As the campaign for governor churns into its final weeks, Greg Abbott has made a huge point of championing charter schools around the state. Charter schools are funded by the government but operated independently of the state. For conservatives in Texas, charter...
On Wednesday, Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke announced a college tour to register as many college students as possible before the Oct. 11 voter registration deadline. The 15-stop college tour will begin on Sept. 26 at the University of Texas in...
Quietly, an accountant is running one of the most important statewide races that, while under-the-radar, is hugely impactful to all Texans. The Signal spoke with Janet Dudding in between campaign stops in her race for comptroller. Our first question immediately...
With the election less than eight weeks away, several Texas statewide candidates find themselves locked in tight, single-digit races. And perhaps the best opportunity for Democrats to flip a seat could accomplish a lot. The Signal spoke with Rochelle Garza in between...
700 Houstonians supported Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’ Rourke at Settegast Park in the Second Ward of Houston to rally around Latino voters and their top ballot issues of the November election. According to a recent poll by the Texas Politics Project,...
If Jonathan Hildner wins his race for house district 54, he could be the second-youngest member of the state legislature. The 28-year-old community activist would also be the first African American representative from the district, which is 54 percent...
After backlash among his supporters and colleagues, Rep. Tony Gonzalez (TX-23) is feeling the heat more than ever in his race for reelection. After the massacre in Uvalde, which left 19 children and two teachers dead, and voters taking note of Gonzalez’s A+...
The crowd of more than 800 to see Beto O’Rourke last week in Fredericksburg was loud and boisterous. The size was notable, given that Fredericksburg is in a county that Donald Trump won by nearly fifty points. No matter where he goes in Texas, O’Rourke is...
The Signal recently spoke with Elva Curl, who is running for House District 112 in North Texas. Curl has worked for the City of Dallas in the City Manager’s Office, Public Works and Transportation, and the Department of Aviation. This interview has been edited for...