News

Readers say the redistricting plan concocted by Gov. Greg Abbott and President Donald Trump puts democracy in a stranglehold.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott urged the Texas Supreme Court to remove state Rep. Gene Wu, chair of the Texas House Democratic caucus, amid a redistricting standoff.
Earlier this week, Abbott “used an unprecedented legal maneuver” to ask the Supreme Court of Texas to remove Wu from office ...
Families who were impacted by the catastrophic floods in July were presented $25,000 checks from Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday ...
Friday afternoon, members of the Texas House registered their attendance at the start of a scheduled session. The sound of a ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking a California court to recognize civil warrants issued in Texas calling for the ...
The Republican Party’s redistricting efforts are heating up as the Texas legislature pushes for new congressional maps.
This is the most tragic devastation that I’ve ever seen in Texas, just when you think about the loss of life alone,” said Gov ...
O'Rourke's Powered by People group has become a top funder for Democrats who broke quorum to prevent a vote on the maps, but ...
As Texas State House Democrats continue to be anywhere but Austin, Republicans are turning up the heat. Although the ...
Democratic legislators amounts to an abandonment of their elected offices. The 13 Democrats, none of them from El Paso, were part of a contingent of lawmakers who left the state Sunday in ...
Gov. JB Pritzker attempted to tamp down the federal law enforcement involvement, describing it as “a lot of grandstanding.” ...