Will Weissert

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A grand jury indicted Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday for abusing the powers of his office by carrying out a threat to veto funding for state prosecutors investigating public corruption â making the possible 2016 presidential hopeful his state's first indicted governor in nearly a century. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas’ Rick Perry indicted for coercion for veto threat

Will Weissert · August 15, 2014 11:12 pm

Lawmakers mull alternatives to Medicaid expansion

Will Weissert · August 14, 2014 11:04 pm

Perry not sure how long Guard troops to deploy

Will Weissert · August 13, 2014 4:26 pm

2016 preview? Perry, Cruz at same GOP gathering

Will Weissert · August 8, 2014 5:02 am

Lt. governor hopefuls tout business credentials

Will Weissert · August 7, 2014 10:27 pm

Texas’ 2013 on-time graduation rate a record high

Will Weissert · August 5, 2014 10:46 pm

File -In this June 28, 2014 file photo, Texas gubernatorial hopeful and state Sen. Wendy Davis pauses while speaking at the Lady Bird Johnson Breakfast Fundraiser during the Texas Democratic Convention in Dallas. Davis says she remains confident she can previal in November, despite Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott's sizeable money advantage. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Underdog Davis insists she’ll win governor’s race

Will Weissert · August 5, 2014 10:39 pm

Lawmakers: Is beefed-up border security worth it?

Will Weissert · July 29, 2014 11:41 pm

Texas Board of Education member Donna Bahorich speaks during a meeting, Friday, July 18, 2014, in Austin, Texas. The board voted unanimously to allow its members to take privately-funded trips to such schools in other states, which critics say would lead to "junkets" and conflicts of interest. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Education board OKs paid trips to charter schools

Will Weissert · July 18, 2014 8:08 pm

Board of Ed mulls paid trips to charter schools

Will Weissert · July 18, 2014 7:25 am

Texas education board scolds state commissioner

Will Weissert · July 16, 2014 9:02 pm

Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, walks out of the U.S. Courthouse, Monday, July 14, 2014, in San Antonio. The U.S. Justice Department told judges in a trial that began Monday that Texas lawmakers carefully crafted electoral maps marginalizing minority voters despite the state's exploding Hispanic population in a deliberate effort to racially discriminate and protect conservative incumbents. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Feds: Texas voting maps deliberately discriminated

Will Weissert · July 14, 2014 7:35 pm