Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune
Alex Samuels is a political reporter for The Texas Tribune.
“It’s like they’re frightened to talk to me”: Texas campaign workers of color face...
While campaigning for a City Council hopeful earlier this year, Arash Farasat was assigned to knock on doors in an affluent Dallas neighborhood where...
Gov. Greg Abbott signs several school safety bills in wake of shooting at Santa...
Capping off a yearslong effort to prevent another school shooting like the Santa Fe High tragedy, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a series of bills into law...
Texas Expansion of Medical Cannabis Nears Finish Line After Senate Approval
Marijuana advocates were handed an unlikely victory Wednesday after the Texas Senate advanced a bill greatly expanding the list of debilitating medical conditions that...
Texas Senate passes bill to give more teachers access to guns in classrooms
Ray Dunn, CEO of On the Mark Enhanced Tactical Training, teaches a gun training class for educators in Harrold ISD.
Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The...
Texas medical marijuana expansion gains steam in Senate, even after prior stonewalling
Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, is sponsoring a medical marijuana bill.
Even as the Senate stonewalls a handful of bills aimed at lessening criminal penalties...
Texas farmers could begin growing hemp under legislation gaining steam in both chambers
Wednesday at the Texas Capitol was hump day — or hemp day, state Sen. Charles Perry joked before the upper chamber unanimously approved a...
Texas House passes bill to prohibit telemarketers from falsifying caller ID
The Texas House gave an initial stamp of approval Wednesday to a bill that aims to prohibit telemarketers or businesses from falsifying their phone...
Texas House passes second, more limited bill expanding access to medical cannabis
Four years after state Rep. Stephanie Klick authored legislation that legalized the sale of medical cannabis oil to Texans suffering from intractable epilepsy, the...
Texas House passes bill to vastly expand access to medical cannabis
The Texas House on Monday advanced a bill that would expand the list of debilitating conditions that allow Texans to legally use medical cannabis.
House...
Texas House passes bill that reduces penalties for Texans caught with small amounts of...
After a brief discussion, the Texas House gave preliminary approval Monday to a bill that would reduce the penalties for low-level possession of marijuana...
