RA Staff
Supreme Court DACA Ruling Does Not End Fight in Texas
Reaction in Texas to Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling blocking President Donald Trump’s attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program appears...
Texas Schoolchildren to Return to Classroom in the Fall
Parents have been waiting and wondering how the 2020-21 school year will look in Texas. Will there be limits on class sizes? How will...
Texas Unemployment Ticks Up Again As State Reinstates Job Search Requirements
There were 93,895 new claims for unemployment in Texas last week, according to the Labor Department. That’s up from the previous week’s total of...
As COVID-19 Cases Increase, Texas May Be Heading for Trouble
Texas set new daily records for COVID-19 hospitalizations and new positive cases this week. Could that be a trend? What can we expect in...
What Texas Supreme Court’s Ruling Really Means for Voting by Mail
While the Texas Democratic Party awaits relief from the U.S. Supreme Court, an earlier ruling from the Texas Supreme Court halting the possibility of...
Conservative Firebrand Steve Hotze Sues Gov. Abbott Over COVID-19 Policies
Democratic mayors and county judges are not happy with Gov. Greg Abbott and his push to reopen Texas, and now he’s also getting punched...
County Judges and Mayors Appeal to Gov. Abbott for Local Control on Face Masks
In San Antonio, Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff has identified the secret sauce to bypassing Gov. Greg Abbott and imposing a local mandatory face...
Closing ‘Dead Suspect Loophole’ Would Prevent Police From Keeping Evidence Secret
State Rep. Joe Moody (D-El Paso) is planning to try again to close the “dead suspect loophole” that allows Texas police agencies to keep...
Gov. Abbott Says Texas has Ample Hospital Capacity for COVID-19
With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations setting new records almost daily, Gov. Greg Abbott tried Tuesday to allay growing concerns that the situation in Texas...
Unemployed Texans Have to Start Looking for Work Again
Beginning July 6, jobless Texans will once again have to resume searching for work as a condition of continuing to receive unemployment benefits.
The work...