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Texas Leads the Nation in Polling Place Closures
It has become increasingly difficult for Texans to exercise the right to vote as a record number of polling places have closed.
According to a...
Abbott Releases Safety Action Report
Almost a month after the El Paso shooting, Gov. Greg Abbott released the Texas Safety Action Report. In the report, which was released on...
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...
Harris Co. requires higher pay in construction contracts
The Harris County Commissioners’ Court recently approved a regulation requiring all construction contractors to pay their employees a minimum of $15 per hour. The...
TCEQ’s inaction will make Texas hotter
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is doing very little and working slowly at what little they do. Pollution output is on the...
HD-100: Five running for Eric Johnson’s old seat
Updated September 11: Paul Stafford dropped out of the HD-100 special election due to residency issues.
The passage of the filing deadline on Wednesday, Sept....
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...
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...
Whatever happened to that Dallas-Houston bullet train?
It’s been months since the Houston-Dallas bullet train was in the news, but that changed on Sept. 4 when a U.S. Department of Transportation...
