Cuellar Forced Into Runoff
Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas’ 28th Congressional District was forced into a runoff Tuesday with his 2020 primary challenger Jessica Cisneros. Cisneros, a 28-year-old...
Abbott’s Solution To Gun Violence? Chuck Norris
Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Department of Public Safety on Wednesday rolled out their solution to school shootings: Chuck Norris. But Walker, Texas...
Controversial Texan Behind Decades Of Attacks On Wall Between Church And State
Opposition to the principle of separation of church and state appears to be a “retread” of a decades-old argument promoted by the controversial Texas...
Texas’s Wealthiest Republican Donors Aren’t on Philanthropist List
The Chronicle of Philanthropy released its annual list of people who gave the most to charitable foundations this week. Missing from the list? Most...
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Trustee Scott Henry Under Fire
As voters become more polarized in certain parts of the country and elect candidates that express strong sentiments about cultural wedge issues, one question...
Abbott’s Voucher Push: A Political Waterloo In The Making?
Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s single-minded pursuit of school vouchers is drawing comparisons to Napoleon’s ill-fated Waterloo campaign. Long regarded as a military genius, Napoleon had...
Republicans Turning Their Backs on Business in Favor of Culture Wars
In the grand kickball game of American two-party politics, it’s widely understood that Republicans picked big business as part of their team. However, the...
Milton is the Climate Change Bill Coming Due
As Hurricane Milton buries the needle on our current hurricane severity scale, no exchange on the internet better sums up the way we got...
2024 Presidential Election Impact on Texas: Abortion
This is a multipart series on the different ways the 2024 Presidential Election is likely to affect Texas.
Abortion is all but banned in Texas,...
Crenshaw Cruises to Victory
One of the most-watched races of the 2022 Texas Republican Primary was the internecine conflict in the 2nd Congressional District represented by Dan Crenshaw....
