Last week, Robert Santos was confirmed by the Senate to take over the Census Bureau. Santos, who was born in San Antonio, will be the first Latino census director and only the second person of color to oversee the Census. Santos brings a broad array of statistical...
The state program, the Texas Relief Fund, announced they are closing their application portal on Friday because the requested amount of applicants exceeds the total funding left available, according to Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs Media...
As the United States Supreme Court heard arguments on Texas’ six-week abortion ban on Monday, the court continuously referenced Ex Parte Young: a 1908 case where the court initially held that after attempting to enforce an unconstitutional law, state officials are not...
Republican John Lujan will be replacing former state Rep. Leo Pacheco as the new lawmaker for San Antonio’s District 118 after a close special election runoff on Tuesday. Lujan defeated his Democrat opponent Frank Ramirez by less than three percentage points, or less...
On Tuesday, Reps. Veronica Escobar (D-El Paso) and Sylvia Garcia (D-Houston) spoke at a virtual event in support of HR 2920, also known as the American Families United Act (AFUA). The bill aims to keep families united in cases where some members are U.S. citizens and...
While Ted Cruz has been stonewalling the confirmation of Biden’s State Department nominees for months, it appears he will not do so in the case of R. Nicholas Burns, Biden’s nominee for ambassador to China. Cruz, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations...
Tensions between Harris County officials continue to grow after Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis introduced a redistricting map that would alter the shapes of the two conservative leading precincts in the county. The proposed map by Ellis draws a U-shaped...
At a press conference this afternoon, several Texas congressional and state Democrats called upon the U.S. Senate to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. The Texas lawmakers noted the urgency of the moment: Greg Abbott has already signed a sweeping voter suppression...
The small rural area of Kinney County, population of 3,129, which sits on the edge of the Texas-Mexico border approved a plan on Tuesday to deputize private citizens to work with local law enforcement to track down migrants crossing state-lines. The plan, which...