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Some Local Legislators Are Sabotaging Voter-Approved Marijuana Decriminalization Legislation

Last month, voters in numerous Texas cities approved decriminalization legislation, raising concerns among municipal authorities about potential violations of state law. In November, voters in many Texas cities approved marijuana decriminalization ordinances, which many saw as a sign of the times, given that marijuana prohibitions had softened in many places throughout the country. That has not...

Prominent Republican Calls For Steve McCraw’s Resignation

Chief Steve McCraw of the Texas Department of Public Safety is facing growing calls to resign, at the heels of the Uvalde mass shooting which occurred at Robb Elementary School. Families of the survivors as well as gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke are calling for McCraw’s resignation, after it was revealed that 91 DPS officers...

Migrant encounters Higher Today Than Before Operation Lone Star

For the past one and a half years, Governor Greg Abbot has kept border security as the main priority of his term in office, as well as the focus of his reelection campaign. $4 billion has been put on the line for this, initiating a border wall construction, not to mention dispatching National Guard servicemen...

There’s Lots of Spending Happening on the Texas Republican Primary Elections

The primary runoff elections in Texas are this Tuesday, and a lot of is being spent on that. “You’re seeing beaucoup bucks,” says James Barragán, Texas Tribune’s political reporter. “There’s a lot of money going into it. And the reason for that is that Republicans control the state Legislature pretty dominantly, but now it’s basically an...

Texas AG Says The State Would Prosecute Same-Sex Intimacy If Supreme Court Ruled In Favor

Recently, there have been plenty of repercussions to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, as well as new revelations that came out of the Jan 6 committee. Suffice it to say that this has been a busy news week on all accounts. Texas Tribune’s James Barragán is at work going through these stories as they...

Dan Patrick And Greg Abbott Looking To Get Texas Supreme Court To Throw Out Ken Paxton’s Whistleblower Suit

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Gov. Greg Abbott are demanding that the Texas Supreme court regard Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to get a whistleblower lawsuit brought against him tossed. James Barragán, a political reporter for the Texas Tribune, said “It was interesting to see them weigh in on this,” adding that “They said they...

Educational Issues Divide Election Endorsements From Abbot And Cruz

There is a new dividing line between Senator Ted Cruz and Governor Greg Abbot’s runoff endorsements related to non-public school campuses and charter schools. As for James Barragán, the political reporter of The Texas Tribune, the endorsements concern the GOP push to finance the education of children at those schools and campuses. According to the...

Ballots Rejected In First Election In Texas Under New GOP Voting Laws

The rate of mail-in ballot rejection stands at above 12% in the state primaries after the enactment of new GOP-led voting restrictions and changes. It has been one of the matters that had Texas people talking. As per Texas Tribune reporter James Barragán, around one out of eight individuals who attempted email-based votes had their...

Election Mess Made Isabel Longoria Resign From Her Harris County Post

Uncounted ballots and delayed election results caused Isabel Longoria to resign from her Elections Administrator post. Since then, Harris County elections observers have been wondering how things went south in the county. As for the Texas Tribue’s political reporter James Barragán, the move of the county to new a voting machine-based system potentially complicated the...

Sid Miller Of Texas Expects His Biggest-Ever Political Fight

As of writing this post, voting for the primary on March 01, 2022, is underway in Texas. Sid Miller, the Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, is preparing himself for a big reelection fight. As per The Texas Tribune’s James Barragán, Democratic and GOP challengers are attacking Miller over his association with his political consultant Todd Smith....