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In the first few days of early voting in Texas, Harris County and Denton County are breaking records. As of Friday, 27% of registered voters in Denton County had cast their ballots in the 2020 election — surpassing the county’s 2016 turnout of 18% on the fourth day.
Two key Texas counties — Democratic stronghold Harris and traditionally red Denton — are setting early voting records
In the first few days of early voting in an unprecedented election year, two key Texas counties saw a rush of voters coming to the polls. Houston’s Harris County has gotten state and … more
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Pueblo Viejo in Austin, like restaurants across the state, closed its dining operations following an executive order from Gov. Greg Abbott earlier this year. The state's unemployment rate dropped after businesses began reopening, but it rose again in September. After a summer of declining unemployment rates following Gov. Greg Abbott's widespread business reopenings during the pandemic, the state's unemployment rate jumped to 8.3% in September.
Texas unemployment rate rises to 8.3% in September, seven months into economic recession
The Texas unemployment rate rose to 8.3% in September, the Texas Workforce Commission said Friday, surpassing the national unemployment rate of 7.9% and returning the state to the unemployment levels … more
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Rebeca Huddle will fill a vacancy on the Texas Supreme Court.
Gov. Greg Abbott picks Rebeca Huddle for Texas Supreme Court vacancy
Rebeca Huddle is Gov. Greg Abbott’s pick to fill a vacancy on the Texas Supreme Court. A former Republican justice on a Houston appeals court, Huddle grew up in El Paso and now works as a … more
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MKT Distillery has been able to set itself up to open under the same guidelines as a restaurant, but they will not be able to open as a distillery until Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo authorizes them to. Meanwhile, bars in Fort Bend found out Tuesday they would be able to open and Waller County Judge Trey Duhon has allowed bars to open under Gov. Greg Abbott’s most recent guidelines.
County authority leads to mixed feelings for alcohol establishments in Katy
When Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order Oct. 7 allowing establishments to open back up at 50% capacity Oct. 14, he left it up to county judges to decide whether or not to include their … more
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People waited in line to vote in Dallas on Tuesday, the first day of early voting.
Early voting appears up in Texas. It’s too early to know what that means.
The lines were long at polling locations across Texas on the first day of early voting Tuesday, and some of the state’s biggest counties reported record first-day turnout. But with reliable … more
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As the Nov. 3 election draws near, Gov. Greg Abbott's order limiting counties to one drop-off location for absentee ballots has ignited a legal battle. The Travis County Tax Office on Airport Boulevard became the only drive-thru location open in the county for hand delivery of mail ballots after Abbott's order.
Texas counties temporarily blocked from offering multiple mail-in ballot drop-off locations
Texas counties are currently blocked from setting up multiple drop-off locations for absentee ballots heading into the Nov. 3 general election due to a temporary order from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court … more
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Voters waited outside of the Bexar County Elections Department in San Antonio to drop off their mail-in ballots, voter registration applications or be trained as poll workers on Oct. 5. The Texas Supreme Court ruled against several GOP officials who pushed to keep early voting to a two-week period during the pandemic.
Early voting can start Oct. 13 as scheduled, Texas Supreme Court rules
Early voting in Texas can begin Oct. 13, following the timeline the governor laid out months ago, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, rejecting a request from several top Texas Republicans to … more
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he will not resign his post as the state’s top lawyer after allegations of criminal activity.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he won't resign after accusations of criminal activity by top aides
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who was accused by seven of his most senior aides of bribery and abuse of office last week, will not resign his post as the state’s top lawyer, he said … more
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A ballot drop-off location in Austin where voters can safely hand deliver their ballots by Election Day. In two separate federal lawsuits filed on behalf of older voters, groups including the Texas and National Leagues of United Latin American Citizens, the League of Women Voters of Texas and the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans asked that the federal courts overturn the governor’s order, which forced Travis and Harris counties — two of the state’s most important Democratic strongholds — to shutter a number of drop-off sites they had already opened this week.
Voters, voting rights groups sue Gov. Greg Abbott over order to close ballot drop-off locations
Voting rights advocates and civic groups have filed two separate federal lawsuits to block Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's last-minute order that allows Texas counties to provide no more than one … more
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Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s top aides want him investigated for bribery and other alleged crimes
Senior officials in the Texas Attorney General's Office have asked federal law enforcement to "investigate allegations of improper influence, abuse of office, bribery and other potential crimes" by … more
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Frannie Griffin submitted her ballot at Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas for the state’s July 14 runoff elections.
Gov. Greg Abbott limits counties to one absentee ballot drop-off location, bolstering GOP efforts to restrict voting
Gov. Greg Abbott threw the weight of his office Thursday behind Republican efforts to limit options for Texas voters who want to hand-deliver their completed absentee ballots for the November … more
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Democratic groups, as well as the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans, had fought to keep the one-punch option in place for this election, arguing it would speed up lines at polling places, meaning voters would spend less time risking exposure to the coronavirus. A three-judge panel on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a 2017 state law ending the popular one-punch option — and admonished a lower court judge for trying to bring the practice back so soon before early voting starts Oct. 13.
No straight-ticket voting for Texas' 2020 election, federal appeals court says
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 - Texas voters will not be able to select every candidate of a major political party with one punch, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, upholding a 2017 state law that ends … more
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Tuesday's ruling follows a nearly four-week trial in a lawsuit filed in March by older inmates at a Texas prison whose population mostly consists of inmates over 65.
Federal court orders Texas prison system to provide hand sanitizer for some geriatric inmates during pandemic
After a weekslong trial that started in July, U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison ruled that Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials acted with deliberate indifference toward the inmates’ … more
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A voter in Houston casts a ballot for the delayed primary runoff election.
Federal appeals court temporarily blocks ruling that reinstated straight-ticket voting in Texas
A federal appeals court on Monday put a temporary hold on a lower court’s ruling last week that reinstated the practice of straight-ticket voting, again casting into uncertainty whether Texas … more
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Access to absentee ballots has proved a major point of contention ahead of the Nov. 3 election. Conservative activist Steve Hotze and a number of Republican candidates and officials are asking the Texas Supreme Court to shorten the early voting period and limit drop-off locations for absentee ballots in the state’s largest Democratic county.
Houston Republicans sue to limit in-person and absentee voting options in Harris County
A litigious conservative activist in Houston, the Harris County Republican party, and a number of Republican officials and candidates are asking the Texas Supreme Court to limit in-person and … more
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The Texas Legislature eliminated straight-ticket voting in 2017. Democrats sued the state in March to overturn the Texas Legislature’s removal of straight-ticket voting.
Federal judge blocks Texas’ elimination of straight-ticket voting
Less than three weeks before early voting begins in Texas, a U.S. district judge has blocked the state from eliminating straight-ticket voting as an option for people who go to the polls this … more
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In Texas, there have been three executions this year. All but one scheduled during the pandemic have been taken off the calendar. Vialva was the seventh man executed in the federal execution chamber this year after a 17-year hiatus of the federal death penalty. Texas, meanwhile, is expected to have a comparatively low number of state executions this year because of the pandemic.
As part of revived federal death penalty, Christopher Vialva executed for Texas double murder
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 - Christopher Vialva’s death was scheduled to be the seventh federal execution this year after a push by President Donald Trump’s administration to restart the federal … more
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An early voting location in Houston on Feb. 21, 2018. State party Chair Allen West, Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and members of the Texas Legislature were among those who filed the suit against Abbott in regards to extending the early voting period for this year's Nov. 3 elections.
Texas Republicans sue to stop Gov. Greg Abbott's extension of early voting period during the pandemic
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is facing a lawsuit over his extension of early voting for the November election from prominent members of his own party — including state party Chairman Allen West, … more
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Fans walk toward the stadium for the first home football game of the season at the University of Texas at Austin. Students had to test negative for the coronavirus before attending the game. In counties where four-year college students make up at least 10% of the population, cases have grown 34% since Aug. 19, according to a Texas Tribune analysis. That’s compared with 23% in counties with a smaller proportion of students.
As Texas college towns emerge as coronavirus hot spots, universities try to keep students from infecting locals
In Texas — as around the country — college towns are emerging as new hot spots for the coronavirus, with cases surging among student populations and administrators scrambling to keep … more
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Party Time Bar outside of Temple was one of many bars closed during the coronavirus pandemic in March. Bar industry groups say Gov. Greg Abbott has not responded to proposals for how they can reopen safely during the pandemic. While restaurants are allowed to expand to 75% capacity, those in the bar industry worry prolonged shutdowns could lead to 30% of its businesses closing within six months.
Texas bars and distilleries rip Gov. Greg Abbott for leaving them out of "unacceptable" reopening plan
As Gov. Greg Abbott outlined his latest reopening plan this week, bar owner Greg Barrineau watched in disbelief. Abbott, who announced that Texas restaurants could expand dine-in service to 75% … more
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