President Biden tackles gun violence while Texas Republicans continue to move to the fringe on guns even after Uvalde.
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back to archiveTHE FIGHT FOR TRANSGENDER RIGHTS AT THE TEXAS CAPITOL
Nearly no other issue has embodied the backward obsessions of the modern-day Texas GOP more than the fight for transgender rights in Texas. In 2015, Texas conservatives set their eyes on repealing the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO), which expanded civil rights...
TEXAS LEGISLATIVE ROUND-UP: WEEK SEVEN
Welcome to the Texas Legislative Round-up! We are here to break down the latest news from the Texas Legislative session in Austin. Every week, we’ll give you the honest take on the news that impacts you – without pretending it doesn’t. Week in Review This week,...
A Note To Our Readers
Fellow Readers, I started Texas Signal back in 2019 to fill a critical gap in the Texas political landscape. For years, Republicans fought an open war against the truth in Texas. Right-wing media has unfortunately flourished in the state with little to no...
Mealer files challenge in loss to Hidalgo
Alexandra Mealer, the upstart Republican candidate who raised millions of dollars in her unsuccessful challenge to Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, is mounting another challenge to the incumbent judge, this time in a courtroom. Mealer announced that she was pursuing...
Texas Secretary of State Resigns, Abbott Taps Jane Nelson As Replacement
Yesterday the top election official for Texas officially notified Governor Greg Abbott that he was resigning. John Scott was appointed by Abbott in October 2021 for the interim position of Secretary of State. Today, Abbott announced he was tapping State Senator Jane...
A Conversation With Lesley Briones
In a historic win, Harris County Commissioner-Elect Lesley Briones defeated Republican incumbent Jack Cagle, making her the first woman and Latina to be elected as Precinct 4 County Commissioner. According to the latest voting count by the county elections,...
Election Takeaways
As the dust settles over a historic midterm election, statewide control in Texas remains firmly in the grip of Republicans. Here are some of the major headlines of what happened. Abbott and Company Cruised to Re-Election Polls showed that the race between O’Rourke and...
No It Couldn’t LLC launches anti-Abbott ahead of election day
No It Couldnt LLC released a cable TV advertisement on Sunday slamming Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over his gun policies. The ad includes a 911 audio call from the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. ...