Political Intelligence
Lawmaker on State Tax Committee Also Works for Texas’ Corporate Welfare King
Why Leticia Van de Putte Wants to be San Antonio Mayor
Can Democrats turn the cities into a launchpad for their statewide aspirations?...Read More
The Eyes of Texas: Are Police Body Cameras Inevitable?
Texas is well on its way to having cops in its major cities equipped with body cameras—but doesn't yet have unified policy on when to turn them on....Read More
Starving For A Dream
dept. of immigration Thanksgiving week, while most of us were stuffing ourselves, eight undocumented students at the University of Texas at Austin joined hundre...Read More
Can Straus Hang On?
dept. of influence-peddling The election of the Texas House speaker has always been an insider’s fight. The 150 House members who vote on the speaker usually ...Read More
Perry For Prez?
campaign trail It became clear pretty early on election night that Rick Perry was cruising toward re-election as Texas governor. (He ended up beating Bill White...Read More
Dallas County Democrats in Trouble
Democrats were in a fight to retain their edge in Dallas County, although Bill White pulled ahead of Gov. Rick Perry in the county with 54 percent of a heavy ea...Read More
A Poll Watcher Watches People Vote
Rightwing poll watcher finds no problems in East Austin
In recent days, it appeared that the tense voting situation in Harris County was going to spread to other areas on election day. The lead-up to the election got...Read More
Voter Harassment Persists in Harris County
Republican lawyer allegedly causes problem in Third Ward.
With two hours left at the polls, the Houston polls have been quiet with at least one exception in Houston’s Third Ward, a historic black neighborhood. This m...Read More
Rain Falling on Dallas Democrats’ Parade
Heavy thunderstorm likely to favor Republicans
Dallas County Democrats have some adverse weather to contend with today – and we’re not just talking about voter discontent blowing in off the Potomac. At a...Read More
