Protestors gather in Caldwell County to demand justice
On Wednesday, protestors, community members, friends and family gathered outside the Caldwell County Justice Center to demand justice for Jennifer Miller, a woman who was killed in a car accident involving an off-duty San Marcos police officer. According to a police...
Texas Organizing Project endorses Merritt for Texas AG
The Texas Organizing Project, a progressive non-profit organization and political action committee of Black and Latino community organizers, announced their endorsement of Civil Rights Attorney Lee Merritt for Texas Attorney General. TOP is one of the largest...
What happened to Sid Miller’s appearance in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm?
Texas politics contains no shortage of mysteries, but one enduring enigma has remained unanswered for over a year: whatever happened to Sid Miller’s appearance in the “Borat” sequel? When the trailer for the movie, which is officially titled “Borat Subsequent...
South Texas is still home to the hottest primary in the USA
With good reason, few races this year will receive as much national attention as the Democratic primary for Texas’ 28th Congressional District. Progressive immigration attorney Jessica Cisneros is again trying to unseat Rep. Henry Cuellar, a conservative Democrat who...
Texas Court denies Paxton’s request to prosecute election violation cases
Late Wednesday evening, a Republican appointed Texas court dismissed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to prosecute election law violation cases. In an 8-1 decision, the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals answered the case's key question of whether the...
Dallas District Attorney Draws Primary and General Election Challengers
John Creuzot is going to have to work hard for his re-election as Dallas District Attorney next year. And it’s going to start with a primary. In 2018, he narrowly beat former district judge Elizabeth Frizzell in the democratic primary with 50.2 percent of...
James Burnett on his run for state representative HD-76
At 26-years-old James Burnett has had a few jobs in the political sphere behind the scenes of big name politicians in Texas. For example, in 2018, Burnett served as the big African-American Outreach Coordinator for former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke in his run...
Democrats are using Republicans’ bounty hunter playbook against them. Will it work?
Gov. Greg Abbott changed everything when he signed Texas’ Senate Bill 8 into law in May. He knew that ratifying the nation’s most restrictive abortion ban wasn’t just a publicity stunt — not with a 6-3 supermajority for conservatives the Supreme Court. It was a...
Texas 2022 filing deadline arrives
Monday was the last day for Texas candidates to file to run for office in the 2022 elections. The top of the ticket is set with former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke against Gov. Greg Abbott, who is also facing a primary by multiple Republicans...
A Conversation with Agriculture Commissioner Candidate Susan Hays
Attorney Susan Hays filed to run as a Democratic candidate for agriculture commissioner, taking on the current occupant Republican Sid Miller. Hays has an extensive legal background, including as a cannabis attorney. She was also instrumental in advocating and...
Op-Ed: Texas Redistricting Needs to Protect Campus Communities
Following the 2020 U.S. Census, the state of Texas reapportioned its districts based on population changes in a process called redistricting. This process should be guided by public input so that policymakers can make informed decisions about what our districts should...
TCRP’s redistricting report show GOP desperate for power
In Texas' third legislative session, the state once again sparked controversy over the Republican-drawn redistricting maps which legal experts predicted, at the time, would bring the state a slew of lawsuits for violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. And...
Supreme Court allows Texas’ six-week abortion ban to remain for now
Texas’ six-week abortion ban will remain in effect after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed abortion providers to sue the state in federal court, but refused to provide relief against the law while the litigiation makes its way through court. The Supreme Court’s ruling...
Ben Chou wants to unseat one of the last Republicans in Harris County
Houstonians may not be familiar with Ben Chou, a Democratic candidate running for Harris County Commissioners Court, but plenty are familiar with his work. Gov. Greg Abbott and many of Texas’ top Republicans are familiar with it too; they made it illegal this past...
Republicans Are Clamoring for A Fourth Special Session
For Republicans in Texas, three special legislative sessions were apparently not enough. And now a growing number of Republican lawmakers are letting Greg Abbott know that they want a fourth session to officially ban COVID-19 vaccine mandates. At least two dozen...