Abbott Escalates Battle with Federal Government
Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order banning any entity in Texas from mandating the COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccine mandates became…
Category: Texas State Politics
Third Special Session Begins in Texas
Lawmakers convened in the Texas capital for what is certain to be another contentious special session. This will be the…
Political Showdown in Texas as Early Voting Gets Underway
After months of partisan wrangling over how best to conduct the election during the pandemic, early voting is underway in…
Texas Responds to COVID-19
On March 31, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott announced that Texans must limit their contact with people outside their homes to…
Explosions Rock Texas Chemical Plant
On November 27, the day before Thanksgiving, Port Neches, TX was rocked by two major explosions at a chemical/petroleum refinery.…
Black Woman Killed in Home by Texas Police
On October 12, police responded to a non-emergency call from a neighbor about an open door to a home in their neighborhood.…
A Mayoral Election in Dallas
Dallas holds an election for mayor on May 4. The city is the third largest in Texas and the eighteenth…
Texas and the National Emergency
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the U.S. southern border. The president used authority granted by the National…