Former Houston Mayor Annise Parker made waves in Harris County politics this week when she found herself at the center of the increasingly dramatic feud between Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and District Attorney Kim Ogg. Parker, a longtime supporter of Ogg who has...
On Friday, Texas’ two gubernatorial candidates, Democrat Beto O’Rourke and incumbent Republican Greg Abbott, announced their fundraising hauls for the Feb. 20 and June 30 reporting period. O’Rourke raised $27.6 million in contributions while Abbott raised $24.9...
After a long four years, Texas Democrats are finally back together in-person for their biggest event of the year: the Convention. In Dallas, delegates, candidates, and volunteers teemed into the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Thursday for a rousing kickoff...
Environmental Defense Action Fund, the campaign arm of the Environmental Defense Fund, announced this week it would be launching a Texas political action committee to elect pro-climate candidates. The move comes after the Supreme Court declared war on the...
On the night of July 12, the House of Representatives passed a pair of amendments to the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for 2023 that work together to accomplish the long-standing objective of veterans’ advocates to officially explore the effectiveness of...
Gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke is slated to give the keynote speech at this year’s Texas Democratic Convention. The convention will occur on Friday and Saturday and see Democrats from around the state gather at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in...
In what has become a habitual story over the past two and half years, health-conscious Texans must once again prepare themselves for a surge in COVID-19 cases caused by a contagious new variant that is quickly spreading across the state and country. The BA.5 variant...
Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation Executive Director Hany Khalil was recently appointed to the AFL-CIO General Board, a main decision-making body at the AFL-CIO where he will serve as a regional representative. Among the general board’s top responsibilities:...
Two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court repealed the constitutional right to an abortion, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to protect access to abortion and reproductive healthcare after pressure from Democratic lawmakers and constituents to act. ...