Texas Legislature
COVID-19 is No Excuse to Keep Texans Out of the Legislative Process
Access to the Capitol will be quite limited for the general public this upcoming legislative session. If it’s true that ...Here Comes the Gavel
When the Texas legislature gavels in on January 12, it will kick off a frenzied six month legislative process that ...Op-Ed: What I’d like to see in the next legislature
There is a connection between voting and action. If you recall in the 2018 election, many Texans were motivated to ...Dan Patrick proposes rule change to disempower Democrats in Texas Senate
As Donald Trump and loyal congressional Republicans attempt to overturn the results of the election, in Texas, Lt. Governor Dan ...Two Democrats declare bid for Texas House Speaker
Two Democrats have put their names forward in the race for speaker of the Texas House. On Friday, state Rep. ...Signal Investigates: Who is Sarah Davis?
There has never been a more crucial time for investigative journalism, and a closer examination of the voting records and ...Republican ad confuses Texas Dem Joe Moody with North Carolina lawmaker
A negative ad released this week by the Republican State Leadership Committee attacking Democrats has confused two state legislators from ...State Rep. Celia Israel on imagining a Democrat-led Texas House
For the first time since losing the Texas House in 2003, Democrats appear poised to break a 17-year trifecta of ...A 2020 priority: taking back the Texas House
National attention on Texas is focused on key congressional races and the weakness of President Trump and Sen. John Cornyn ...Texas GOP representative forgoes re-election after remarks about Asian opponents
On Monday, Republican State Rep. Rick Miller of Fort Bend made eye-popping comments accusing his primary opponents of running solely ...Texas GOP memo calls for negative campaign to distract from its diversity problem
A draft memo, obtained by Texas Signal and first reported by the Dallas Morning News on Monday, calls for a ...House speaker’s resignation reinforces ‘culture of corruption’ among Texas GOP
On Tuesday, House Speaker Dennis Bonnen announced he would no longer seek re-election, prematurely ending his time in the legislature ...
