Videos
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Texas Rep. Charlene Ward Johnson: Our voting rights are being picked away
Texas’s 2025 mid-decade redraw—which carved out five new GOP-leaning seats at President Donald Trump’s request—set off a nationwide redistricting arms race.
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Fort Worth lawmaker questions efficiency of school district takeover by the state
Fort Worth ISD is in the middle of a state takeover, and state Rep. Nicole Collier (D-Fort Worth) is calling for more accountability for the state-appointed board of managers who are now running the district.
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Senate candidate Ken Paxton shares how hard it was to leave California
He’s built a political brand on suing California—but Texas AG and GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton once admitted leaving his California home as a teen was the most challenging of all his moves.
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Environmentalists sue to block SpaceX from latest Texas land grab
The Center for Biological Diversity is suing to block a controversial federal land swap that would hand over more than 700 acres of protected wildlife refuge to SpaceX.
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Project 2025, new maps, and millions unregistered: Texas leaders call for urgency
Texas organizers kicked off a major Get Out The Vote push today as lawmakers and community leaders warned that voting laws, new maps and youth disengagement are reshaping the stakes.
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7-year-old speaker at the Texas Democratic Convention has a message for the nation
The Texas Democratic Convention in Corpus Christi featured guest speaker 7-year-old Cataleya Davis, who said she’s motivated by the issues that will affect her generation and future voters.
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The road to turning Texas blue runs through Black Texans’
State Rep. Jolanda Jones (D-Houston) shared the importance of the Black vote during this year’s Texas Democratic Convention over the weekend in Corpus Christi.
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Bernie Sanders in Texas: ‘We win because we believe in solidarity’
US Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) joined the Texas Democratic Convention over the weekend in Corpus Christi, where he discussed how Democrats will win by organizing, unifying communities, and knocking on doors this midterm election to defeat the “demagogues” and “oligarchs” leading the country.
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Military’s flu vaccine mandate returns after outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base
In April, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth axed the military’s flu vaccine mandate. Fast forward to today, and the effects are already being felt intensely at one Texas air base.
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City unveils Joe Ramirez Boulevard after Cesar Chavez renaming
Joe E.Ramirez Boulevard officially joins Houston’s landscape today, honoring his sacrifice, his service, and the community he never stopped supporting.
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Fort Worth resident questions city council over data centers
Fort Worth residents voiced their concerns over Mayor Mattie Parker and the city council’s conflicts of interest surrounding data center decision-making at this week’s city council meeting.
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Houston workers demand their cut of the World Cup boom
Fifteen local labor unions just launched “Houston Workers Deserve Better,” a pledge campaign pushing elected officials and business leaders to ensure Houston’s economic boom—including major events like the World Cup—actually reaches the workers on the ground.
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Texas’ abortion ban nearly killed her and left her unable to carry children
At a Senate Democrats news conference marking four years since Roe v. Wade was overturned, Amanda Zurawski described being denied abortion care during a nonviable pregnancy in Texas.
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Here’s what you’ve missed during this week’s State Board of Education meetings
This week, the State Board of Education is in Austin to deliberate and approve a required reading list that includes the Bible and new social studies teaching standards.
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More than a watch party: Here’s what to do at Dallas’ FIFA Fan Festival
Check out all the things you can do at Fair Park while the festival runs now through July 19.
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Texas mother advocates for life-saving access to reproductive care
During a U.S. Senate Spotlight Forum, Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minnesota) spoke with reproductive rights advocate Kaitlyn Kash who was denied emergency care in Texas.
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Why are lawmakers so hung up on anti-abortion laws
Today marks four years since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Despite this massive setback in the reproductive rights movement, a Texas abortion advocate says the fight for choice is alive and well.
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This Texas dessert queen never thought she’d get an abortion until she did
Becca Rea-Tucker knows firsthand that you never know what you’d do until you’re in the situation.
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Here’s what to know about Dallas’ World Cup FIFA Fan Festival
Check out our DFW Intern Noemi Castanon’s breakdown of what you can expect at the World Cup FIFA Fan Festival in Dallas, located at Fair Park.
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Texas student slams SBOE over social studies rewrite
Ayaan Moledina, the federal policy director at Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, told the State Board of Education that they are failing Texans during public testimony Monday night
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Thousands of Portugal fans march to Houston stadium before kickoff
Portugal fans turned Houston into a sea of red and green as thousands marched from the Medical Center to the stadium hours before today’s matchup, a full‑on fan walk filled with chants, flags and match‑day energy.
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El Paso residents speak out against Meta data center deal
Nearly 200 people showed up to El Paso City Hall to demand their council kill a sweetheart tax deal with Meta.
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‘We don’t want public school staff teaching the bible to students’
During Monday morning’s State Board of Education meeting, Jacinto Saenz, an English teacher in Garland ISD, testified against a proposed required reading list that would force Texas students to read passages from the Bible.
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Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia presses Texas General Land Office on disaster-aid fairness
At a recent House Financial Services Committee hearing, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29) called out the Texas General Land Office over how it’s handling disaster‑aid dollars.
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Sylvia Garcia says new CDL rules target immigrants
A people’s hearing was held to spotlight how new CDL regulations are affecting truck drivers, their families, small businesses, and the transportation industry.
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Surprise: Ted Cruz and James Talarico share very different views on masculinity
After Ted Cruz questioned his masculinity, James Talarico drew a line between performative toughness and genuine service to others.
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Houston DACA recipient awarded one of the highest honors in the culinary world
Adrian Torres of Máximo was one of three Houston-based chefs honored at this year’s James Beard Foundation Awards.
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Private plane crashes on a highway in Laredo, killing 1 passenger
Bystanders and first responders rushed to help passengers escape a private jet that crashed on a Laredo, Texas highway late Tuesday, leaving one person dead.
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Meet the Dallas artist illustrating the city’s most iconic buildings
The Good Luck Gas station, Dallas City Hall, the Arts District Mansion: This Dallas artist has launched a career on the wonder of Dallas’ old building.
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Texas could erase women, world religions from social studies
The State Board of Education will vote on new social studies teaching standards at the end of the month
