Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune
Ross Ramsey is executive editor and co-founder of The Texas Tribune.
Analysis: What do Texas voters want? Meat and potatoes, apparently. And cleaner elections.
A poll nestled between the end of a Texas legislative session and the beginning of what promises to be a tumultuous 2020 election has...
Analysis: Texas conservatives, in search of a new nemesis
When longtime U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy died in 2009, an irreverent Texas political consultant predicted the people who raise money for the two major...
Analysis: What’s a botched voter purge between friends?
So a governor of Texas appoints a new secretary of state who immediately gets into trouble with an amateurish attempt to purge the state’s...
Analysis: Do as they say, not as they do
The Texas Legislature did a lot in the 86th regular session, especially if you judge by their spending.
It’s amazing what lawmakers can do when...
Analysis: Welcome to Hell Week for the Texas Legislature
Here at the beginning of a week in which most bills in the Texas Legislature will die, the big priorities set out at the...
Texas House committee signs off on controversial election bill
State Rep. Stephanie Klick, R-Fort Worth, listens to testimony on Senate Bill 9 from Mark Cundall with Rev Up Texas. Cundall spoke in opposition...
Analysis: When Texas lawmakers talk about “election security,” trust but verify
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It’s hard to trust lawmakers — even the ones...
Analysis: The Texas House is handcuffing property tax relief to education reforms
Texas isn’t going to get any action on property taxes without reforms to school finance, if the latest House maneuver is the barometer.
The House...
Analysis: Why cable companies and Texas cities are duking it out at the Capitol
Austin City Council members and staff listen to testimony on paid sick leave on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. The Legislature is considering bills that...
Analysis: Asking Texas Voters to Swap Higher Sales Taxes for Property Tax Cuts
In the rush of legislation filed before last week’s deadline, you wouldn’t be the only person who missed the measure proposing a 6.26 percent...
