Town Square
Election Day: What Will the Future of our Democracy Be?
Posted on · With so many important issues at the center of this election, we have a partisan discussion with representatives on both sides of the political aisle.
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Town Square
Talking Politics: Debating the issues of immigration, abortion, the economy and more
Posted on · Both sides weigh in on the issues that will turn up the heat in the November election. Plus, how to register to vote and details on early voting.
Politics
GOP leaders Say They’ve Secured An Extra Month Of Funding For Texas Legislature To Plug Money Vetoed By Gov. Greg Abbott
Posted on · It was not immediately clear how much funding is being moved, where those dollars are coming from in the state budget and what mechanism under state law leaders are using to redistribute those funds.
Politics
Harris County GOP Chair Who Assumed Role After Facing Backlash For Racist Facebook Post Resigns
Posted on · Keith Nielsen won the job in March, but as he prepared to take office this summer, he faced widespread condemnation for posting a Facebook graphic juxtaposing a Martin Luther King Jr. quote with a banana.
Election 2020
National Democratic Group To Spend $6.2 Million In Effort To Flip The Texas House
Posted on · The super PAC, Forward Majority, is pouring the money into 18 races that will likely determine which party controls the lower chamber in January.
Politics
Texas Voters Evenly Split On Impeachment Of Donald Trump, UT/TT Poll finds
Posted on · Texas voters are divided on whether the president should be removed from office, but nearly half think impeachment investigations should proceed, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
Houston Matters
Full Show: Rep. Pete Olson Not Seeking Re-Election, And Ensuring Local Election Security (July 26, 2019)
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: What Rep. Olson's decision says about the local political climate, local efforts to ensure election security, preparing for difficult conversations about death, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the news, and memorializing a glacier.
Houston Matters
Dan Crenshaw Supports Border Wall But Doesn’t Agree With Trump On Everything
Posted on · The freshman U.S. Representative is not in favor of trade tariffs nor pulling U.S. troops out of Syria.
News
Trump Confidant Roger Stone Indicted On 7 Counts Related To 2016 Election Attack
Posted on · Prior to his arrest and indictment this week, Stone has repeatedly denied that he conspired with the Russians who attacked the 2016 presidential election. Stone says he's only guilty of "hype."
Party Politics
New Texas Legislative Session To Be Marked By New Democrats And Returning Republicans
Posted on · Passing a budget will be one of the main tasks of state legislators. Funding for public education could be one of the most interesting topics in Austin in 2019.
Party Politics
116th Congress To Be Politically Consequential With New Policy Directions
Posted on · Party Politics podcast hosts Jay Aiyer and Brandon Rottinghaus discuss policy items, the political friction and the implications for the 2020 presidential election.
Houston Matters
Candidate Interview: Dan Crenshaw for Congressional Dist. 2
Posted on · The Republican Congressional candidate answers listener questions.
Houston Matters
Candidate Interview: Phillip Aronoff For Congress, Dist. 29
Posted on · In the first of a series of interviews with candidates running in November, we get to know Phillip Aronoff, the Republican Congressional candidate for District 29.
News
Four Things To Watch At Texas Republican And Democratic Party Conventions
Posted on · Thousands will gather at the state GOP convention in San Antonio this week. Texas Democrats will meet in Fort Worth for their biennial meeting the following weekend. School shootings and the #MeToo movement are among the issues that could loom large at one or both events.
Texas Elections 2018
What You Need To Know To Vote In The 2018 Primary Runoffs In Harris County
Posted on · There are 13 races in the Democratic ballot, including the one between Lupe Valdez and Andrew White to become candidate for Texas Governor, and four in the Republican ballot.