Texas Violated Voting Rights Law During Redistricting, Retiring State Gop Senator Says in Sworn...
EL PASO — In a sworn declaration submitted as part of an ongoing federal court challenge, a senior Republican state senator with redistricting experience...
Texas Officials Celebrated End Of Abortion Rights After Cutting Back Postpartum Medicaid Extension
While celebrating last month’s U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion, Gov. Greg Abbott pointed to the millions of dollars...
After Suspending Political Donations Post-Insurrection, AT&T And Valero Fund Election-Deniers In The Midterms
WASHINGTON — After the deadly insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, a number of corporate political action committees, including Dallas-based AT&T, declared that they would...
Dan Patrick Defends Taking $3 Million From Pro-Paxton Group Ahead Of Trial
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has defended taking $3 million from a group supporting Ken Paxton in the lead-up to the attorney general’s impeachment trial...
John Whitmire Is Now Houston’s Elected Mayor, Look At His Key Promises
State Sen. John Whitmire is now Houston's 63rd elected mayor after defeating U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in a runoff election by about 30...
A $5.5 Billion Shift in Who Pays for Public Education in Texas
Fast-rising property values in Texas can be hard on local taxpayers, but they’re gravy to the state government.
Because of the way public schools are...
Politics And Pandemic Are Driving Texas Teachers To Consider Quitting, Survey Finds
Results from a new online survey of K-12 teachers in Texas, released on Thursday, shows most “seriously considered” leaving the profession this year, a...
“I Think Of Them Always,” Survivor Of El Paso Walmart Shooting Says Of Those...
EL PASO — An ominous cloud of white gun smoke, bloody police boot prints and an empty baby carrier on the body of Jordan...
IRS Alert: Ted Cruz May Owe Taxes On iHeartMedia Podcast Payments
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz may have to pay taxes related to payments from his iHeartMedia podcast to a super PAC supporting him, according to...
Texas Senate Approves Bill to Stop Social Media Companies From Banning Texans for Political...
The Texas Senate early Thursday approved a bill that would prohibit social media companies with at least 100 million monthly users from blocking, banning,...
