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• TribLive: Seliger and Solomons on the Politics of Redistricting

  By Evan Smith April 7, 2011

  At this morning's TribLive conversation, state Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, and state Rep. Burt Solomons, R-Carrollton, acknowledged that there's no way to take politics out of the mapmaking process. Full Story 

• Video: Dueling Rallies Fight For Different Priorities

  By Justin Dehn April 6, 2011

  Texans on all sides of the budget equation rallied at the Capitol Wednesday for vastly different priorities. Full Story 

• Senate Leaders: State Must Address Structural Deficit

  By Justin Dehn April 5, 2011

  Texas needs to address its structural deficit during the current session or it will face even deeper financial problems in two years than it faces today, Senate leaders said Tuesday afternoon. Full Story 

• Video: House Gives "Pork Chopper" Bill Early OK

  By Justin Dehn April 4, 2011

  The aptly nicknamed "pork chopper" bill — which authorizes hunters to shoot feral hogs and coyotes from helicopters — passed a preliminary vote in the Texas House today, 137-9. Full Story 

• TribLive: Thompson on Race and Party ID

  By Evan Smith April 4, 2011

  At last Thursday's TribLive conversation, State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, talked about whether being black and being Republican were incompatible. Full Story 

• TribLive: Thompson on Gambling

  By Evan Smith April 4, 2011

  At last Thursday's TribLive, State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, made the economic development case for legalized gambling in Texas. Full Story 

• TribLive: Thompson on the Democrats

  By Evan Smith April 4, 2011

  At last Thursday's TribLive, State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, talked about what her party needs to do to regain its electoral mojo. Full Story 

• VIDEO: Lawmakers Debate "Western Civilization"

  By Justin Dehn April 3, 2011

  In an ugly debate late Friday night, Rep. Wayne Christian proposed requiring that colleges and universities getting state funds should make sure that at least 10 percent of their courses "provide instruction in Western Civilization." Full Story 

• The Week in Texas Politics Recap: March 28—April 1

  By Justin Dehn April 1, 2011

  No time to follow every twist and turn of the Texas Legislature? We've made it easier for you with our weekly recaps of the action under the dome. Full Story 

• Video: Lawmakers React to Budget Bills; Look Ahead to HB1 Battle

  By Justin Dehn and Thanh Tan March 31, 2011

  State Reps. Mike Villarreal, D-San Antonio, and Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, react to the passage of HB4 and HB275, and preview of the upcoming battle over HB1, the House's bare-bones general appropriations plan for the next biennium. Full Story 

• TribLive: Don't Cut Public Ed, Thompson Says

  By Evan Smith March 31, 2011

  At this morning's TribLive conversation, state Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, the longest-serving woman, African American and Democrat in the Texas House, forcefully argued that state funding of public education should not be cut — unless school districts are made to tap into their own reserves. Full Story 

• VIDEO: GOP Freshman Lawmakers Discuss Tea Party Influence, Budget Clout

  By Justin Dehn and Thanh Tan March 31, 2011

  Thirty new GOP state lawmakers took office this year, promising their constituents they'd cut the fat out of government. As the House prepares to vote on a slew of budget bills on Thursday and Friday, this freshman bloc is showing some clout. Full Story