Texas Legislature fails to rename the Railroad Commission, obscuring agency's true function
A move to bring more transparency to Texas state government was snubbed again this year for the fifth consecutive session. House Bill 857, authored...
Dwayne Bohac keeps Austin rigged
Rep. Dwayne Bohac has just been another party of the rigged system in Austin- taking special interest money, voting to relax the rules on himself, and sticking it to everyday Texans.
Texas Senate Looks To Formalize 2021 Redistricting, Cementing GOP-Friendly Map
Senate Bill 375, proposed by Republican Joan Huffman seeks to codify into law the Senate maps adopted in 2021, even though the state constitution...
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...
New Bill To Give Ken Paxton Authority To Prosecute Abuse-of-office Charges, A Crime He’s...
GOP Sen. Paul Bettencourt recently filed a bill to give the Attorney General’s office the power to prosecute abuse of office charges without having...
Texas Democrats Plan Return to Block Gerrymander, Awaiting End of Special Session
Dozens of Texas Democratic lawmakers are preparing to head back to Austin early next week after leaving the state to delay a Republican-led redistricting...
Maternal Death Report Delay Will Impact Health Grants
The delay of a long-awaited report on maternal deaths in Texas has been embroiled in political controversy. One effect may be the loss or...
Who Are The Texas State Senate Freshman?
Now that the November elections are over and in the past, we must focus on the future of Texas, which will be determined during...
Abbott Repeatedly Tries to Oust GOP Incumbents, Doesn’t Succeed
In Texas politics, the real fight is often not between Democrats and Republicans, but between Republicans over who is the most Republican of all....
Don’t California My Texas… House Of Representatives?
Despite controlling both houses of the Texas legislature by comfortable margins, Republicans are fighting amongst themselves over what form the inevitable property tax break...
