Election 2020
The Deadline To Register To Vote In The 2020 Election Is Coming Up. Here’s How To Do It
Posted on · Oct. 5 is the last day to register to vote before the Nov. 3 election in Texas. Here’s what you need to know to register.
Politics
Texas
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Says Local Governments Can’t Stop Or Delay Evictions
Posted on · The nonbinding opinion comes as housing experts and advocates fear that the COVID-19 recession will prompt a surge in evictions across the state.
National
New York Attorney General Moves To Dissolve The NRA After Fraud Investigation
Posted on · New York's attorney general announced civil action to dissolve the National Rifle Association after an investigation found millions of dollars in alleged fraud by CEO Wayne LaPierre and others.
Houston Matters
Special Edition: Texas Rep. Armando Walle, Dr. Joseph Petrosino and Politifact.com’s Daniel Funke (August 5, 2020)
Posted on · On this episode, we discuss the push for more rapid Covid testing in the Houston area, as well as how fact-checkers fight online misinformation.
Texas
El Pasoans Were Targeted For Being Mexican — Historians Say That’s Been Happening For 200 Years
Posted on · A deep fear among some El Pasoans has cast a chilling shadow over their defiant shows of strength and unity.
Politics
Despite Promising To Step Aside After Racist Facebook Post, Keith Nielsen Becomes Harris County GOP Chair
Posted on · Nielsen said earlier this summer that he would forfeit the job amid condemnation for sharing a graphic on Facebook that juxtaposed a Martin Luther King Jr. quote with a banana.
Texas
Resilient El Paso Remembers Victims Of August 3rd Attack
Posted on · El Pasoans talk about resilience in the face of multiple traumatic events from the mass shooting on Aug. 3, 2019, from the current COVID-19 health threat and economic downturn to the previous humanitarian crisis as parents and children arrived at the border seeking asylum.
Politics
In Wake Of Tragedy, El Paso’s Voter Registration Booms
Posted on · But voter participation continues to lag registration in a county where both are typically low
Texas
‘Who We Are, That Makes Us A Target’: Students Reflect On El Paso Shooting
Posted on · Anahy Diaz, Victoria Almaguer and Claudia Hernández are journalism students at the University of Texas at El Paso. They recently got together on Zoom, to reflect on how they and their city have changed since Aug. 3.
In-Depth
El Pasoans Remain Politically Divided 1 Year After Mass Shooting
Posted on · Residents of the border city are split over whether President Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric inspired the shooter.
Immigration
Facing Lawsuit, Trump Administration Says It Will Not Expel Migrant Children Held In Hotels
Posted on · The Trump administration announced this week that it will not expel migrant children and parents who were being held at the Hampton Inn Hotel and Suites in McAllen.
National
Trump Floats Delaying The Election. It Would Require A Change In Law
Posted on · The president reiterated his unsupported claim that mail-in voting would cause massive fraud. But he does not have the power to move the date of the election, which was set by an 1845 federal law.
Immigration
Decades Of Uncertainty Continue As Trump Blocks New DACA Applicants
Posted on · President Trump is trying limit the DACA program once again, in what is the latest milestone for "Dreamers" in their fight for protection against deportation.
Immigration
Trump Administration Won’t Accept New DACA Applications
Posted on · The Trump administration says it will deny new applications for so-called “Dreamer” immigrants and limit renewals to one year instead of two.
Border
COVID-19 At The Border: Unprecedented Use Of Law Expels Migrants ‘As Quickly As Possible’
Posted on · The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t stopped some people, including those seeking asylum, from crossing into the U.S. at its southern border.