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Kamala Harris Urges Democrats To Keep Their Foot On The Pedal In Late Texas...
FORT WORTH — As soon as Kamala Harris took the stage outside a bustling church here, she made her intentions for the audience clear.
“So...
Sex Assault Survivors’ Task Force Issues 1st Report to Texas Legislature
The governor's Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force has just released its first Biennial Report to the Texas Legislature.
The report includes 11 policy recommendations for...
How Will Ex-Californians Affect the Election in Texas?
California hasn’t fallen into the Pacific, but housing costs and taxes there have plunged into an ocean of unaffordability, sending many of its residents...
A Fight Brews Over El Paso COVID-19 Shutdown
As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations push El Paso’s health care system beyond the breaking point, a political rift is developing over who has control.
At...
Even With This Year’s Raises, Texas Teachers’ Pay Still Lags
Pay raises doled out to Texas teachers in the last year are nice, but Texas still is lagging, according to the Texas State Teachers...
Early Voting Ends Today, and Texas Voters Already Broke Turnout Record
Today is the last day to avoid the lines of Election Day and cast your ballot early. Early voting locations are open from 7...
Opinion: The Stakes Couldn’t Be Higher, So Go Vote!
The stakes could hardly be higher as we head into Election Day this Tuesday. Our country is in the midst of multiple overlapping crises...
Texas’ New Coronavirus Surge Is Leaving Critically Sick Patients Stranded In Rural Areas, Hospitals...
The man who arrived at the emergency room in Childress earlier this month did not have COVID-19, but he did have a serious abdominal...
Comptroller Skirts Medicaid Expansion as Fix for Texas’ Uninsured Woes
In the latest edition of his Fiscal Notes publication, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar seems to be making the case for Medicaid expansion in Texas,...
The Race To Be Texas House Speaker Is On
Updated October 30, 2020:
State Rep. John Cyrier (R-Lockhart) announced Friday that he is dropping out of the competition and will be supporting Geanie...
