When anti-choice politicians passed a law last legislative session that would strangle the relationship between Planned Parenthood and government entities, reproductive health advocates worried not only about the direct damage the bill would inflict but also – due to its vague language – other unforeseen consequences.

Not so long ago, talk of Texas turning blue would have been shrugged off as pure fantasy. Not so anymore.

Rodney Reed's scheduled execution has been stayed indefinitely by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which cites both new evidence and issues with his 1998 trial to send the long-running case back to trial court for "further development."

Rodney Reed has been appealing his verdict and sentence for more than 20 years, never wavering in his insistence that he is innocent of the crime that put him on death row.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday, Nov. 7, a plan to designate a five-acre tract of state-owned land near Montopolis Drive and U.S. 183 as a space for people experiencing homelessness to camp – despite national and local experts explicitly recommending against this strategy.

After a multi-decade legal battle, Bobby Moore, the Houston man convicted in 1981 for the capital murder of supermarket clerk James McCarble, has been spared execution.

Rodney Reed’s attorneys at the Innocence Project have been very busy in recent weeks advocating for their client, who is scheduled for execution on Nov. 20. Their most recent action came Wednesday, when they filed an application for clemency with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.

This morning, the Texas Republican Party was busy imploding, and the enemy came from within its own ranks.

If you had any doubt that Texas is IN PLAY in 2020, let Tom Perez and Gilberto Hinojosa clarify your mind. The chairs of the Democratic National Committee and Texas Democratic Party, respectively, fired up electeds, donors and activists at the TDP’s annual Johnson-Jordan Dinner Saturday night (Oct. 5).