Beto: ‘The time for us to have stopped Uvalde was right after Sandy Hook’
Hundreds of Houstonians gathered at Discovery Green park on Friday to mourn the victims of the Uvalde elementary school shooting and to thumb their nose at the National Rifle Association convention next door. Gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke, who days early...
Officers Did Nothing While Children Called Police in Uvalde Shooting
The Texas Department of Public Safety held a press conference on Friday after reporting conflicting stories and questionable timelines in the massacre that led to 19 students and two teachers dead at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Col. Steven McCraw,...
The Foolishness of the One-Door Policy
In the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting, Republicans are attempting to discredit and deflect attention away from common sense gun reform by proposing increasingly bizarre proposals. Given that the oft-mentioned idea of more “good guys with guns” has...
Op-ed: Uvalde Police Failed, but Not as Badly as Lawmakers
A British reporter on Thursday asked Sen. Ted Cruz a simple question that ended with the Texas Senator walking away from the interview. Why does this only happen here? It's a poignant question that is getting lost in light of the utter failure by Uvalde police...
Report: Cops Waited Outside for 40 Minutes During the Uvalde Shooting
Officers waited outside for 40 minutes while the Uvalde gunman barricaded himself in a 4th-grade classroom. The shooting led to the death of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. ...
Controversy Swells Around NRA Convention Following Uvalde Massacre
In the wake of the horrific massacre that killed 19 children and two adults in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday afternoon, the National Rifle Association is ignoring calls to move its annual convention away from Houston, which is just a few hours away from Uvalde. The summit...
‘This is on you’: Beto Confronts Abbott at Press Conference
On Wednesday, gubernatorial candidate Beto O’ Rourke confronted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other top Texas Republicans at a press conference about the Uvalde mass shooting that left at least 21 dead on Tuesday. “This is on you,” O’Rourke can be heard...
Few Surprises in Tuesday’s Primary Runoffs
With vote totals now fully reported across the state, it’s safe to say there were few surprises during Tuesday’s primary elections. As expected, the state’s most high-profile race between immigrants rights attorney Jessica Cisneros and conservative Democrat...
What to Expect from Texas GOP after Uvalde? Another Task Force and Looser Gun Laws
The bodies of school children in Uvalde are not yet buried, but it is already clear the tragedy in the small Texas town will not be enough to spur Texas lawmakers into passing common sense gun reform. This is because Texas Republicans have already presided over...
19 Dead in Mass Shooting in Uvalde, Texas
On Tuesday, an 18-year-old shooter killed at least 19 elementary school students and teachers at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas. The shooter, Salvador Ramos, was killed by responding officers, according to Gov. Greg Abbott. The shooter was armed with a pistol and...
The Most Interesting Primary Races in Texas to Look Out for
Tuesday marks Election Day for primary runoff races around the state. Here’s our roundup of the top races to keep an eye on, and what they might mean for Lone Star State politics and beyond. Jessica Cisneros v. Henry Cuellar There is still little doubt the Democratic...
Legal Experts File Bar Complaint Against Ted Cruz Due to His Effort To Overturn the 2020 Election
A group of legal experts called “The 65 Project” has filed an ethics complaint to the State Bar of Texas against Ted Cruz due to his involvement in court cases that aimed to contest the results of the 2020 election. The 65 Project aims to call for bar investigations...
HHS, Houston Officials and Community Hosts Black Maternal Health Forum
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services held the Faith + Works Black Maternal Health Forum on Saturday, May 21, at Texas Southern University with Houston elected officials, faith leaders, providers, doulas, midwives, community members, and more to decrease...
A Texas Way: Land Office Candidate Jay Kleberg Charts Hopeful Path Forward
On May 21, Democratic Land Commissioner candidate Jay Kleberg held a press conference with major Houston area leaders to announce his pledge to combat the institutional ineptitude and discrimination present in the past actions of the Texas General Land Office. Kleberg...
Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus Condemns Anti-Asian ad in Commissioner’s Race
On Sunday, the Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus issued stern words against an attack ad released by Lesley Briones against Ben Chou, two candidates competing in a Democratic primary to get the chance to kick out one of the last two Republicans in Harris County...