The Man Who Brought Drive-thru Voting to Texas Wants to Be Houston’s Next Mayor
Chris Hollins, the former Harris County elections chief who pushed measures aimed at expanding ballot access during the November 2020 election, announced Monday that...
A Push to Remove LGBTQ Books in a Texas County Could Signal Rising Partisanship...
Anger over that decision helped fuel a seven-year effort by far-right Christian conservatives in Hood County to seize control of elected offices and government...
As Culture Wars Envelop Schools, North Texas Sees a Superintendent Exodus
Educating kids is all Jeannie Stone ever wanted to do. She spent more than three decades in North Texas school districts, first as a...
Texas Tenants Hit with Soaring Rent Increases See Little Relief in Sight
Approaching the end of 2021, Rebecca Brown had a tough choice to make: Either renew a lease at her Carrollton apartment complex, which wanted...
Texans’ Trauma From 2021 Power Grid Failure Provoked by Another Winter Storm
Texans are getting ready for the worst. A winter storm is blanketing large swaths of the state in frigid temperatures — and some places...
After Failing To Disclose Many Donors, Ken Paxton Files Corrected Campaign Finance Report
Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is in a hotly contested primary, has filed a corrected campaign finance report after he did not disclose a...
Deplorable Conditions, Unclear Mission: Texas National Guard Troops Call Abbott’s Rushed Border Operation A...
In October, amid a historic surge of Texas National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, one soldier’s leader told him “not to worry” about...
Texas Students, Frustrated By Limited COVID-19 Protocols, Turn To Petition Drives And Walkouts
For Texas high school students, keeping up with class work was hard enough before the pandemic.
But then the pandemic hit, and with it came...
Texas Republicans Trumpet Their Support For Another Trump Presidential Bid At Conroe Rally
Top Texas Republicans used a Houston-area rally with former President Donald Trump on Saturday to cheer on a potential comeback campaign by Trump, showing...
Omicron Pushes Texas ICUs To The Brink
The number of Texas intensive care unit beds available for adult patients is at an all-time low for the pandemic, with only 259 staffed...
