Aman Batheja
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6 ways Beto O’Rourke's Senate bid is like Ted Cruz’s first bid for Congress
Back in 2012, Ted Cruz was the underdog who managed to beat out the better-known David Dewhurst for a U.S. Senate seat. Now, as Cruz is running for re-election, there are echoes of that earlier campaign in Beto O'Rourke's bid to unseat Cruz. → Read More
We asked 40 Texas Republican candidates about Trump. They like him. The tweets? Not so much.
President Donald Trump is the elephant in the room of Texas Republican politics. In some GOP primaries, he's everywhere. In others, candidates don't want to talk about him. But many we talked to agreed: They wish he'd stop tweeting. → Read More
The Time Oprah Winfrey Beefed With The Texas Cattle Industry
The six weeks Oprah Winfrey spent in Amarillo defending herself in a lawsuit from the beef industry highlight the media mogul's natural political gifts. → Read More
The Time Oprah Winfrey Beefed With The Texas Cattle Industry
The six weeks Oprah Winfrey spent in Amarillo defending herself in a lawsuit from the beef industry highlight the media mogul's natural political gifts. → Read More
How A Chaotic Night In The Texas House Paved The Way For Speaker Straus
Angry outbursts. Abrupt resignations. A Texas House speaker fleeing his own chamber. While Joe Straus is voluntarily stepping down as speaker, the day many view as pivotal to putting him in that position of power was far less orderly → Read More
How A Chaotic Night In The Texas House Paved The Way For Speaker Straus
Angry outbursts. Abrupt resignations. A Texas House speaker fleeing his own chamber. While Joe Straus is voluntarily stepping down as speaker, the day many view as pivotal to putting him in that position of power was far less orderly → Read More
How a chaotic night in the Texas House paved the way for Speaker Straus
Angry outbursts. Abrupt resignations. A Texas House speaker fleeing his own chamber. While Joe Straus is voluntarily stepping down as speaker, the day many view as pivotal to putting him in that position of power was far less orderly. → Read More
Watch live: Kay Bailey Hutchison, US Ambassador to NATO, sits down with Washington Post
Kay Bailey Hutchison, the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO and the former U.S. Senator from Texas, sits down for for an interview with Washington Post columnist David Ignatius Thrusday evening. Watch the livestream here. → Read More
Special session update, Rick Perry and Dawnna Dukes (podcast)
On this week's TribCast, Aman talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about how the special session might end now that we're at the halfway point and reports that Rick Perry might be Trump's next head of Homeland Security. Plus, an update on Dawnna Dukes' corruption case. → Read More
School choice already dead in Texas House, says public education chair (video)
State Rep. Dan Huberty, a Houston Republican and chairman of the House Public Education Committee, said Tuesday morning that school choice legislation has no path forward in the House during the current legislative session. → Read More
Cruz, Clinton Lead Among Endorsements from Texas Legislature
If the Texas Legislature reflects the sentiment of Texas voters, Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Hillary Clinton should do very well in their respective primaries today. More than half of the 179 current members of the Legislature have endorsed a candidate for president, according to information released by the campaigns. But the seating chart below shows dozens of members have not officially… → Read More
In Nine Trips to Supreme Court, Ted Cruz Saw Mixed Results
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz belongs to an elite club of lawyers who have repeatedly argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. A closer look at the nine times the Texan argued before the justices shows wins and losses as he challenged legal limits. → Read More
Uber, Tesla, Google Messed with Texas Transportation in 2015, by Aman Batheja
Silicon Valley heavyweights like Uber, Tesla and Google challenged the transportation status quo this year, along with a private firm that is hoping to build the country’s fastest high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston. → Read More
Attorney General's Office: Abbott's Budget Vetoes Should Stand
Gov. Greg Abbott was well within his powers when he vetoed more than $200 million in funds approved by the Texas Legislature this year, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office wrote in an opinion issued Monday. → Read More
Richard Linklater, Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey Organize "Bernie" Fundraiser
Four years after director Richard Linklater made a dark comedy about convicted murderer Bernie Tiede, the filmmaker and the film's star-studded cast are planning a fundraiser to help pay for Tiede's legal costs ahead of a new sentencing trial. → Read More
Lt. Gov. Patrick Appoints Allen West to Texas Sunset Commission, by Aman Batheja
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Friday announced the appointment of conservative firebrand Allen West, a former Florida congressman and prominent Fox News contributor, to the state's Sunset Commission. → Read More
Austin Weighs New Uber, Lyft Rules
The future of popular vehicle-for-hire services Uber and Lyft in Austin was up in the air Thursday evening, as the city council was set to vote on an ordinance aimed at regulating the firms more like traditional taxi companies. → Read More
Transportation Agency Names its Next Chief, by Aman Batheja
The Texas Transportation Commission selected a new executive director for the Texas Department of Transportation Thursday: James Bass, the agency’s longtime chief financial officer. → Read More
Burnam Joins Race for Open Railroad Commission Seat
Former state Rep. Lon Burnam, a Fort Worth Democrat, said Sunday that he has filed to run for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission, the state agency that regulates oil and gas development. → Read More
Abbott Gets in the Ring, Approves $2.7 Million for WrestleMania, by Aman Batheja
Gov. Greg Abbott has committed $2.7 million in taxpayer dollars to bring WrestleMania to AT&T Stadium in Arlington next year, one of 20 events his office has approved such funding for since September. → Read More