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.
Abbott, Burrows Say House Committee Will Pass Vouchers Early Next Week
In a Tuesday afternoon press conference, Gov. Greg Abbott and House Speaker Dustin Burrows said that the...
Inside Dem Chair Hopeful Scudder’s Eligibility Question
Earlier this month, the Texas Democratic Party’s legal counsel ruled that a top candidate for interim chair...
Scudder Resigns From Appraisal Board Over Dem Chair Eligibility
Kendall Scudder, the vice chair of the Texas Democratic Party’s finance committee and a top candidate in its party chair election, announced on Monday...
Senate Passes Ten Commandments Bill
Every Republican in the Texas Senate on Wednesday voted to pass a bill that would mandate the display of the Ten Commandments in all...
Texas Republican Aims To Strengthen “Death Star” Law
After Texas Republicans last session successfully passed a disputed law to undercut cities’s power to enact their own local rules, a top senator now...
Woods Martin Wants Accountability, Wins For Dems
The Texas Democratic Party will elect its new chair at the end of this month, and Patsy Woods Martin is taking her shot at...
AG To Investigate Dallas PD For Alleged “Sanctuary” Immigration Policies
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday announced that he is opening an investigation into the City...
ICE Arrests 646 Immigrants in a Week of Houston-Area Raids
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested 646 allegedly undocumented immigrants during a one-week operation near Houston, federal officials said on Monday, most of...
Senate Committee OKs Ten Commandments Bill
The Senate Education Committee on Tuesday recommended a bill that would require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public classrooms in Texas, a...
Senate Tries Again on Ten Commandments Posters in Schools
After an unsuccessful attempt last session, Texas Republicans lawmakers are mounting another campaign to try to mandate that Texas public schools display the Ten...
