Texas shuts down state Capitol in wake of D.C. unrest by Trump supporters
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety closed the state Capitol and surrounding grounds Wednesday afternoon after supporters of…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety closed the state Capitol and surrounding grounds Wednesday afternoon after supporters of…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of the Borderland’s congressional delegation took to social media to describe the lockdown of the U.S. Capitol on…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, the top Republican on the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, has tested positive for coronavirus, he…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — An El Paso native with deep roots in Democratic politics was tapped by President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday to serve as deputy…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Texas Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz plans to object to Arizona’s Electoral College results during the joint session of…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — El Paso Matters reached out to Mayor-elect Oscar Leeser and council members who will lead the city, beginning with their…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is calling the effort by Sen. Ted Cruz and other Republican senators to overturn the…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Nearly a dozen Republican senators and senators-elect announced Saturday they will vote against counting electoral votes next…
Continue ReadingA federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit from U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas and several Arizona Republicans seeking to force Vice President Mike…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Vice President Mike Pence’s lawyers asked a federal judge Thursday to reject a request from U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert of…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed restaurants to ignore local curfews — specifically in El Paso and Travis counties —…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Incoming El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser has now lost a second family member to Covid-19. Word of his older brother’s death comes just…
Continue ReadingHOUSTON, Texas — Just weeks after a federal court ordered that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals be restored, a judge in Texas heard…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — With congressional leaders reaching an agreement and approving a $900 billion stimulus relief bill, help could soon be on the way…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott received the Covid-19 vaccine Tuesday, as newly confirmed cases and hospitalizations continue soaring in the…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Capitol will reopen to the public in January after being closed for much of the year because of the pandemic, a…
Continue ReadingHOUSTON, Texas — A former Houston police captain charged with running a man off the road and pointing a gun at his head over a voter fraud…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Texans can expect to see “widespread distribution” of Covid-19 vaccines by March to recipients beyond the front-line health care…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — Texas and nine other states sued Google on Wednesday, alleging that the company has stifled competition and enjoys…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Saturday’s runoff election in El Paso decided the city’s mayoral race, the District 2 and District 4 city council seats, and a…
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