If it was easier to vote in Texas, would turnout still be this low?
You call a popular, busy restaurant to make a reservation. They tell you they only take reservations from 5 to...
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The road from the Texas Legislature to statewide office isn’t Easy Street
Dan Patrick, Ken Paxton, Glenn Hegar and Sid Miller made it. So did Rick Perry, John Sharp, Susan Combs and...
2022 primary elections in Texas merit a severe weather alert
The first day of early voting in next year’s party primaries is also the anniversary of the polar vortex that...
In Texas, sports can be a religion. Thankfully, politics are not involved. Oops…
Nothing like sports to break political tension, or to move it from fights over civics to fights over territorial and...
A “special” session of culture wars, politics and unfinished business
For the second time in four years, Texas legislators are returning for a summer special session mixing culture wars, political...
A critical culture war over how to teach history
A conservative Austin think tank is touting a list of no-nos worthy of Dolores Umbridge, or, if you’re not a...
Ken Paxton’s attractive troubles
A renegade heir to political royalty, a soon-to-be-former state Supreme Court justice and an indicted incumbent could make the race...
A conservative Texas legislative session, with more — maybe — to come
You knew the state’s liberals were going to hate this session of the Texas Legislature. Republicans still hold every single...
An end to a weird legislative session, and the beginning of an uncertain political cycle
The strangest regular session in the modern history of the Texas Legislature is ending, but the pandemic shadow that darkened...
