Next month, the legislative session will get underway. After the last session, which was a massive rightwing bonanza, what more do Greg Abbott and his fellow Republicans want? Well, a lot more of the same. Two years ago, Abbott and the Texas GOP ruthlessly enacted an...
Despite volunteering, protesting, and voting, after former President Donald Trump was elected in 2016, first-generation Romanian-American Mihaela Plesa said something told her it wasn’t enough. So as one does, she dropped everything to be as civically engaged as...
In the leadup to the midterm elections, Ted Cruz promised a “red tsunami.” That prognostication turned out to be wrong. With the re-election of Senator Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada, Democrats officially retained control of the Senate. There are still outstanding...
Polls in Texas closed at 7:00 p.m. However, all Harris County polling locations will stay open until 8:00 p.m. This follows a lawsuit from the Texas Organizing Project. El Paso, because it’s in the Mountain Time Zone, will also close then. Follow along for...
We finally made it: today is Election Day. While many will be eagerly awaiting the results from statewide candidates and wondering if Texas will elect a Democrat to a top post for the first time in a generation, there’s a slew of important local and county races that...
No It Couldnt LLC released a cable TV advertisement on Sunday slamming Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over his gun policies. The ad includes a 911 audio call from the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. ...
With Election Day on Tuesday, candidates are using every minute to get out the word about voting. Latino Victory Fund, a political action committee that backs progressive Latino candidates, announced a new round of digital and radio ad buys in support of a trio of...
With early voting starting today, all eyes are on the voters of Texas. And one county could portend where the state is heading. Tarrant County, which is home to Fort Worth, has been one of the fastest growing areas of the state. And slowly, the state’s third most...
With early voting starting on Monday, Texas Secretary of State John B. Scott’s office issued a letter to Harris County Elections Administrator Clifford Tatum that the state is sending “inspectors” to watch the county tally votes. “We will be sending a contingent...