Amid surge of Haitian migrants, Biden admin uses Title 42 to remove asylum seekers
Right now, under a Del Rio international bridge on the Texas-Mexico border more than 15,000 majority Haitian migrants are waiting in 104 degree heat to make their case for seeking asylum in the United States. Because of the lack of resources, many migrants have...
The Texas principal caught in a critical race theory firestorm
Last year, Dr. James Whitfield became the first Black principal at Colleyville Heritage High School in north Texas. Popular with students and faculty, he is now facing the end of his tenure after getting entangled in the public education debate over critical race...
LGBTQ+ advocates announce boycott of anti-trans sports bill hearing
For the fourth time this year, Texas Republicans in the state legislature are trying to ban trans youth from playing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity. Instead of testifying at a Senate committee hearing over Senate Bill 3 on Tuesday, trans...
Musings: Beto can beat Greg Abbott
It is often said that showing up is half the battle, and that is often true in American politics but especially so in Texas, where Democrats have anxiously waited all year for word about if, and according to new reporting when, Beto O’Rourke might join the 2022 race...
Beto close to announcing bid against Abbott
Beto O’Rourke is close to officially announcing his run for Texas governor, both Axios and The New York Times are reporting. The former El Paso congressman received national fame when he challenged Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018 and came within three percentage points from...
TxDOT is accepting feedback about its I-35 expansion plan until Sept. 24. Here’s how you can weigh in.
Last week, the Texas Signal ran a deep dive into the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) campaign to expand I-35 in Austin. Dubbed the I-35 Capital Express Central project, the $5 billion plan has come under intense scrutiny by local lawmakers and community...
5 big questions about the redistricting session
With the third special session of 2021 getting underway tomorrow, Texas politics is again heating up to a boiling point. This set of maps may determine the fate of our district lines for the next decade, and we’re expecting a busy session. We’ve begun to see glimpses...
Thousand of migrants seeking asylum wait at the border in Del Rio
Thousands of migrants seeking asylum are in Del Rio, Texas waiting to be processed by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. According to reports, over 10,000, mostly Haitian, migrants are being given a ticket by CBP and waiting under a bridge until their number is...
Op-Ed: No drugs, no arrest, but Texas police take cash anyway
Mississippi driver Ameal Woods worried about thieves when he came to Texas with $42,000 to buy trucking equipment in 2019. So he took precautions. He separated his cash into two groups: one for a trailer and the other for a tractor, if he found one at the right price....
Science PAC to run ads against Abbott’s anti-choice donors
314 Action, a political action committee that helps elect scientists, announced Friday they would be launching a campaign to expose Gov. Greg Abbott’s anti-choice donors. The multimillion-dollar effort will target three of Abbott’s donors; Susan Gurney and...
Congressional Texas Dems draw heat for backing fossil fuel subsidies
Texas climate change activists with the Sunrise Movement are condemning several congressional Texas Democrats for supporting fossil fuel subsidies in a major tax plan and spending bill. President Joe Biden and Progressive House Democrats have been pushing for the...
Ken Paxton suing more schools over mask mandates
Earlier this week Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he was suing several school districts who had instituted mask mandates. Paxton has been adamant about enforcing Greg Abbott’s executive order GA-38 which prevents any local lawmaker or school district from...
Will Texas get a new city built from scratch?
Former Walmart executive and billionaire Marc Lore has announced plans to build a sustainable, diverse, and equitable city from scratch, and its location might be in Texas. Telosa, which derives its name from the Ancient Greek word for “highest purpose,” is an...
Federal judge grants Oct. 1 hearing on anti-abortion law
After the United States Department of Justice filed a preliminary injunction/restraining order against Texas in another attempt to halt Senate Bill 8, a federal judge granted the Biden administration a hearing on Oct. 1 to review temporarily banning the anti-abortion...
Immigration reform passes key congressional committee
For the first time in decades, it appears Congress is on the precipice of passing comprehensive immigration reform. The move would open a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants in the country. On Monday, the House Judiciary Committee passed a...