Sam Stockbridge
Sam Stockbridge is an award-winning reporter covering politics and the legislature. When he isn’t wonking out at the Capitol, you can find him birding or cycling around Austin.
Measles Infecting Kids in Undervaccinated West Texas County
A measles outbreak has infected two dozen unvaccinated West Texas residents over the past two weeks, hospitalizing nine, the Texas Department of State Health...
If Cash Stipends Violate Constitution, Are Vouchers Next?
Last year, the Texas Supreme Court paused a Harris County program that would have given cash to poor residents, citing preliminary concerns about whether...
Border Patrol Chief Refutes Rumors of School Bus Raids
A Texas superintendent on Wednesday warned that border patrol agents could be boarding school buses to check immigration paperwork but later rescinded the announcement....
Houston J6er Arrested on Child Sex Charge
Law enforcement arrested a pardoned Houston man who participated in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 for a pending 2016...
Hundreds Of Anti-Trump Protestors Gather At Texas Capitol
Hundreds of protesters with Project 50501 gathered at the south entrance of the Texas Capitol in Austin on Wednesday to protest President Donald Trump’s...
Former Harris County Dem Chair Aims to Lead State Party
The former chair of the Harris County Democratic Party last week announced that she is running to be the next chair of the Texas...
U.S. Has Begun Detaining Migrants at Guantánamo Bay
The Trump administration on Tuesday flew its first group of migrants to the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba for detention, advancing the president’s...
Texas Bills Seek to Open Primaries to Qualifying 17-year-olds
A trio of resolutions in the Texas Legislature would amend the constitution to let some teens on the cusp of legal adulthood vote in...
Mexico Ducks Tariffs for Now, But Laredo Will be Key Indicator
Republican President Donald Trump on Saturday announced sizable new tariffs on imports from Canada and China that will go into effect tomorrow, prompting retaliatory...
Lawmaker Backs “Gulf of America” Switch in Texas Constitution
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Secretary of the Interior to rename the Gulf of...
