Texans are voting on eight proposed constitutional amendments on Tuesday. Among them, a constitutional amendment allowing charitable raffles at rodeos and another allowing counties to issue bonds to improve underserved areas. A description of the amendments can...
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Rochelle Garza enters race for Texas Attorney General
Rochelle Garza, a former staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union, announced this week she is jumping into the race for Texas Attorney General. The statewide office is already pursued by two other Democratic candidates, civil rights attorney Lee Merritt...
New poll: Abbott and O’Rourke in ‘dead heat’ for governor
A poll released this week by the Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation shows Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke are in a “dead heat” for the top executive office in Texas. Abbott leads O'Rourke 44% to 43% among 2020 voters, according to the poll that surveyed 1,400...
Jessica Cisneros discusses her grassroots-powered run for Congress
The Signal recently spoke with Jessica Cisneros, an immigration and human rights attorney running for Congress in Texas’ 28th congressional district. In 2020, Cisneros made headlines when she came within less than 2,700 votes of defeating Rep. Henry Cuellar, a...
Friday is the last day of early voting for constitutional amendments
Three days remain until election day on Nov. 2 which will see Texans vote on eight proposed constitutional amendments. Among them, a constitutional amendment allowing charitable raffles at rodeos and another allowing counties to issue bonds to improve underserved...
Can the new GOP-drawn maps be ‘out-organized’?
“I wish I had more than three minutes,” Ashley Cheng told lawmakers in Austin while describing how the new GOP-drawn congressional districts would cut, splice, and carve out Asian American communities across the state. Neighborhoods like Avery Ranch in Austin or...
Greg Casar wants to undo Abbott’s worst laws
The Signal recently spoke with Greg Casar, a progressive Austin city councilman considering a run for Congress in Texas’ 35th congressional district. A former labor organizer with the Workers Defense Project and the youngest person ever elected to Austin City...
Why Frank Ramirez is running for statehouse
Early voting began Monday in San Antonio to see who will replace former state Rep. Leo Pacheco, a two-term Democrat who resigned from Texas’ 118th district in August to teach public administration at San Antonio College. The special election to replace Pacheco has...
Texas House passes anti-trans sports bill
The Republican-led Texas House voted Wednesday evening to advance House Bill 25, legislation that would ban trans youth from playing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity. The bill passed 76-54 after several hours of amendments and heated debate on the...
Texas House debates proposed state house district lines
Texas House lawmakers are debating new proposed state house district lines, with a vote expected late Tuesday to advance the gerrymandered map and bring it closer to becoming law. Much of the debate over the map has focused on how statehouse districts in major metro...