By SELENA SEABROOKS The Dallas Examiner Last month, the NAACP Houston Branch and the Texas Voters Forward Coalition hosted A Crucial Conversation, a discussion with Black media, the Texas Legislative Black Caucus, members […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Colin Allred, D-Texas, joined with U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Congressman Scott Peters, D-Calif., and Congressman Tracey Mann, R-Kan., […]
By ERIC BRADNER CNN WASHINGTON, D.C. – Texas House Democrats said Tuesday they can only hold off Republicans’ push for restrictive new voting laws for weeks, as they urged President Joe Biden and […]
By ISABELLA ZOU The Texas Tribune Texas lawmakers have filed at least three bills targeting how racism, current events and the country’s founding principles are taught in K-12 schools – including a senate […]
By Alexa Ura The Texas Tribune With the Texas Legislature gaveled back in for legislative overtime, the House and Senate have each revealed their opening bids in the GOP’s push to enact new […]
By VERONICA STRACQUALURSI CNN WOLFE CITY – Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt announced Tuesday that he’s running as Democrat for Texas attorney general, joining a competitive state race to take on Republican incumbent […]
BY PATRICK SVITEK The Texas Tribune Texas GOP Chairman Allen West announced Sunday he is running for governor, challenging fellow Republican Greg Abbott. The announcement was made during at appearance by West at […]
By CASSANDRA POLLOCK The Texas Tribune A group that includes Texas House Democrats and legislative staffers is asking the Texas Supreme Court to override Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent veto of a portion of […]
Special to The Dallas Examiner AUSTIN – Known as Bo’s Law, House Bill 929, a police reform bill authored by Rep. Carl O. Sherman, was signed by Gov. Abbott June 16 as the […]
BY CASSANDRA POLLOCK The Texas Tribune Gov. Greg Abbott followed through Friday on a threat to veto a section of the state budget that funds the Texas Legislature, its staffers and legislative agencies. The […]
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