Abbott, Paxton Prepare To Push GOP Further Right in Primary
The last two election cycles saw a marked shift right-ward for the Texas GOP, but it’s not nearly enough for Governor Greg Abbott and...
Texas’ Two New Congressional Districts Added to Houston and Austin in Proposed Redistricting Map
Texas lawmakers on Monday released their first draft of a new congressional map for the next decade that includes two new districts in Austin...
Gov. Greg Abbott Intervened To Put A Positive Spin On Texas’ Power Grid
The two most powerful people overseeing Texas’ electric grid sat next to each other in a quickly arranged Austin news conference in early December...
GOP Censures Speaker Phelan Over Paxton Impeachment And Vouchers
House Speaker Dade Phelan has been officially censured by the Republican Party of Texas for "lack of fidelity to Republican principles and priorities."
The GOP...
Texas House Delays Final Vote On Barring The Death Penalty For Mentally Ill Defendants
A measure to bar the death penalty for defendants with severe mental illness hit a snag in the Texas House of Representatives Thursday, one...
Alcohol to Go From Restaurants Gets Closer to Becoming Permanent As Texas House Gives...
The Texas House has passed legislation that would allow restaurants to sell alcohol to go beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
The chamber signed off on House...
Mexico “Rejects” Texas’ Proposal To Allow State Police To Deport Undocumented Immigrants
The Mexican government on Wednesday responded to the state Legislature’s passage of Senate Bill 4 — which creates a state crime for entering the...
Texas Politicians Search For Solutions After Another Mass Shooting. Experts Say We’ve Already Found...
A fruitless and predictable myopia tends to take over political discussion after gun-spawned tragedies like the massacre in Uvalde.
Already deeply entrenched in their positions,...
Cruz and Cornyn Already Voted Against Ketanji Brown Jackson Last Year When She Was...
Texas’ Republican U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz previously voted against confirming President Joe Biden’s first Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson when...
