Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune
Ross Ramsey is executive editor and co-founder of The Texas Tribune.
Analysis: Abbott’s Border Initiative Is Expensive, Ineffective And Not As Tough As It Sounds
Caring more about politics than about people is apparently easy, once you get the hang of it.
Gov. Greg Abbott wants to bus undocumented immigrants...
Analysis: The Texas Legislature’s 2023 Session Has Already Started
We don’t know yet who will be representing us in the Capitol, what positions or committee assignments they’ll hold, what their elections will have...
Analysis: When 1 In 8 Texas Mail Ballots Gets Trashed, That’s Vote Suppression
If you say — or write — that it’s harder to vote in Texas today than it was a year ago, or four years...
Analysis: Whatever The Campaigns Say, The Texas Electric Grid Isn’t Fixed Yet
Forget the political back-and-forth about the state of the electric grid in Texas, the assurances that the power won’t go off during extreme cold...
Analysis: Crime Pays, Politically Speaking, For Texas AGs
One of the great myths of Texas politics is that the attorney general is “the top law enforcement officer” in the state.
That bit of...
Analysis: Maps Bolster Republicans in the Texas Senate, Especially the Top One
Redistricting is when politicians choose their own voters. It’s political as all get out. Officeholders draw districts that contain the highest possible number of...
A $5.5 Billion Shift in Who Pays for Public Education in Texas
Fast-rising property values in Texas can be hard on local taxpayers, but they’re gravy to the state government.
Because of the way public schools are...
Analysis: The Fight Over Local Control Turns to Representation — and Lobbyists
Efforts to bar local governments from hiring outside lobbyists or joining associations that lobby the state government are gaining steam, after falling short two...
Working Political Angles Instead of Solving Problems
Between winter electricity blackouts, a haphazard rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and the Texas government’s overall response to the pandemic over the last year, the...
Analysis: COVID-19 vaccines are coming to Texas, along with a ranking of who’s most...
Who gets the first batch of vaccines? And the second, and the third?
This political snaggle starts with very good news. By mid-month, Texas will...
