8+ hour, 55+ min ago   (351+ words) Trump made the unusual pitch at the party's midterm convention in Dallas last week, promising a “Trump Dividend” if voters keep the GOP in power on Capitol Hill. The president later told CBS News Texas that he did not think…...

17+ hour, 17+ min ago   (993+ words) Texas is undergoing its biggest demographic, social and economic changes since the 1820s, when the first American colonists arrived in Mexico’s Coahuila y Tejas province. While white men hold 63% of statewide and legislative elected offices, they only make up 19% of the…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (389+ words) Houston Chronicle City Controller Chris Hollins sent the strongest signal yet on Wednesday that he could launch a challenge against Houston Mayor John Whitmire’s bid for a second term in 2027 Hollins, the city’s second-highest-ranking elected official, swiped at…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (248+ words) University of Texas students walk to class on Tuesday September 26, 2023. Carole Paul Vesely, Houston P. W. Gee, Houston Regarding “Dan Patrick's book ban isn't dumb. It's worse than that.” (Sept. 2): I watched with a combination of bemusement and horror at the latest…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1728+ words) SAN ANTONIO – Illegal aliens founded Texas. “The illegal alien in North America is the American,” explained Andres Tijerina, a native Texas historian and decorated Vietnam War combat pilot. “There were 30,000 of them (in Texas) within just a few years, and…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (470+ words) Trump arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland aboard Marine One on Wednesday afternoon for the scheduled trip to Dallas but was kept on the helicopter for about 20 minutes as U.S. Air Force personnel attended to the plane. The emergency slide…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (11+ words) Trump takes center stage at Republicans’ first midterm convention Houston Chronicle...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (472+ words) Houston Mayor John Whitmire pledged Wednesday not to raise the city’s property tax rate, a day after Harris County commissioners approved the highest county rate in modern history to help close a budget deficit. Whitmire repeatedly has touted that he…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (410+ words) “This bizarre Republican midterm convention here can’t paper over the fact that Republicans have done nothing to earn your vote,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a potential 2028 presidential contender, said Wednesday morning. Trump organized the two-day gathering in an attempt to…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (907+ words) Many party members, including those facing tight races, are skipping the two-day affair, citing conflicting obligations or balking at demands that they pony up for access. Others are hoping an appearance alongside Trump will put them in the national spotlight…...