El Paso’s Moody stripped of speaker pro tem title due to Texas House Dems walkout
AUSTIN, Texas — El Paso Democrat Joe Moody was stripped of his position as speaker pro tem of the Texas House on Thursday in the first…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — El Paso Democrat Joe Moody was stripped of his position as speaker pro tem of the Texas House on Thursday in the first…
Continue ReadingDALLAS, Texas — A federal freeze on most evictions that was enacted last year is scheduled to expire July 31, after the Biden administration…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Democratic state lawmakers from Texas said Wednesday that they are on Capitol Hill to drum up support for federal voting rights…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Republican U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas joined a group of several of other GOP senators on Wednesday in blasting…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — As Democrats fled the state to avoid voting on a GOP priority elections bill that would restrict voting rights in the state, the…
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — President Joe Biden declared that preserving voting rights is “a test of our time” Tuesday as Texas Democrats took…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House voted Tuesday morning to send law enforcement to track down Democrats who left the state a day earlier in protest of…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Abortion rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block a new Texas law empowering individuals to sue anyone…
Continue ReadingTexas state House Democrats left the state in an effort to block Republicans from passing a restrictive new voting law in the remaining 27 days of…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Democrats in the Texas Legislature on Monday afternoon bolted for Washington, D.C., and said they were ready to remain there for…
Continue ReadingIOWA CITY, Iowa — Agreements released Monday show Iowa is donating the use of state troopers and their equipment at “no cost to Texas” to fight…
Continue ReadingDALLAS, Texas — Former President Donald Trump bathed in the adulation of an adoring crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference…
Continue ReadingBy Ed Lavandera, Chris Boyette and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A Texas man who told CNN he waited for “a lit bit over six hours” at a…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke was among hundreds of Texans who lined up at the state Capitol on Saturday for their first…
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston and Sara Murray, CNN As Texas’ battle over voting rights continues to unfold during the special session in Austin, the outrage…
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN Texas Republicans are set to mount another push for restrictive new voting laws in their state as lawmakers on Thursday begin a…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — The city of El Paso plans to issue nearly $100 million in certificates of obligation, a form of non-voter approved debt. City…
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN A group of mayors recently pressed US immigration officials on Covid-19-related travel restrictions that remain in effect…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday revived the GOP’s thwarted efforts to pass new voting laws in America’s biggest red state…
Continue ReadingHOUSTON, Texas — While it’s not 100% sure actor Matthew McConaughey will be running for Texas governor, he seems to already be a fan favorite…
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