Taking Politics Back to School

State Board of Ed races highlight educational tensions

"...One only has to sit in the State Board of Education's boardroom and look out the window..."

Sept. 17, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Hope and Hard Truth: A Life in Texas Politics

Life beyond the governor's office with Ann Richards' chief aide

"...Rogers has experienced the highs and lows of Texas politics, most famously in her role as campaign manager and..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Arts Feature by Michael King

The Mayor's State of the City Is … Mixed

Adler touts city initiatives, decries “shadow” of state backlash

"...Mayor Steve Adler delivered a mixed but certainly subdued “State of the City” address Wednesday night at City Hall...."

April 18, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Here's Where You Draw The Line: City, State Redistricting Hearings

Both ICRC and Texas House face the public Sept. 18

"...and bound by oath to stay out of city politics for the next decade, operating under highly prescriptive rules..."

Sept. 14, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

State Officials "Exploiting" Coronavirus Pandemic to Ban Abortion?

Reproductive rights groups blast Abbott, Paxton

"...In a statement issued Monday, March 23, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton..."

March 24, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Eckhardt: The State of the County Is ...

Thursday address slams Lege, props up local entities

"...Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt’s State of the County address last Thursday evening may well..."

Feb. 12, 2018 News Post by Austin Sanders

New Districts Set the Stage for the Politics of the 2020s

The city and state begin to show their work

"...released its draft maps for the Senate and the State Board of Education; we're still, as of press time..."

Sept. 24, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Top 10 State Stories

The 10 stories that defined politics in Texas in 2014

"...an ineptly run campaign in one of the reddest states in the union saw her take the worst Democratic..."

Jan. 2, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Personal Politics

"...fundraiser, and in 1971, Smith appointed Bullock Secretary of State, a job he held for 15 months. During his..."

Jan. 31, 1997 News Feature

Rep. Vikki Goodwin on the 86th Texas Legislature

“I worry when people talk about property tax caps [and not] where the revenue is going to come from instead”

"...Austin Chronicle: What brought you into politics?..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

2006 State Races

A sampling of some of the livelier contests taking shape in the March 7 primary and the general election in November

"...toll road debate, ongoing efforts to blur church and state, and the prospect of a thoroughly entertaining governor's race...."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Natural State

San Antonio-based Presidian wants to enter into public private partnerships with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

"...trying to sort out. And yet, despite a projected state budget surplus, the Legislature continues to insist that TPWD..."

Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Rep. Donna Howard on the 86th Texas Legislature

“Let’s target some new money toward childhood literacy, toward high school success, toward teacher quality – the kind of things that research shows make a difference”

"...delivery of education services to all students across our state, no matter where they live, and that takes into..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

It's Time to Hold the Legislature Accountable

"...education system. He was referring to the way the state funds the current public education system. But the governor,..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Postmarks

City Budget Squeezed Between Basic Costs and State Neglect

The city has $1.03 billion in taxpayer money. Here's where it's going.

"...The State Property Tax..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Art of the State

Retiring director Rick Hernandez reflects on three decades with the Texas Commission on the Arts

"...in residence for a juvenile lockup in the Gatesville State School for Boys – "They'd heard about me because..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Movies or Medicaid: A False Choice at the Texas Legislature

Another tug o’ war over funding for Texas’ film, TV, and gaming industry rebate program

"...the rebate program designed to encourage the creation of in-state jobs in TV, film, commercial, and video gaming production..."

April 12, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: A New Path for State House Dems

The promise of new Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Chris Turner

"...Speaker's Press Room after Gov. Greg Abbott's Jan. 31 State of the State address, the new chair of the..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Louis Malfaro and 18 Years of AISD Politics

The teachers' union veteran looks back as he moves forward

"...Malfaro's departure on Sept. 1 to become secretary-treasurer of statewide teachers' union Texas AFT may be the biggest change..."

Sept. 3, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bill of the Week: Red State vs. Blue Cities

Texas House passes broad restrictions on local regulations

"...commerce so that all 254 counties uniformly abide by state law "unless expressly authorized by statute."..."

April 28, 2023 News Feature by Dex Wesley Parra

Opinion: Let Go of Identity Politics and Vote

Turning Texas blue won't turn it into California

"...here in Texas, as people who are from blue states are moving in at an unprecedented rate. And with..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Column by Anna Near

Most Texas Voters Favor State-Funded Family Planning

And disapprove of 2011 fam-plan budget cuts

"...Greenberg and Carpenter said support for birth control and state-funded family planning is particularly high among women, as is..."

Feb. 22, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'Tis the Silly Season: Give the Gift of Politics!

Gift Guide recommendations from the Chronicle news staff

"...in our high spirits by giving the gift of politics this season. Herewith, some of our favorite trinkets, tchotchkes,..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Surveying the Litany of Anti-Queer Bills Moving Through the Texas Legislature

The wave includes reboots of drag, book, and bathroom bans

"...speak against Senate Bill 18, the latest attempt by state Republicans to ban drag where possible. If passed, Senate..."

May 9, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

State Capitol Sexual Abuse Policies Remain a Work in Progress

After flood of allegations, House and Senate pressed to revise rules

"...professional chapter when she started her first job in politics as a state House legislative aide in 2013. However,..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Politics Feature

"...is ignoble. And although odds are good that the state's sodomy statute will soon be ruled in violation of..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Rep. Erin Zwiener on the 86th Texas Legislature

“We were always very clear that being progressive and being tribalist weren’t the same thing”

"...folks often don’t really know anything about Hays County politics, or were just new voters in general, or very..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Special Edition: State Ticker

Election tidbits

"...couples a shot at wedded bliss, have defended the state's ban on interracial marriage prior to the Supreme Court's..."

Oct. 21, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Watson for State Senate

Travis County Senator strikes himself off gubernatorial candidate list

"...Watson's full statement after the jump...."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Year in Politics

The Top Ten Political Stories of 1997

"...bill in 1996, but the law -- which required states to engineer their own money-saving public assistance plans --..."

Jan. 9, 1998 News Feature

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