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.
DOGE Guts Funding for Texas Humanities Council
Humanities Texas, the state’s humanities council, learned last week that it will have nearly two-thirds of its budget slashed as a result of its...
House Committee Passes Voucher, School Funding Bills
The House Public Education Committee on Thursday passed a pair of substitute education bills out of committee,...
Revised School Bills Would Mandate Citizenship For Vouchers
The proposed committee versions of a pair of bills dealing with vouchers and teacher pay would increase...
House Budget Reflects Priorities On Schools, Border Operations
The Texas House Appropriations Committee on Monday passed a $337.4 billion substitute version of the budget for...
Paxton Announces New Requirements To Target “Rogue” DAs
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday announced a new reporting requirement for district and county attorneys...
Walz, O’Rourke Visit To Texas Riles Ardent Trump Backer
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and former Rep. Beto O'Rourke last week drew the ire of one of...
Scudder Will Be the Next Texas Democratic Party Chair
The Texas Democratic Party’s executive committee on Saturday elected Kendall Scudder as its next party chair.
Scudder secured 65 votes in the first round of...
Superior HealthPlan CEO Fired After Committee Hearing
Superior HealthPlan CEO Mark Sanders was fired on Thursday, a day after lawmakers questioned him on his company’s surveillance of patients, journalists and lawmakers...
AG Announces Investigation Into Health Insurer Over Surveillance Allegations
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday announced that the state is opening an investigation into health insurer Superior Health over allegations that it...
Experts: Squatting Is Still Rare, Despite Republican Attention
Texas Republicans this session are mounting a widespread campaign to crack down on squatting, filing more than a dozen bills that target people who...
