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As I settled in to write this column, I was reading about the latest shameful updates from Pardon Watch 2021. ...Georgia turned blue thanks in part to AAPI voters. How Texas could follow
After a tumultuous election cycle in Georgia, the Democratic Party is sending Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock to the ...Veronica Escobar backs bill to investigate GOP lawmakers
Rep. Veronica Escobar of El Paso is the only Texas lawmaker so far to co-sponsor a bill to investigate whether ...Buoyed by new polling, Texas organizations seek to lift the ban on Medicaid coverage for ...
Though access to abortion is a perennial target for ultra-conservative Republicans in the state legislature, new data indicates that a ...Musings: Long Division
Dear readers, if you’re anything like me you are forgiven if for a few hours on Wednesday you thought you ...Dan ‘Georgia Reloaded’ Crenshaw says country must deescalate
One month after starring in a political ad where he jumps out of a plane to beat the shit out ...Texas lawmakers vote on impeaching Trump for inciting insurrection
The Democrat-controlled House on Wednesday voted to impeach the president on charges of incitement of insurrection relating to the attack ...Texas can mitigate budget pain by ending corporate handouts
State lawmakers entered session on Tuesday facing a $1 billion revenue shortfall inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic. One place the ...Texas Democrats blast Trump on his visit to the Rio Grande Valley
With less than nine days left in his presidency (unless he is removed from office or resigns), President Trump is ...Texas faces almost $1 billion budget shortfall
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar released the biennial revenue estimate on Monday, informing lawmakers the state is projected to have $112.5 ...Where is Greg Abbott? His Silence is Dangerous.
Gov. Greg Abbott’s silence on the siege of the U.S. Capitol is shameful and weak. Sen. Ted Cruz, Congressman Louie ...Musings: The Bigger the Lie
The fifth and final season of The Wire, the deeply textured drama created by former Baltimore Sun reporter David Simon ...