Texas looks at measures to prevent suicide
Every day, more than six Texans commit suicide and another 30 are hospitalized for attempted suicide. Over the last few years, suicide has become the 11th leading cause of death in Texas. In the last legislative session, Texas lawmakers attempted to address the problem
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Texas dead last in health coverage, again
About 19 percent of Texas' under-65 population is uninsured and 32 percent of the state's 19-34 year-olds lack health insurance
How to watch the third 2020 Democratic debate in Houston, Texas
Democratic 2020 presidential candidates former HUD Secretary Julian Castro, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke participate in the first U.S. 2020 presidential
Houston has become a political hotbed — and not just because of Thursday’s presidential debate
Houston was long a backwater of Democratic politics, but after recent successes the party is energized. Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune BY ABBY LIVINGSTON HOUSTON – With the Democratic presidential
Dennis Bonnen denied Michael Quinn Sullivan’s allegations in a voicemail
BY CASSANDRA POLLOCK AND JAY ROOT In the hours after hardline conservative activist Michael Quinn Sullivan exploded his political bombshell in late July — alleging House Speaker Dennis Bonnen wanted to target some
Federal judge orders Galveston County to have defense lawyers at bail-setting hearings
BY JOLIE MCCULLOUGH Add Galveston to the list of Texas counties that have been court ordered to change their bail practices. A federal district judge on Wednesday issued a temporary injunction
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5 Things We Learned from Gov. Abbott’s Town Hall Meeting
At a televised town hall from the University of Texas at Tyler Thursday night, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott addressed a range of topics affecting the
Gov. Abbott announces Domestic Terrorism Task Force in the wake of El Paso Shooting
In the wake of another mass shooting in El Paso, Gov. Greg Abbott announced the formation of a domestic terrorism task force on Wednesday charged
At school district event, Sen. Bob Hall seemingly praises education bill he did not support
Senator Bob Hall (R-Edgewood) was recently caught in the classic political trap of saying one thing after doing the opposite by education advocates in Texas.
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TCEQ denies waste permit after residents rally against facility
BY CHASE KARACOSTAS Colorado County officials on Wednesday won the latest round of a five-year fight to prevent a waste processing near the Colorado River that they say would contaminate ground
HD-100: Five running for Eric Johnson’s old seat
The passage of the filing deadline on Wednesday, Sept. 4, has locked in the candidates for the multiple statehouse special elections being held this fall. Voters in State House District
Texas House creates mass violence committee
Texas Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen has formed a House Select Committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety. The committee was created in response to the recent mass
“We failed as an agency”: Texas prison officials admit violating court order on air conditioned units for inmates
BY JOLIE MCCULLOUGH Days after a federal judge threatened to jail Texas prison officials for violating a settlement agreement to put some inmates in air conditioned housing, the top Texas Department
Dan Patrick promises to stand-up and do nothing on gun control
Texas’ top lawmakers have recently found themselves between a rock and a hard place — if the rock is “trying to stop indiscriminate mass murder” and the hard place is