All Coverage - The Texas Tribune
By The Texas Tribune Staff, and the staffs of The Texas Newsroom, Fort Worth Report and Amarillo Tribune Nov. 5, 2024. Texans from across the state went to the polls early with plenty on their ...
Elected Officials Directory - The Texas Tribune
Elected Officials Directory for Texas: Find contact information, election results, salaries and news for state and federal elected officials.
Texas’ 2024 political issues: border security, abortion, school ...
Jan 1, 2024 · Some political issues in 2023, such as school vouchers and border security, drew attention throughout the year. And others, like turmoil seen at the Houston school district and Texas A&M ...
Politics - The Texas Tribune
4 days ago · Abortion, the economy, immigration and transgender rights: Voters across Texas explain their vote. By The Texas Tribune Staff, and the staffs of The Texas Newsroom, Fort Worth Report and Amarillo ...
Analysis: Texas’ population has changed faster than its political …
Dec 8, 2021 · Analysis: Texas’ population has changed much faster than its political maps. Texas’ population has grown 40% this century, and 91% of the new Texans are people of color. Federal judges now ...
Greg Abbott reelected Texas governor, defeating Beto O’Rourke
Nov 8, 2022 · MCALLEN — Greg Abbott decisively won a third term as governor of Texas on Tuesday, defeating Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke after a tumultuous few years marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, a ...
Analysis: It's harder to vote in Texas than in any other state
Oct 19, 2020 · Texas has one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the country, turning out 45.6% of its population of eligible voters in 2018, compared with a national average of 49.4%, according to the United ...
Texas can’t secede from the U.S. Here’s why. - The Texas Tribune
Jun 20, 2022 · No, Texas can’t legally secede from the U.S., despite popular myth. The theme of independence has recurred throughout the history of Texas, which was a republic from 1836–45. But the Civil War ...
Texas' ban on abortions as early as six weeks becomes law | The …
May 19, 2021 · It would amount to an outright ban on abortions, as the six-week cutoff is two weeks after a missed menstrual cycle, opponents say. The law takes effect in September. “Our creator endowed us ...
How Texas’ power grid failed in 2021 - The Texas Tribune
Feb 15, 2022 · The inability of power plants to perform in the extreme cold was the No. 1 cause of the outages last year. During the February 2021 winter storm, transmission companies inadvertently cut power to ...