Republicans swept all statewide offices in the most recent midterm elections on Tuesday. They have won every statewide seat since 1998. The GOP also flipped a Senate seat — Wendy Davis' SD-10 — and gained three seats in the House, moving ever closer to outright supermajorities in both chambers.

Gov. Rick Perry was in court on Thursday, where his legal team was trying to disqualify the prosecutor who brought two felony charges against the governor, alleging irregularities in how the prosecutor was sworn in. Perry afterward told reporters that he had no regrets about his veto of funding for the Travis County public integrity unit, the action that led to his indictment. "I would do it again," Perry said.

Residents of Denton caused a ruckus heard nationwide when they voted on Tuesday to ban hydraulic fracturing within the city limits. The vote spurred an almost immediate lawsuit by the Texas Oil & Gas Association as well as legal action from Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson.

About a dozen voters in Bexar County were victims of a system glitch that caused GOP gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott's name to be omitted from the ballot. In its place was a misspelled version of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. Authorities said the votes were correctly counted despite the naming error.

Texas voters for the second year in a row approved a constitutional amendment to use oil and gas tax revenue to fund needed infrastructure. The amendment approved Tuesday would create a new funding source — estimated at $1.7 billon in year one — for road projects.

The Texas Water Development Board on Thursday approved rules on the new revolving water projects fund, meaning that entities can now begin applying for money to help expand water supplies.