Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune
Alexa Ura is an associate editor and reporter at The Texas Tribune.
As The Share Of White Texans Continues To Shrink, The Legislature Remains Mostly White...
The Texas Legislature has reached an overdue milestone in its history: Enough women lawmakers have now been elected over the course of 177 years...
Republicans Rebounded In Some Suburban Counties That Had Been Drifting Blue
For two election cycles, Texas Republicans felt the blue waves lapping at the edges of suburban counties that had long been GOP strongholds.
The winning...
Hispanic Texans May Now Be The State’s Largest Demographic Group, New Census Data Shows
A closely watched estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday indicates that Texas may have passed a long-awaited milestone: the point where Hispanic...
Federal Trial Over New Texas Political Maps Is Delayed By Evidence Disputes
The legal fight over the shape of Texas political representation for the next decade won’t be decided until next year after a federal panel...
The Last Hearse Travels The Final Mile: Layla Salazar’s Burial Ends Uvalde Funerals For...
UVALDE — From Sacred Heart Catholic Church, the path to eternal rest is a 1-mile drive down Fort Clark Road to Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery.
On...
Crystal Mason’s Contentious Illegal Voting Conviction Must Be Reconsidered, Criminal Appeals Court Says
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has told a lower appeals court to take another look at the controversial illegal voting conviction of Crystal...
Partisan Tactic By Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s Campaign Delays Thousands Of Requests For Mail-In...
Thousands of applications for mail-in ballots submitted by Texas voters have been delayed — and some voters may ultimately not receive ballots — because...
Texas ban on encouraging mail-in votes likely unconstitutional, judge rules
SAN ANTONIO — A new Texas law that keeps local election officials from encouraging voters to request mail-in ballots likely violates the First Amendment,...
Texas Violated Voting Rights Law During Redistricting, Retiring State Gop Senator Says in Sworn...
EL PASO — In a sworn declaration submitted as part of an ongoing federal court challenge, a senior Republican state senator with redistricting experience...
Vote-By-Mail Rejections Are Testing Integrity Of Texas Republicans’ Voting Law
Barely started down the path toward the first elections conducted under voting restrictions enacted last year by Republican lawmakers, Texas voters and local election...
