Most Tuesday mornings, the Texas Minute—our weekday email publication—includes the One-Click Survey. It’s almost always a question about policy or politics, oftentimes tinged with a bit of humor. We ask readers to not only “click” an answer, but to then reply with...
In what they call a “response to increasingly radical, right-wing laws that hurt Texans, coupled with a rapidly growing progressive movement in Texas,” 20 House Democrat lawmakers created the new Texas House Progressive Caucus on Thursday. “It’s time for us to get to...
A bill that would protect “non-offending parents” from having their children removed by Child Protective Services—and, subsequently, force CPS to place children with family if removal is warranted—has moved closer to a vote in the Texas House. Meanwhile, two other...
Update: State Sen. Larry Taylor (R–Friendswood) and State Rep. Lyle Larson (R–San Antonio) confirmed to the Dallas Morning News that they were among the lawmakers in attendance. While citizens are being told to stay home and contend with shutdowns and mandates in...
Republicans held on to state House seats in Dallas but lost more judicial races Tuesday night in the Democrat stronghold. The two remaining Republicans in Dallas County’s legislative delegation—State Reps. Morgan Meyer (Dallas) and Angie Chen Button (Garland)—held...
As Democrats fight to flip the Texas House this November and gain control of next year’s pivotal redistricting process, Dallas-area Republicans are working to regain seats lost during the last “blue wave” election and keep the ones they still hold. In 2018, Democrats...
Republican voters in Democrat-dominated Dallas County saw few contested races on the ballot when they went to the polls to vote in the March 3 primary election. Just a handful of congressional and state House races offered voters a choice of more than one GOP...
Dear Reader, I want to share with you our New Year’s Resolutions at Empower Texans. Communications experts say you should never repeat an accusation that is made against you. I hold to that as a good practice, but let me this one time repeat the accusation many in the...
Last week’s candidate filing deadline for Texas primary elections set the ground for upcoming conflicts in Dallas County’s March 2020 primaries. Every incumbent is seeking re-election as Democrats look to maintain their dominance in local and state offices across the...
