The first police-related bill filed for the upcoming Texas Legislature session is a bill to prohibit law enforcement departments from contracting with reality television crews. The legislation is named after Javier Ambler, an Austin area postal worker who died of...
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Mehdi Hasan calls out Dan Crenshaw’s gerrymandered district
Political reporter Mehdi Hasan successfully irked Houston’s Rep. Dan Crenshaw this week, sparking the two to go at each other on Twitter. On a segment on “The Mehdi Hasan Show,” Medhi responded to a social media post made by Crenshaw pushing for election reform so...
Texas’ Rainy Day Fund gets bigger — and dustier
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar recently announced that the state’s Economic Stabilization Fund, better known as the Rainy Day Fund, grew by $1.13 billion this year. The fund would have actually seen $1.6 billion transferred its way if not for the pandemic-driven...
Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis fires back at Ken Paxton
Harris County Precinct One Commissioner Rodney Ellis did not mince words with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday. The indicted state attorney general recently sent a letter to Harris County informing them that the newly created office of Harris County...
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson asks U.S. health officials for equitable vaccine distribution
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson has penned a letter to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices asking for communities of color to be prioritized in the upcoming distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a panel of...
Beware of big vaccine promises as 2020 wraps up
The Thanksgiving break, return of holiday music, and news of an incoming vaccine may have Texans giddy to break out the champagne bottles and celebrate the end to a long year, but there’s still reason to remain cautious. On Monday, reacting to news that United...
Joe Moody on abolishing the death penalty, legalizing weed, and Thanksgiving
On Wednesday, the Signal spoke with state Rep. Joe Moody of El Paso, who serves as speaker pro tempore of the Texas House. Now entering his sixth term, Moody has filed 11 bills for the upcoming session, mostly relating to his focus on criminal justice. They...
No lockdown or pandemic relief as Texas braces for second wave
Gov. Greg Abbott held a press conference on Thursday updating Texans on the second wave of coronavirus cases in the state. No lockdown is coming this time around, Abbott said during his press conference in Lubbock. The governor said a new antibody...
Will Congress act to help Texas before Christmas?
This week, a video showing thousands of Texans lining up to receive food went viral. Dallasites reportedly waited up to 12 hours to receive food in time for Thanksgiving. It’s a stark reminder for the president (preoccupied with overturning the election results) and...
Matthew McConaughey teases run for Texas governor
Texas' very own Matthew McConaughey recently said he just might be considering running for governor. "I don’t know. I mean, that wouldn’t be up to me. It would be up to the people more than it would [be] me," McConaughey said on "The Hugh Hewitt Show" on...