As more Texans lose their jobs, congressional unemployment benefits approach deadline
Passed in March by the Senate, a $2 trillion stimulus bill was expected by lawmakers to provide necessary relief to unemployed Americans affected by the coronavirus pandemic. But by the end of this month, those unemployment benefits will expire as Congress has not yet...
Beto O’Rourke aims to make 15 million calls to Texas voters, more than half of state’s population, through Powered by People
Beto O’Rourke’s organization, Powered by People, seeks to deliver dozens of decisive Democratic victories at every level of the ballot by making a stunning 15 million calls to Texas voters by the November election — more than half of the state’s population of 29...
Led by MJ Hegar, Texas Democrats field formidable ticket in runoffs
Hegar to headline Democratic ticket Powered by historic turnout, Texas Democrats on Tuesday finally reached closure on a slew of contested primaries across the state as unofficial results were tallied in the Democratic primary runoff. In the headline matchup, Air...
Harris County joins most of Texas in creating a new office to run elections
On Tuesday, Harris County Commissioners Court voted to create a new office to oversee election-related matters in the county after the November 2020 general election. Historically, Harris County has relied on the county clerk and the tax assessor-collector’s office...
John Cornyn makes false claims about children and COVID-19
Sen. John Cornyn is joining the GOP chorus of misinformation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. “No one under the age of 20 has died of the coronavirus,” Cornyn said in an interview on Thursday. “We still don’t know whether children can get it and transmit it to...
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez makes the case for a Biden presidency
With an eye towards next month’s virtual DNC Convention, and a general election that is approaching 100 days away, Latino Victory Fund launched their “Latinos con Biden Battleground Charlas” tour in Texas yesterday. The program is a complement to a Biden for America...
Amid nationwide discussions on race, Texas still celebrates Confederate Heroes Day
Tucked in Chapter 662 of Texas’ Government Code is a stunning three-word phrase: Confederate Heroes Day. The phrase is so outlandish that when a 13-year-old Austinite named Jacob Hale saw it on a digital Texas state calendar six years ago, he assumed it was a mistake....
Texas Supreme Court says no to reviving GOP convention in Houston
The Texas Supreme Court on Monday ruled that it would not force Houston to host the Texas GOP’s in-person annual state convention, canceled last week over concerns of the worsening COVID-19 pandemic. In their ruling, the panel of nine Republican judges said the Texas...
Another round of Texas polling shows tight race between Biden and Trump
Two new polls released recently — one by CBS News and another by The Dallas Morning News — show a close presidential race in the Lone Star State. The CBS poll, released Sunday and conducted last week, shows former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump...
Texans are fed up with Abbott’s pandemic response, new poll finds
The opinion Texans have of Gov. Greg Abbott’s COVID-19 response has plummeted since April, the latest 50-state poll by the COVID-19 Consortium shows. The survey, conducted by Harvard, Rutgers and other universities, shows the approval rating of Abbot's pandemic...
Texas water supply at risk because of climate change, Texas A&M study finds
As climate change brings about hotter temperatures in Texas, water supply could be threatened as early as 2050, according to a team of researchers led by a Texas A&M University professor. Using climate models, the team of researchers found that drier summers as...
‘Dan’s disinformation jeopardized our way of life,’ says Crenshaw opponent Sima Ladjevardian
While positive COVID-19 cases are on the rise in Texas, GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw has been a strong advocate for wearing no masks, all while hosting no-mask in-person events in the state. Meanwhile, Texas is reporting 1 of 7 coronavirus cases nationally over the...
With lawsuit against Houston, Texas GOP proves they value party politics over people
A week before the scheduled date, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner canceled the Texas GOP’s annual convention in Houston citing public health concerns amid the intensifying COVID-19 pandemic. It was undeniably the right move for Houston, where mounting cases have...
Gina Ortiz Jones’ fundraising massively exceeds GOP opponents
On Wednesday, Gina Ortiz Jones’ campaign announced that they had raised over $800,000 in the second quarter of the year. The former Air Force intelligence officer and Iraq War veteran has over $3 million cash on hand in her bid to flip Texas’ 23rd Congressional...
The complicity of Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Michael McCaul in the mass arrests of Black people in Tulia, Texas
On the early morning of July 23, 1999, in Tulia, Texas, nearly 33 percent of the city’s Black male residents were arrested. Tulia, a sleepy town of 5,000 in the Texas panhandle, was shocked awake before dawn when 46 residents were roused without warning and dragged to...