Opinion
The Texas State Employees Union is here to say, “No, not this time you won’t.”
Photo: Todd Wiseman, Texas Tribune The final gavel has fallen on the end of another session of the Texas Legislature, ...5 reasons why Texas should host a presidential debate
The high-minded Lincoln-Douglas debates of the 19th century aren’t coming back anytime soon. But the political debate style of our ...The drama queens of Houston City Council
For the second straight week, Houston City Council today debated a modest contract with a local communications firm, Lopez Negrete, ...The sudden Republican push to appoint judges instead of electing them
Photo: Harris County Black Girl Magic Judges in Texas are selected in partisan elections. Republicans have run Texas for the ...Information warfare: how progressives can level the media playing field in Texas
Following the 2018 midterms, the ground shook in Texas. Democrats performed the best they have in 40 years. It’s no ...Just don’t call us Hispanic
Latinos are not invisible. The mainstream simply doesn’t know how to read us. And if someone can’t read, they are ...T-SIG EDITORIAL: Texas GOP aided and abetted chemical fires in Houston region
Photo: Harris County Fire Marshall Republican leadership in Texas is now scurrying to cover its tracks. A second chemical explosion ...With its open-kimono position on discrimination, Texas GOP thinks it’s 1919, not 2019
Some stereotypes are true. The one about Texas Republicans struggling with the state’s changing demographics is one of them. In ...There’s a light at the end of the tunnel on gun safety
Once upon a time candidates for political office – in both parties – stayed away from the issue of gun ...This week’s political narrative rehabilitated TX Republicans
Thanks to two friends at lunch this week who planted the seed for this piece. This week, the Texas ...
