Texas’ two Democratic U.S. Senate candidates faced off Saturday evening, discussing hot-button issues like police reform and the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. State Sen. Royce West and Air Force helicopter pilot MJ Hegar, the two runoff candidates...
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Justice for Breonna Taylor: Houston activists plan Friday protest against police shooting
Houston area activists are planning another protest against police brutality on Friday, this time for Breonna Taylor, a Louisville EMT shot eight times by authorities in a botched drug raid. Taylor, an aspiring nurse, was killed by police in her apartment in...
COVID-19 data shows we should ‘tap the brakes’ says Texas House Minority Leader Chris Turner
State Rep. and House Minority Leader Chris Turner is sounding the alarm on the rising number of COVID-19 cases as Gov. Greg Abbott kicks off his latest phase of reopening Texas. "On Monday, Texas saw its highest 7-day average of new cases since the pandemic began,”...
Footage shows Houston police crackdown on peaceful evening protests
Hours after a march against police brutality brought out tens of thousands of protesters to downtown Houston, hundreds of demonstrators who continued to peacefully protest into the evening were arrested or forcibly dispersed by Houston police. Social media...
Thousands of protesters in Houston, George Floyd’s home, demand action
Thousands of protestors joined local leaders and activists in downtown Houston on Tuesday as part of ongoing demonstrations against police brutality. Sporting masks and doing their best to socially distance in a jam-packed park outside City Hall, the sea of protesters...
Trump is shredding the Constitution with military, says Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
Houston-area Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee became the latest Democratic voice to criticize Trump for threatening to use the military to quell protests and unrest over the killing of George Floyd. “The president is not going to be the man of hope and peace. It’s...
Weekend wrapup: Police crackdown on Dallas protests, George Floyd’s body to be returned to Houston
Dallas curfew continues following two days of demonstrations against the killing of Black people by police. The unrest was sparked by the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota, an African-American man who was slain after a white police officer knelt on his kneck...
Ken Paxton is bluffing. Voting by mail in a pandemic is still on the table.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was in a cheerful mood Wednesday evening when the Republican-stacked Texas Supreme Court agreed that fear of contracting COVID-19 did not legally count as a “disability” — one of the state’s requirements to be eligible to vote by...
Texas Supreme Court rules against citing COVID-19 exposure as a disability to vote by mail
The Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday voted against citing fear of contracting COVID-19 as a “disability” in mail-in-ballot applications. Under Texas law, only voters who have a disability, are over the age of 65 or are out of the country can apply to vote by mail. “We...
Center for Public Policy Priorities, nonprofit progressive think tank, rebrands
The Center for Public Policy Priorities, a nonprofit progressive think tank that has long been a leading voice on healthcare and budget policy, has officially rebranded to “Every Texan.” The announcement came on Wednesday with a 40-second video explaining the...