Author: Fernando Ramirez and Joe Bowen
Led by MJ Hegar, Texas Democrats field formidable ticket in runoffs
Hegar to headline Democratic ticket Powered by historic turnout, Texas Democrats on Tuesday finally reached closure on a slew of contested primaries ...July 15, 2020With major investment, presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg is taking Texas seriously
Former New York mayor and Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg visited Texas this weekend to bolster his campaign efforts — and those ...December 30, 2019The Democratic Party’s ideological battle is taking center stage in Texas
All eyes are on the Democratic presidential primary to see how the drama ends. Will primary voters, vying to beat Trump, pick ...December 4, 2019One year after promising to ready an Obamacare replacement, Abbott has nothing to show for ...
Last December, a federal judge in Texas declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. That was music to Gov. Greg Abbott’s ears; he ...November 22, 2019It’s going to take a village — and a different mindset — to improve health ...
Nestled next to Brays Bayou in downtown Houston is MD Anderson, one of the top cancer treatment centers in the world. Less ...October 7, 2019A Texas town hall on health care is a reflection of the presidential primary
Fernando Ramirez/The Texas SignalAugust 28, 2019Texas’ rich diversity is on display in the Democratic Senate primary
Imagine for a moment that you are John Cornyn. You breezed through your last election in 2014 and guaranteed yourself another six ...August 14, 2019In second presidential debate, O’Rourke delivers solid performance – for himself and for Texas
Beto O’Rourke believes a path to the White House runs through Texas. “There’s a new battleground state– Texas, and it has 38 ...July 30, 2019Texas plays starring role in Obamacare battle of the ages
Ken Paxton, the legally embattled Texas Attorney General just had his day in court, but this time he wasn’t under indictment. The ...July 9, 2019At Democratic debate, Texans O’Rourke and Castro duke it out over immigration
On Wednesday night, 10 of the 20 Democratic presidential candidates met in Miami for the first debate of the 2020 election. Beto ...June 26, 2019Video is king: How Texas Dems are using documentary- style videos effectively
After decades of nothing but formulaic 30-second TV ads using scary music and ominous narrators, there’s a growing premium on creativity in ...June 26, 2019‘Just frickin’ run,’ says candidate Kim Olson. 19 women in Texas are doing just that.
Kim Olson is the tough-as-nails former Air Force Colonel out of North Texas who is running for Congress in 2020. She has ...June 25, 2019
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