Posted on · It’s clear Republican leadership in Texas is eyeing the Latino vote, and they believe it’s possible, despite data showing it might be an uphill quest. According to 2021 data from Gallup, nationwide, 54 percent of Hispanics identified as Democrats, while 26 percent identified as Republicans.
Posted on · Red flag laws likely remain a nonstarter among Republican leaders in Texas, where Gov. Greg Abbott already faced a conservative backlash after he asked the Legislature to consider them four years ago.
Posted on · An internal report finds a decision to forgo door-to-door canvassing hampered voter registration and turnout compared to Republicans.
Posted on · A last-minute challenge by the Republican parties of Texas and Harris County argued the largely Democratic county's new drive-thru polling places were illegal.
Posted on · The court filing from just before early voting began is the latest GOP effort to tamp down voting options in the state's most populous county.
Posted on · On Thursday's show: The Texas GOP's in-person convention is cancelled, an investigation into work practices at drug and alcohol rehab facilities, new opinions from SCOTUS, and developing walkable spaces near transit centers.
Posted on · Urbanization, demographics, and economics are combining to make the Lone Star State more competitive than it’s been in decades
Posted on · The Texas Republican Party adopted a platform opposing such a measure, which previously gained bipartisan support as a means of curbing school shootings. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has yet to make his position known.
Posted on · “It’s putting forward that dystopian view in their minds about what would happen if a Democrat did win.”
Posted on · As House Speaker, Joe Straus regularly blocked social conservative priorities that he argued would hurt Texas’ economy. That put him at odds both with Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick but many of his Republican House colleagues
Posted on · "Like my daddy always said, where there's a way, there's a will." - J.R. Ewing