Greg Casar To Serve As Whip In Congressional Progressive Caucus
This morning, Greg Casar will officially be selected as Whip for the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Casar’s position as Whip, which is the number three spot in the caucus, is significant. He will be the top Texan in a leadership role, and one of the youngest...
Op-Ed: Out of the Shadows: Texan DACA Recipients Need Citizenship Now
When I was young, I was simultaneously closeted for being queer and in the shadows for being undocumented. While I’ve long been out and proud about both, I’ve learned first-hand that progress isn’t linear nor inevitable. Sometimes it takes decades for real change to...
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...
Early Voting In Austin Starts
Texas isn't quite done with election season yet. Early voting started today in Austin for several important runoff races. In the mayor's race, State Representative Celia Israel faces former mayor and state senator Kirk Watson. Israel came in first in the November...
Supreme Court To Hear Immigration Enforcement Case
Today, the Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments in the case United States v. Texas. This case, which has also been brought by Louisiana, has the potential to upend federal immigration policy. Last year, the Department of Homeland Security issued a memorandum...
Anti-Abortion Group Sues FDA Over Abortion Pill
One of the key groups behind the overturning of Roe v. Wade has filed another anti-abortion lawsuit, this one in Texas. Alliance Defending Freedom sued the FDA last week to reverse federal approval of mifepristone, a medication that can terminate an early pregnancy....
Texas lawmaker proposes ‘age-appropriate’ book bill
There are still two months before the 88th Texas legislative session starts in early 2023. Still, Texas Republicans’ pre-filing records show banning more books in public schools and deciding what students can read in a classroom will be a top priority for the...
A Conversation With Mihaela Plesa
Despite volunteering, protesting, and voting, after former President Donald Trump was elected in 2016, first-generation Romanian-American Mihaela Plesa said something told her it wasn’t enough. So as one does, she dropped everything to be as civically engaged as...
Ted Cruz’s No Good, Very Bad Election
In the leadup to the midterm elections, Ted Cruz promised a “red tsunami.” That prognostication turned out to be wrong. With the re-election of Senator Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada, Democrats officially retained control of the Senate. There are still outstanding...
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,...
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo wins re-election race
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo won her re-election bid with a narrow margin of 1.49 percent against Republican opponent Alexandra Mealer after a nail-biting vote count early Wednesday morning. According to the Harris County Elections office, Hidalgo defeated...
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...
Election Day In Texas: Live Updates
Polls in Texas closed at 7:00 p.m. However, all Harris County polling locations will stay open until 8:00 p.m. This follows a lawsuit from the Texas Organizing Project. El Paso, because it’s in the Mountain Time Zone, will also close then. Follow along for...
Election Day: Local Races To Watch
We finally made it: today is Election Day. While many will be eagerly awaiting the results from statewide candidates and wondering if Texas will elect a Democrat to a top post for the first time in a generation, there’s a slew of important local and county races that...
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. ...