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Sen. Hinojosa draws comparisons between private prisons and private wars - and why both are doomed to fail the state.

An old refrain was sung yet again Tuesday in a Senate hearing – the governor goes on a veto rampage, leaving legislators (and others) to wonder why his objections to their bills didn't come up earlier

Do you really need the Bible to be a constitutional lawyer? Sen. Estes thinks so.

The last negotiations over reforming TYC have been completed: will they mean an accountable management?

State government starts long, protracted, and expensive era of oversight, litigation, and structural changes to discredited agency

Tax plan progress?

Odds and ends – mostly odds – from beneath the pink granite dome

A bill that critics charged would have increased the pace of Texas executions dies and takes a judicial pay raise bill down with it

From her office vantage point, beside the rosy glow of the majestic Capitol dome, 78-year-old feminist, political powerhouse, and gay rights lobbyist Bettie Naylor keeps a watchful eye over the doings at the legislature

Criminal justice

Gay leader makes bold red-state predictions

Keel changes language to speed up death penalty

Also, floating 'drug-free zones' proposed

Odds and ends (mostly odds) from the 79th

Briefs argue the usual subjects in preparation for next month's trial

The Democrats file federal lawsuits against the new congressional map.

The redistricting conference committee doesn't look like Texas, and Strayhorn gets slapped

Perry calls a third special re-redistricting session, and the Dems explore their options.

The fight over re-redistricting is a battle for the civil rights of minority Texans.

The Texas Senate Democrats make a stand in New Mexico against congressional redistricting.

Signs of Grandstanding