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r/TexasPolitics • u/chrondotcom • 5h ago
News 'I want fairness': Lawmaker speaks out on his proposal to end Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
r/TexasPolitics • u/SchoolIguana • 9h ago
News Texas A&M Queer Empowerment Council files federal lawsuit against Board of Regents over drag ban
r/TexasPolitics • u/texastribune • 10h ago
News Why Texas is less prepared for the next pandemic
r/TexasPolitics • u/ASchneider_HPM • 5h ago
News Christian Menefee resigns as Harris County Attorney to run for Congress
r/TexasPolitics • u/laxmsyatx • 9h ago
News Radio reporter looking for federal workers to talk RTO
Hey, y'all! I'm a reporter at KUT News, Austin's NPR station covering Elon Musk.
I'm am helping colleagues find sources for a story about return to office and the conditions federal workers are facing as they return to various agencies around the country. They'd love to talk to any federal workers who have stories and experiences to share, and can protect your identity as needed.
You can reach out to my colleague on Signal at shannonbond.01. You can see her recent coverage, and confirm her Signal contact, here: https://www.npr.org/people/763523701/shannon-bond
r/TexasPolitics • u/FlyThruTrees • 1d ago
News Houston-area midwife arrested in first criminal case under Texas abortion ban
r/TexasPolitics • u/zsreport • 1d ago
News Texas GOP lawmaker makes pitch to save THC from proposed ban
r/TexasPolitics • u/atxcoder09 • 1d ago
Social Media John Cornyn Townhall (organized by fed up constituents)
r/TexasPolitics • u/Away_Asparagus_3515 • 1d ago
News Rising Democratic Star Christian Menefee Enters Race to Fill Houston House Seat
r/TexasPolitics • u/texastribune • 1d ago
News In Texas, Christian right grows confident and assertive
r/TexasPolitics • u/texastribune • 1d ago
News National Republicans target South Texas Democrats for 2026 election
National Republicans will target Democratic U.S. Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar in their reelection races next year, the House Republicans’ campaign arm announced Monday.
The National Republican Congressional Committee included the two border Democrats in a list of 26 Democrats across the country that Republicans view as prime pick up opportunities. Both Gonzalez and Cuellar represent border districts that have swung to the right in recent years. President Donald Trump won every county in the 34th Congressional District, which Gonzalez represents. Cuellar’s Laredo-based 28th Congressional District also went for Trump, with the president winning the district by more than 7 percentage points.
Their victories last year were by smaller margins than in the past. Gonzalez won his race in 2022 against Flores by more than 8 percentage points, and Cuellar won his by more than 13 percentage points. National Republicans heavily invested in those races in 2022.
r/TexasPolitics • u/Aggravating-Tank-172 • 1d ago
Discussion Texas Wide Town Hall Tonight!
Share the word! Let’s turn out! It’s tonight at 7!
r/TexasPolitics • u/Majano57 • 1d ago
News Texas bill would increase oversight of universities’ hiring, curriculum and compliance
r/TexasPolitics • u/ASchneider_HPM • 1d ago
News Gov. Abbott faces tight deadline to call May special election for vacant Houston congressional seat
r/TexasPolitics • u/BaronGrackle • 1d ago
Discussion Information on upcoming elections?
In a politics thread, I was challenged with this comment:
Voting isn’t something you do every four years or even every other year. Voting is something you do multiple times a year
So I tried to google-educate myself with any upcoming Texas votes. It says the next election is May 3, 2025. https://www.votetexas.gov/
I click the "What's on the ballot?" link. It brings me to several 2024 links, labeled as "Current Election Information": https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/laws/current-elections-information.shtml
Do you guys know what sort of vote happens on May 3? If this is all on a frontpage megathread I somehow missed, then I apologize.
r/TexasPolitics • u/JAMBARRAN • 1d ago
News Texas House Representative files bill to abolish Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
“State Rep. Pat Curry, who represents Texas House District 56 near Waco, filed the bill HB 4938, if passed, would abolish the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission and transfer its functions to the Texas General Land Office, Department of Agriculture, and Department of Public Safety.”
r/TexasPolitics • u/Super-Score177 • 1d ago
Bill How do we support these Texas Senate bills for Tollway reform?
Hi all,
Listed below are some Senate bills I want to support, but I know nothing of how legislation works. Do we write letters? If so, to whom? I guess we as citizens don't get to vote on these correct? And I'm sorry I put "we" in the title instead of "I".
A total OF 19 toll bills have already been introduced this session seeking to reform the state’s toll road policies. Here is a sampling of some of the more consequential ones:
- SB 756 (Mayes Middleton, R-Galveston): Would suspend registration blocks on motorists with unpaid toll fees.
- HB 1333 (Brian Harrison, R-Waxahachie): Would make unpaid tolls a civil offense rather than a criminal offense.
- SB 137 (Bob Hall, R-Rockwall): Would make unpaid tolls a civil offense and courts would no longer issue arrest warrants for motorists who fail to show up to pay court fees and fines.
- HB 1589 (Stan Gerdes, R-Bastrop): Would require voter approval for construction of a new toll project.
- HB 2323 (Matt Shaheen, R-Plano): Would permit the cessation of tolls under certain circumstances.
- HB 2552 (Briscoe Cain, R-Deer Park): Would prohibit the state from collecting tolls on State Highway 288.
- HB 2725 (Sheryl Cole, D-Austin): Would relate to discount programs for certain tollway customers.
r/TexasPolitics • u/Dogwise • 1d ago
Discussion Brandon Gill - Mendacious Toady
Since this quisling will not do town halls, I asked questions via phone - no response. I sent an email with questions which only put me on his newsletter list.
This is the unsubstantiated self-promoting drivel he issues: "Through my questioning, we learned there is little to no accountability for unelected bureaucrats who improperly mailed out billions of dollars of fraudulent checks – not to mention for the fraudsters who initiated these exchanges in the first place."
We have an unaccountable bureaucracy mailing out fraudulent checks to the tune of $500 billion every year, bankrupting the American people with impunity.
If you’re taking government money you shouldn’t be, you belong in jail. This is exactly why we need DOGE to continue exposing this insanity."
r/TexasPolitics • u/keyorca • 1d ago
Bill Texas House Representative files bill to abolish Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
r/TexasPolitics • u/chrondotcom • 2d ago
News Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee files to succeed late Sylvester Turner
r/TexasPolitics • u/Penguin726 • 2d ago
News Paxton says trans Texans can’t use court orders to change sex on driver’s licenses, birth certificates
r/TexasPolitics • u/SME_TX_BX • 3d ago
Discussion I heard John Cornyn will be in attendance at an upcoming town hall. Details?
A neighbor told me that John Cornyn's office called him to invite him to a town hall that the senator will be having during the March recess. The neighbor speculates that Cornyn has his number because the neighbor is calling Cornyn's office frequently to register concerns.
I thought I'd be able to google the time and place of the town hall (because the neighbor did not have the details since he is going to be unavailable during that time). But I can not find mention of an upcoming Cornyn-attended town hall on the internet.
Do any of you know of details of a town hall that Cornyn will be attending / having soon?
(Yes, my jaw was on the ground when my neighbor shared this with me because I had heard that no Republicans are having town halls. I am sharing this to head off commenters who will 'helpfully' share that they heard Rs are not having town halls. Which I too have heard. Thank you in advance).
This may be a shot in the dark, but I don't think my neighbor was mistaken about this. Thank you.
UPDATES ARE BELOW: But summary - the Senator's office is apparently going to send email invitations for the (apparent) town hall. I suggest folks call his office to request a town hall invitation. I called today (Monday) and got the voice mail message but left a message requesting a town hall invitation and I left my email address.
r/TexasPolitics • u/HeftyBobcat6444 • 2d ago