Waller County Judge Trey Duhon has announced his bid for reelection via a Nov. 4 press release. Duhon was first elected in 2014, was reelected in 2018 and his current term expires next …
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By R. Hans Miller, News Editor
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11/4/21
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On Thursday, October 4, Fort Bend County Commissioners Court held a special meeting to review the submission of redistricting maps by the public and county court members. Following a brief …
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CONTRIBUTED REPORT
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11/4/21
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Opening a second front in widening legal wars over redistricting, a coalition of mostly Hispanic, Democratic members of the Texas House filed suit in state court Wednesday challenging the …
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By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune
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11/3/21
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Texas voters can soon weigh in on potential changes to the state’s Constitution regarding religious services, eligibility requirements for judges, county infrastructure and more.
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By Andrew Zhang, The Texas Tribune
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10/17/21
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Along party lines, the Texas Senate passed a redistricting plan Friday that pits the only two Black members of Congress from Houston against each other and does not create any more minority-majority …
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By Gary Borders, Texas Press Association
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10/11/21
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In the five days since the Texas secretary of state’s office announced it is auditing the 2020 general election in four counties, local officials indicated they were in the dark about what the …
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By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune
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9/28/21
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Texas officials from three of the four counties whose 2020 elections are being audited by the secretary of state’s office said Friday the development is an unnecessary partisan move aimed at …
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By Reese Oxner, The Texas Tribune
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9/24/21
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In a meeting that lasted just less than 45 minutes, Katy City Council approved establishing a four-way stop at the intersection of Kingsland Boulevard and W. Firethorne Road and a contract for …
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By R. Hans Miller, News Editor
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9/13/21
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The top elections official in Harris County and a host of organizations that serve Texans of color and Texans with disabilities have fired the opening salvos in what’s expected to be an …
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By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune
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9/4/21
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A wave of changes to Texas elections, including new voting restrictions, is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.
Three months after House Democrats first broke quorum to stymie a previous …
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By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune
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9/1/21
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The Texas House approved an elections bill Friday along party lines with 21 Democrats declining to participate. The bill, slightly different from previously passed Senate legislation, now heads a …
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By Gary Borders, Texas Press Association
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8/30/21
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The number of Texans hospitalized with lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases is increasing faster than at any other point since the pandemic began in early 2020, due to the highly contagious delta …
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By Gary Borders, Texas Press Association
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8/9/21
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Texas Democrats on Saturday blocked a quorum in the House for the third time this year as the Legislature kicked off its second special legislative session called to pass the GOP elections bill, …
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By Cassandra Pollock, Alexa Ura and James Barragán, The Texas Tribune
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8/8/21
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Texas Republicans in Congress took on Texas House Democrats on Thursday in a tense, four-hour congressional subcommittee meeting that drilled into the technicalities of voter restriction bills …
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By Farah Eltohamy, The Texas Tribune
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8/1/21
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee was arrested at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday for engaging in civil disobedience in support of a federal voting rights bill.
“Yes I engaged in …
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By Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune
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7/31/21
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A Democratic candidate campaigning on his military experience for a Houston-area congressional seat was kicked out of the Air Force over a drunken fight with a fellow service member.
The …
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By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune
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7/28/21
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Claudia Torres-Yañez walked into the Texas Capitol at 7:30 a.m. Saturday to testify against Republican efforts to enact new voting restrictions in the state.
Fifteen hours later, she was …
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By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune
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7/11/21
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Outnumbered and virtually powerless to block conservative priorities they oppose, Democrats in the Texas Legislature say they are keeping their options open as they prepare for a special session that …
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By Patrick Svitek and Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune
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7/2/21
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Texas GOP Chair Allen West announced his resignation Friday morning and said he is considering running for another office, potentially one that is statewide.
During a news conference here, West …
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By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune
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6/6/21
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The Texas Legislature closed out its regular 140-day session Monday with sniping among the state’s top political leaders and lawmakers already well aware they will be back this calendar year …
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By Cassandra Pollock and Shawn Mulcahy, The Texas Tribune
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6/1/21
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