Austin voters over the weekend overwhelmingly voted in favor of Proposition A, a city ordinance to eliminate enforcement of low-level marijuana offenses and ban the use of no-knock warrants by Austin police. Eighty-six percent of Austinies voted in favor of Prop...
On Monday, the January 6th Committee in the U.S. Congress announced they wanted to speak with three members of Congress about the Insurrection, including one from Texas. However, Rep. Ronny Jackson, who called the committee a “witch hunt,” will not comply with the...
On Wednesday, April 27, families of unsolved cases protested outside of Houston Police Department headquarters, demanding justice, accountability, and answers in the deaths of Tailor Clark, Alexander “AJ” Silva, Aliyah Wilson, Diamond Alvarez, Xavier Degollado and...
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted a stay of execution for Melissa Lucio, a South Texas woman believed by many to be wrongly convicted of capital murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter. Lucio was scheduled for execution on Wednesday, April 27....
All eyes are on the Fort Bend County Commissioner Precinct 4 race after incumbent Ken DeMerchant was unseated from his position after getting 14 percent of the vote in the March primary. Only 148 votes led candidate Neeta Sane to a first-place standing in the race,...
Francine Ly never thought she would run for office. But here she is today, a candidate for state senate. The Signal caught up with Ly to discuss her run. “Running for public office was never on my radar until now,” says Ly. The first-time candidate is running in...
End Citizens United/Let America Vote, a major Democratic PAC focused on anti-corruption and voting rights, is endorsing Jessica Cisneros in her race for Texas' 28th Congressional District. “Jessica Cisneros is a champion when it comes to getting big money out of...
403 years after the first enslaved people stepped foot on American soil, the United States has officially nominated the first Black female justice to the Supreme Court. Now Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson represents not only a minority female breaking out of...
For Venton Jones, running for the state legislature is a continuation of the civic engagement and service that he has been a part of nearly his whole life. The Signal caught up with Jones, who is in a runoff for House District 100 in south Dallas. Jones, the Founder...