Justin Dehn

This week in the Newsreel: Perry sends Guard to the border, teacher evaluation changes delayed and the number of abortions in Texas drops.

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and his challenger Dan Patrick went head to head Tuesday night in a debate hosted by the Central Texas Tea Party. The debate followed last week’s release of Patrick’s medical records and the ensuing political firestorm over it.

Here’s audio of Evan Smith’s Nov. 18 conversation with veteran political reporters Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, whose new book on the 2012 presidential campaign, Double Down, is already a best-seller.

Texas voters will see two women at the top of the Democratic ticket in the 2014 election. State Sen. Leticia Van de Putte made her run for lieutenant governor official Saturday in San Antonio.

Hey, Texplainer: How do state officials make sure the electricity stays on during the many long, hot days of the Texas summer?

The year 2012 in Texas Tribune videos: From Gov. Rick Perry’s presidential campaign to rock-and-roller Ted Nugent, the U.S. Senate campaign, prosecutorial misconduct and pre-legislative prognostications, our cameras were running.

The firing of Jasper’s first black police chief is exposing racial tensions in the East Texas town. And how much taxpayer money should should be used to subsidize bariatric surgery?

Displaced Mexicans are seeking refuge in El Paso from drug war violence raging in their country, Julian Aguilar reports. And Ross Ramsey explains how the Tea Party movement has shaped Gov. Rick Perry’s politics.

Watch as the Tribune’s Alexa Ura and Aliyya Swaby discuss their reporting for the “Dis-Integration” series that examines the challenges school communities have faced in integrating their schools.

In the weekend edition of The Brief podcast, hear from a student who says that because he’s immunocompromised, he’s worried that students aren’t taking the pandemic seriously when off campus, making him feel trapped in his home.