Why Trump wants a bill to audit Texas elections
Donald Trump recently penned a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott calling on him to audit the results of the 2020 election. The governor quickly obeyed and is now auditing the results in four major counties. But the former president (or whoever was plainly ghostwriting...
Ken Paxton’s newest lawsuit against the Biden administration
Ken Paxton has lodged another lawsuit against the Biden administration, this time over guidance about workplace protections based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Paxton’s lawsuit is challenging the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for...
Federal regulators urge tougher rules for Texas power grid
Federal officials released more than two dozen recommendations on Wednesday aimed at preventing the Texas electrical grid from failing again as it did in February. The blackouts, which were the result of freezing temperatures wrought by Winter Storm Uri, left millions...
Bipartisan police reform negotiations collapse in the Senate
Bipartisan legislation on criminal justice reform is officially dead after Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) released a statement on Wednesday stating that a deal with Republican legislatures remains out of reach. “After months of exhausting every possible pathway to a...
Texas Senate passes anti-trans sports bill
The Texas Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would ban trans youth from playing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity. The Republican-led Senate voted 19-12 in favor of passing the legislation. This is the fourth time the proposed law has come...
‘The Wire’ creator pulls production of new series out of Texas over abortion law
Television writer and producer David Simon has announced that he will not shoot his upcoming series in Texas due to its extreme abortion law. “I’m turning in scripts next month on an HBO non-fiction miniseries based on events in Texas, but I can’t and won’t ask...
Will Democrats have to stomach a former Bush strategist?
Matthew Dowd has been teasing at a run for statewide office in Texas, particularly a bid against Lt. Governor Dan Patrick. The former George W. Bush strategist turned political pundit shares a similar journey to a number of other conservatives who have switched sides...
Amid surge of Haitian migrants, Biden admin uses Title 42 to remove asylum seekers
Right now, under a Del Rio international bridge on the Texas-Mexico border more than 15,000 majority Haitian migrants are waiting in 104 degree heat to make their case for seeking asylum in the United States. Because of the lack of resources, many migrants have...
The Texas principal caught in a critical race theory firestorm
Last year, Dr. James Whitfield became the first Black principal at Colleyville Heritage High School in north Texas. Popular with students and faculty, he is now facing the end of his tenure after getting entangled in the public education debate over critical race...
LGBTQ+ advocates announce boycott of anti-trans sports bill hearing
For the fourth time this year, Texas Republicans in the state legislature are trying to ban trans youth from playing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity. Instead of testifying at a Senate committee hearing over Senate Bill 3 on Tuesday, trans...
Musings: Beto can beat Greg Abbott
It is often said that showing up is half the battle, and that is often true in American politics but especially so in Texas, where Democrats have anxiously waited all year for word about if, and according to new reporting when, Beto O’Rourke might join the 2022 race...
Beto close to announcing bid against Abbott
Beto O’Rourke is close to officially announcing his run for Texas governor, both Axios and The New York Times are reporting. The former El Paso congressman received national fame when he challenged Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018 and came within three percentage points from...
TxDOT is accepting feedback about its I-35 expansion plan until Sept. 24. Here’s how you can weigh in.
Last week, the Texas Signal ran a deep dive into the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) campaign to expand I-35 in Austin. Dubbed the I-35 Capital Express Central project, the $5 billion plan has come under intense scrutiny by local lawmakers and community...
5 big questions about the redistricting session
With the third special session of 2021 getting underway tomorrow, Texas politics is again heating up to a boiling point. This set of maps may determine the fate of our district lines for the next decade, and we’re expecting a busy session. We’ve begun to see glimpses...
Thousand of migrants seeking asylum wait at the border in Del Rio
Thousands of migrants seeking asylum are in Del Rio, Texas waiting to be processed by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. According to reports, over 10,000, mostly Haitian, migrants are being given a ticket by CBP and waiting under a bridge until their number is...