Greg Abbott vows to spend mightily to turn Harris County red
The county, which includes Houston, is critical to both parties’ statewide ambitions, but has been blue for about decade.
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Lawsuit halts Texas’ $3 billion dementia fund
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick blasts “frivolous” lawsuit attempting to stop the fund that voters approved Nov. 4. Plaintiffs claim voting machines were faulty.
Court order on Texas redistricting forces election officials, county parties to scramble — again
Texas officials preparing for elections under new congressional maps must quickly reverse course because of a federal court order blocking the use of the maps.
A pregnant Texas mother kept getting sicker. She died after she couldn’t get an abortion.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors at a San Antonio area hospital that there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
A year after Donald Trump won the Rio Grande Valley, South Texans navigate changes big and small
Residents in the southernmost part of Texas want to remind themselves — and the nation — that the region is more than a political battleground. It’s their home.
Texas Republicans started a national redistricting arms race. They may be losing.
With Texas’ new map blocked by a federal court, California Democrats are emerging victorious — though the Supreme Court has yet to weigh in.
What’s next after a court blocked Texas’ gerrymandered maps
The state is expected to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily pause the ruling, which would allow Texas to use the more recent map while the appeal plays out.
After blocking redistricting map, Judge Jeffrey Brown draws fire from Texas Republicans who once praised him
Until being labeled as the “radical left,” Brown was widely supported by Texas Republicans, including Gov. Greg Abbott, who previously hired him as his clerk. Abbott called the ruling “clearly erroneous.”
A small Texas think tank cultivated COVID dissidents. Now they’re running U.S. health policy.
People with ties to Brownstone Institute have significant authority over access to vaccines and scientific research.