Posted on · The NAACP is holding its annual convention in Houston this year. The gathering starts over the weekend and both President Obama and Mitt Romney are expected to speak at the convention next week. Carrie Feibel has more about what the two candidates hope to accomplish politically.
Posted on · Full video of Republican and Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate squaring off in separate debates hosted by Dallas public television station KERA (and co-presented by the Tribune).
Posted on · In a debate between the Democrats running for U.S. Senate, retired educator Grady Yarbrough and former legislator Paul Sadler disagreed on most major issues, including whether America needs a "Berlin Wall" on the southern border.
Posted on · Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott was in the courtroom when the Supreme Court announced its decision today to uphold the Affordable Care Act. The Attorney General says Texas will continue to look for ways to dismantle the law.
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Posted on · Whenever you buy something that's subject to sales tax inside the service area for METRO, one penny of the sales tax goes to the transit agency. Nearly 25 years ago, voters decided that METRO should share a quarter of its sales tax revenue with the General Mobility Fund. The fund helps to pay for road and bridge work in Houston, Harris County, and several other cities that are part of METRO. This fall, voters will be asked to decide whether METRO continues making contributions to the fund, or return to the days when METRO kept all the sales tax money to itself.
Posted on · If you're not registered to vote in the upcoming U.S. Senate runoff election, you have another week to file your application.
Posted on · Turnout was relatively low in the state's May primaries. In some counties, one party or the other didn't muster a single vote, even from the most dedicated partisans.
Posted on · Republican voters will be asking questions when Senate candidates Ted Cruz and David Dewhurst meet tonight for their first one-on-one debate. The voters in the small audience come from north Texas.
Posted on · The Democrat in the race to become Harris County's next district attorney says he wants to keep two of the most controversial changes Pat Lykos made to how certain cases are prosecuted. But Lloyd Oliver also says he would make some tweaks to those programs.
Posted on · It's easy to forget that redistricting and the Voting Rights Act are about voters. But sometimes, the voters jump up and remind you. Texans in Hispanic districts have been voting pretty consistently for Democrats, but not necessarily for Hispanic Democrats.
Posted on · Today's move by President Obama to loosen immigration rules for younger illegal immigrants stands to impact perhaps tens of thousands of people here in the Houston area.
Posted on · Many view voter registration systems in the country as an area that needs to be improved. Federal law requires states keep up-to-date voter records.
Posted on · Conventions might not be absolutely necessary to conduct the state's political business, but they're important to the partisans who, just like other kinds of enthusiasts, find strength in numbers.
Posted on · Democrats are in Houston for the Texas Democratic Party State Convention . They're charged with electing a new leader and plotting a course to win more elections in the republican dominated state.