The big question around U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential bid is whether he has so isolated himself from the GOP establishment that he will struggle to find the structural and financial footing needed to win.
Mar 22, 2015 11:10 pm
Posted inState Government
Inside Texas Politics: Photographing Police
On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics with host Jason Whitely, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Bud Kennedy and Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey, the show opens with an interview with Gov. Greg Abbott.
Posted in
Politics
Ted Cruz Will Seek the Presidency
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz will announce Monday that he is seeking the Republican nomination for president, the boldest step yet in the junior Texas senator’s meteoric rise.
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Politics
For Likely 2016 Campaign, Perry Recruits Faces New and Old
Former Gov. Rick Perry’s 2016 presidential campaign-in-waiting features both operatives who have worked with him in the past and those who are new to his political orbit.
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Transportation
In Legislature, Toll Roads Facing Strong Opposition
Anti-toll sentiment at the Capitol is at its highest level in at least a decade as both Republicans and Democrats have proposed measures that would either tap the brakes on new toll road projects, or undo the state’s current tolling system entirely.
Posted inEnergy, Environment
Blood Lessons: Could the Texas City Tragedy Happen Again?
The Texas Tribune and the Houston Chronicle spent months examining whether the nation’s oil refineries learned the lessons of the deadly explosion at BP’s Texas City refinery in 2005. Ten years later, their investigation shows, the death toll has barely slowed.
