Author: Jessica Montoya Coggins
Star Power Comes to Texas in the Final Days Before the Election
Up and down the ballot, candidates in Texas are closing out the final days of their campaign with a bevy of Hollywood ...On “The Circus,” Patrick flails on a number of voting questions
With less than three weeks until election day, The Circus came to Texas. More specifically, Showtime’s The Circus, a television documentary series ...Latino Victory endorses more state House candidates
As early in-person voting started yesterday in Texas, Latino Victory, a progressive PAC that is working to increase Latino representation in government, ...More Anti-Choice Money Flows Into Texas Congressional Races
According to recent FEC filings, an anti-choice PAC is spending thousands of dollars on independent expenditures against Texas Democratic congressional candidates. Women ...Monica Roberts: A Pioneering Voice for the Transgender Community
Monica Roberts, a pioneering blogger who started TransGriot, died earlier this week, prompting an outpouring of remembrances from Texas and around the ...Gina Ortiz Jones hammers Tony Gonzales for lack of healthcare plan
In last night’s televised debate against Tony Gonzales, Gina Ortiz Jones had a singular objective: reiterating her plan for quality affordable and ...Rep. Joaquin Castro Wants to Remind Mike Pompeo He Shouldn’t Be Campaigning
Rep. Joaquin Castro and Rep. Eliot Engel are taking issue with trips and speeches from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to various ...An under the radar race that’s prime to flip
The race in the Texas sixth congressional district between challenger attorney Stephen Daniel and incumbent Rep. Ron Wright has been chugging along, ...Republicans vow to overturn ruling repealing ban on straight-ticket voting
Last week, a U.S. District Judge granted a temporary injunction against the repeal of straight-ticket party voting in Texas, prompting Texas Republicans ...Immigration activists continue to hammer Cornyn on immigration
In a recent interview with the Texas Tribune, John Cornyn claimed that he was in favor of a standalone immigration bill. That ...Around Texas, a last push for the 2020 census
With a week to go before counting for the census ends, many communities around Texas are making a last-minute push to try ...A new push for justice and accountability at Fort Hood
Last week in Washington, a bipartisan group of Congressmembers unveiled the “I Am Vanessa Guillén Act.” The bill was filed to address ...
