Opinion/Newsletters

LONESTAR — 8.22.2025 — Texas House Passes Redistricting Bill — Chip Roy Announces Attorney General Bid — and More...

The Texas House has passed the "One Big Beautiful Congressional Map." After weeks of deliberation from Texas House Democrats, the…

10 months ago

LONESTAR — 8.21.2025 — Texas House Democrats Organize 'Slumber Party for Democracy' — Abbott Signs Emergency Abortion Care Ban — and More...

A group of Texas House Democrats returned to the chamber as part of an escalating protest against Republican efforts to…

10 months ago

LONESTAR — 8.20.2025 — Abbott Unveils Major Investment in Texas Infrastructure — Abbott Signs Housing Bill to Boost Affordability — and More...

Governor Greg Abbott (R) announced a new 10-year transportation plan totaling more than $146 billion, aimed at addressing the infrastructure…

10 months ago

LONESTAR — 8.18.2025 — Abbott Awards First Semiconductor Grant — Obama Backs Texas House Democrats Amid Redistricting Battle — and More...

Governor Greg Abbott (R) has announced a $3.6 million Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund (TSIF) grant to Austin Community College District…

10 months ago

LONESTAR — 8.15.2025 — Texas Economy Takes Dip Amid Trade and Immigration Battle — Illinois Judge Blocks Arrest of Texas Democrats — and More...

A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas shows that Texas’ economy is slowing as job growth narrows,…

10 months ago

Online Program Managers Empower Latino Students

By Rosa Mendoza Latino students have achieved significant gains in higher education over the past two decades, which is largely…

10 months ago

LONESTAR — 8.14.2025 — Paxton Wants O'Rourke Jailed — Texas Senate Democrats Stage Walkout — and More...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking to have Robert “Beto” O’Rourke jailed, accusing him of blatantly defying a court…

10 months ago

LONESTAR — 8.13.2025 — Texas GOP Pressures Democrats to Return — Texas Senate Pursues Lawsuit Against Abortion Drug Makers —Much More...

Texas GOP Pressures Democrats to Return as Flood Relief, Redistricting Stall Texas Republicans intensified efforts to compel Democratic lawmakers back…

10 months ago

LONESTAR — 8.12.2025 — Abbott Claims Redistricting Fight 'Could Literally Last Years' — Cornyn Urges Texas Supreme Court to Act on Fleeing Lawmakers — and More...

Governor Greg Abbott (R) defended his decision to pursue the arrest of Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block…

10 months ago

LONESTAR — 8.8.2025 — FBI Responds to Request to Locate Texas Democrats — Crockett Calls Cornyn a 'Bipartisan' Republican — and More...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has responded to a request from U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R) to assist in locating…

10 months ago