The Texas House of Representatives’ recently formed LGBTQ Caucus isn’t losing any momentum. Less than a month after forming, the Caucus – now 21 Dems deep – held its first press conference on Tuesday, Feb. 5, to announce the group’s 2019 legislative priorities. González

The University of Texas has concluded its inquiry into allegations that state Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown, sent lewd texts and an explicit photo to a graduate student in August. While Schwertner and his attorneys proclaimed the senator exonerated, the report is in fact inconclusive, largely due to Schwertner’s own stonewalling.

Equality Texas, a statewide political advocacy organization for LGBTQ rights, announced earlier today that CEO Chuck Smith is leaving the nonprofit after his 15-year tenure.

Robert Ramos, the Mexican national convicted for the 1992 murder of his wife and two young children, is set to be executed Wednesday night, Nov. 14, despite pleas to Hidalgo County prosecutors to not set an execution date, unless the U.S. Supreme Court grants a stay.

After a full week of early voting, the local and statewide patterns are clear: slightly lower than 2016, but way beyond any previous midterm. We’ll have another stampede of early birds at week’s end, and then we’ll see if this votegasm signifies higher total turnout or is just cannibalizing the Election Day vote, as happened in 2008 and 2016.

There aren't many iconic Texas political figures, and in a state not known for its progressive approach to anything, the glass ceiling often seemed thicker here. The importance of Gov. Ann Richards and reporter Molly Ivins bursting through at around the same time is not lost on Paul Stekler, and he has the footage to prove it.

The Old First Baptist Church in San Marcos has been boarded up for over 30 years. It stands on MLK Street, where the sanctuary was relocated after its original building was burned down by the Ku Klux Klan. One hundred and forty-five years after the fire, San Marcos is trying once again to restore it – and they have a fighting chance.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has spent a lot of energy playing up his Texas credentials: But a new election spot paints him as all hat, and definitely no cattle.

Lawmakers are calling on the state to help with the family separation crisis at the border. Texas Democrats with the Mexican American Legislative Caucus released a number of recommendations last week after putting in time with immigration experts, youth facility operators, health and child welfare advocates, and state agency officials.