DOJ Says No to Texas Maps

Feds reject GOP end run around courts for redistricting

"...heavily gerrymandered maps are currently in the courts, but Republicans were hoping that Attorney General Eric Holder would effectively..."

Sept. 19, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Republicans Go Green

Are Republicns behind the Greens' ballot access?

"...The Green Party of Texas may have made it onto the November ballot, but..."

June 11, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Concerns About Texas Residential Construction Commission

"...Dear Editor, The Texas state Legislature is considering several bills to modify or..."

May 19, 2009 Postmarks

Texas House: GOP Hangs On to a Whisker-Thin Majority

Dems come oh so close to rocking the House

"...While most of the results-watchers at the Texas Democratic Party's election night bash at the Driskill Hotel..."

Nov. 7, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rep. Eddie Rodriguez on the 86th Texas Legislature

“I’ll be working against issues that will unfairly treat Latinos in the state”

"...I do think it will be less contentious because Republicans have lost seats; that’s forcing them to pump the..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Recall Now! In Texas and Washington

"...recall this has got to be it. When the Republicans put their power grab ahead of the real biz..."

Aug. 27, 2003 Postmarks

If Republicans Are So Pervasive, Why Redistrict?

"...for more than a century enjoyed total control in Texas, is unseemly and pitiful to behold. These howling Democrats..."

Oct. 21, 2003 Postmarks

The Battle of Small Beer vs. Big Distributors Rages on With Texas Beer-To-Go Bill

Another chippy round of political beer pong

"...Here in Texas, the small, plucky craft brewers and the overdetermined parade..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Texas to Execute Father Accused of Murdering Child Despite Innocence Argument

Will Gov. Abbott allow Robert Roberson to be put to death?

"...stop the execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson. Texas prison officials plan to kill Roberson on Oct. 17..."

Sept. 27, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Opinion: Everything’s Bigger in Texas ... Until You Look at Supportive LGBTQ+ Public Policies

"I should feel safe, secure, and confident in myself to be a gay Texan student"

"...me all the time that "everything is bigger in Texas." A phrase that has garnered so much national attention..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Column by Guilleremo Gudino

How Texas Wreaked Havoc on One Man's Journey to Citizenship

Living the American nightmare

"...Mejía was in Texas. He didn't know exactly where, but he had received..."

May 19, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Breaking Ground: What Three New Studios Mean for the Texas Film Industry

Three new studios in the Austin area could mean space for the film industry to expand

"...the one created by the biggest Volume soundstage in Texas. The technology may be new to many, but they'll..."

March 17, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Lege Looks to Address Flooding and Drought Without Saying "Climate Change"

Dipping a toe into a pool of options – and money

"...Last week the Texas Water Foundation announced the first Water Caucus in Texas..."

Feb. 3, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Texas Zigs as the Nation Zags and Dashes Dem Dreams

This is how it is now

"...of the election cycle on the part of the Texas Democratic Party. The Johnson/Jordan Dinner, the big schmoozy donor..."

Nov. 11, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Wrenching Issues Face First Dobbs-Era Texas Legislature

Pulling the trigger

"...As Texas' "trigger law" took effect last week, piling more penalties..."

Sept. 2, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Texas Democrats and Republicans Disagree on Cause of Sex Trafficking Scandal

Twisted priorities at DFPS-contracted Bastrop facility

"...broke that minors had been sex trafficked at a Texas Department of Family and Protective Services-contracted home for formerly..."

March 25, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Dems Vie to Oust Sid Miller, Take Back Texas Agriculture

Priorities include economic incentives for small farms, rural health care, and internet access

"...The candidates for Texas Agriculture Commissioner who aren't Sid Miller agree on one..."

Feb. 25, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Amid Chaos and Crisis, the 87th Texas Legislature Gets to Work

Can we rebuild a democracy?

"...in the face. In between these Wednesdays, the 87th Texas Legislature came into being, as happens every two years..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Will the Texas Lege Roll the Dice on Gambling This Session?

The gambling caravan is back, but it’s losing momentum

"...can attest, gaming campaigns – including those behind the Texas Lottery, semilegal eight-liners, lightly regulated "charity" bingo, and pari­-mutuel..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Women's Health Advocates Brace for "Perfect Storm" at Texas Legislature

Republican lawmakers racing to further restrict abortion access

"...A month before the 87th Texas Legislature gaveled in, Republican lawmakers were already working on..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Texas Is Reopening, but Local Leaders Are Ready to Bar the Door

At the threshold

"...Greg Abbott on Monday unveiled his plan to "Open Texas" on May 1, after the expiration of his previous..."

May 1, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Balancing the Scales of Justice on Texas’ Most Important Courts

For the first time in years, Dems are running en masse for statewide judicial seats

"...A strange sensation – hope – pervades the Texas Democratic Party this year and has resulted in something..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Lege Lines: "Texas Plan" Hits Home

School finance heads to the House floor

"...School district officials across Texas got their first look at how House Bill 3..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Texas Reproductive Health Advocates Lay Out Legislative Agenda

“Trust. Respect. Access.” campaign combines progressive forces

"...–supported by a coalition of groups including NARAL Pro-Choice Texas, Whole Woman’s Health, Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, the ACLU..."

March 6, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Texas' Marijuana Policy May Be Progressing Quicker Than Expected

Texas' marijuana policy may be progressing quicker than anyone realizes

"...recreational and medical users took hold in 2015, the Texas Legislature began work on Senate Bill 339, which would..."

May 12, 2017 News Feature by Braden Maccke

Chronicle Endorsements: State of Texas

Senate, House, State Board of Education, and more races

"...Rampant gerrymandering makes most Texas Senate seats so secure that endorsements are almost irrelevant...."

Oct. 21, 2016 News Feature

Texas School Funding

Still unconstitutional

"...terrible case of déjà vu. In 2004, he told Texas lawmakers that the state's public school-finance system failed to..."

Sept. 5, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Should Texas Legalize Marijuana?

That's what Progress Texas wants to know

"...Those are the three questions that Progress Texas is asking Texans to answer on a new, confidential..."

April 1, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Texas Brinkmanship

State report card shows plenty of room for improvement

"...Browsing through the latest edition of "Texas on the Brink" does not exactly evoke pride in..."

April 19, 2013 News Column by Michael King

The Texas Secession Petition

Yup, that's a real thing. White House must respond to sore losers

"..."the Obama administration to peacefully grant the State of Texas to withdraw from the United States of America and..."

Nov. 12, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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