by Erin Anderson | Jul. 17, 2020 | Local
Following the lead of Dallas County, several North Texas school districts have delayed the start of in-person classes until September over fears of the Chinese coronavirus. Frisco Independent School District announced on Thursday the first three weeks of its 2020-2021...
by Matt Rinaldi | Jul. 17, 2020 | Commentary
Benjamin Franklin once said, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Never has this quote rung truer than in the year of coronavirus hysteria. King Gov. Greg Abbott has, for the last four...
by 1836 Studios | Jul. 17, 2020 | Texas Scorecard Podcasts
Texas Scorecard Managing Editor Brandon Waltens recaps the week that was! Matt Stringer is here to discuss what has gone on this week with the RPT Convention. Friday Roundup Podcast: 07/17/2020Friday Roundup 00:00 / 00:23:54 1X Download...
by 1836 Studios | Jul. 17, 2020 | Texas Scorecard Video
Texas Scorecard Managing Editor Brandon Waltens recaps the week that was! Matt Stringer is here to discuss what has gone on this week with the RPT Convention.
by Jacob Asmussen | Jul. 16, 2020 | Local
AUSTIN — If you’re a working-class Austinite, local government officials will suffocate you with taxes. But if you’re a multibillion-dollar corporation looking to come to town, county officials are suddenly scrambling to roll out the red carpet. This week, the Travis...
by Brandon Waltens | Jul. 16, 2020 | State
As Gov. Greg Abbott continues to enable local governments to enforce mask orders and impose other restrictions ostensibly engineered to contain the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, a lawmaker critical of those actions is seeking input from medical leaders and challenging...
by Brandon Waltens | Jul. 16, 2020 | State
Amid growing frustration from conservative grassroots over his string of unilateral executive orders in response to the Chinese coronavirus, Gov. Greg Abbott defended his actions to Texas Republicans on Thursday. In the first recorded address on the first day of the...
by Erin Anderson | Jul. 16, 2020 | State
Texas public health officials acknowledged yesterday they have been over-reporting Chinese coronavirus cases for at least one county, due to local officials including thousands of “probable” cases in their reports to the state. The Texas Department of State Health...
by Robert Montoya | Jul. 15, 2020 | Local
Despite a hospital arguing she was dying, baby Tinslee Lewis has lived 248 days since North Texas Judge Alex Kim signed a temporary restraining order that saved the 17-month-old from being killed by the hospital. Now, the fight continues to allow another doctor to...
by Thomas Warren | Jul. 15, 2020 | Local
Several Republican candidates secured their spots in the November general election during runoff elections last night. First, in the closely watched contest for the Place 4 seat on the 7th Court of Appeals, incumbent appointee Larry Doss won the Republican nomination...
by Jacob Asmussen | Jul. 15, 2020 | Local
AUSTIN — The dust has settled from Tuesday night’s local runoff and special elections, and Central Texas voters have chosen new candidates to compete for important state and federal positions. Only a handful of races were on the ballot for Central Texans, among which...
by Bill Peacock | Jul. 15, 2020 | Commentary, State
One of the telltale signs of how broken the Texas electricity market is the number of corporations with multi-billion dollar market caps coming here in pursuit of billions of dollars of renewable energy subsidies. Enter Iberdrola: “July 08, 2020 – Iberdrola...
by Brandon Waltens | Jul. 15, 2020 | State
The Republican Party of Texas’ convention is typically one of the world’s largest political events, with thousands of delegates from across the state volunteering to elect leaders and set the party’s direction every two years. And while the upcoming convention may...
by Erin Anderson | Jul. 14, 2020 | Local
Texas voters went to the polls Tuesday to finish selecting their parties’ nominees for the November general election. Only a handful of Republican primary runoff races were on the ballot in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area. Two judicial candidates endorsed by...
by Thomas Warren | Jul. 14, 2020 | Local
Ronny Jackson is one step closer to heading to Washington to represent Texas’ 13th Congressional District in the U.S. House. On Tuesday night, Jackson, a retired Navy rear admiral and former White House physician, trounced former lobbyist Josh Winegarner—56 to...
by Brandon Waltens | Jul. 14, 2020 | State
In another major victory for Texas conservatives and a major defeat for Gov. Greg Abbott, liberal incumbent J.D. Sheffield (R–Gatesville) was vanquished by attorney and small-business owner Shelby Slawson. On election night in the March primary, Slawson shocked many...
by Brandon Waltens | Jul. 14, 2020 | State
In a major victory for Texas conservatives, Bryan Slaton, a conservative small-business man from Royse City, successfully defeated State Rep. Dan Flynn (R–Van) in the Republican primary runoff election on Tuesday. Flynn currently represents House District 2, a...
by Jacob Asmussen | Jul. 14, 2020 | Local
In the Austin suburb of Round Rock, the mayor and two city councilmembers recently decided they’d give themselves an extra year in power, regardless of what voters want. Late last week, the Round Rock City Council almost unanimously voted to postpone their local...
by Robert Montoya | Jul. 14, 2020 | Local
The latest data from Texas’ urban counties, as well as statewide data, show recoveries have jumped higher and are still outpacing deaths from the Chinese coronavirus, with a 31 percent jump in estimated recoveries statewide from last week. Out of Texas’ population of...
by Brandon Waltens | Jul. 13, 2020 | State
After a Democrat mayor banned them from moving forward with their planned convention at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston and legal attempts to undo the decision failed, the Texas GOP is moving towards having a virtual convention with only days before...
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