencia in Education, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD Superintendent Daniel King, South Texas College President Shirley Reed and University of Texas at Brownsville President Juliet Garcia. Full Story