Latest Stories By W. Gardner Selby

A pro-Democratic group said Abbott misspent more than $1 million in grant aid.

That's a Truth-O-Meter False.

Leticia Van de Putte said Texans can be fired, or denied jobs, for being gay.

That’s not universally so.

In 2011, we agreed 80,000 abortions annually occur in Texas. Now that figure is too high.

Austin's Fox 7 News quizzed us about our check of a claim that the abortion measure before Texas lawmakers has the backing of most Texans--which we rated Mostly False.

Rick Perry's promised  "exciting" plan? He's not seeking another term as governor at the least. See updates at statesman.com.

For our part, we are posting the Truth-O-Meter report card for the longest-serving governor in Texas history--and True-to-Pants on Fire report cards for various officeholders surely hankering to move up once Perry moves on.

For the price of a special legislative session, Texas could pay for many condoms or birth control pills or even sexual health educators, according to a sign we spotted.

Let's shop.

Rick Perry described Wendy Davis today as born to an unwed mother and having given birth out of wedlock. News to us.

Time ran out on legislation pitched as improving abortion regulation in Texas. But Gov. Rick Perry called another special session, starting Monday.

We spent the filibuster week on a quartet of related fact checks, including whether Perry accurately described Sen. Wendy Davis' childhood and early adulthood.

With the fate of legislation limiting abortions in Texas in question, a legislator who likened rape kits and a surgical procedure advised us that she knows that's not correct and did not intend to say as much.

The wee-hours debate in Texas over changes in law related to abortion generated one claim we found smoky. Meantime, we're sharing past fact checks regarding abortion.

Michael McCaul warned. We checked.

Did $25,000 flow to the burg of Rollingwood for the inconvenience of a nearby Rolling Stones concert? Like sugar.