Far-right Texas Republicans are calling on U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Dallas to resign over her support of a bill that would have removed Secret Service protection from convicted felons, including former President Donald Trump. The group, led by state Rep. Brian Harrison, launched its attack two days after Trump’s...

Property insurance in Texas is about to rise, especially in places like Houston, thanks to increasing catastrophic events like Hurricane Bery. According to the Texas Tribune, many insurance researchers said they expect insurers will continue to rise and become more selective with what type of damage they cover as catastrophic events become more common in the state.

Trump Taps Vance For VP, Leaves Abbott, Paxton, Patrick, And Cruz In The Cold Beryl Will Skyrocket Property Insurance Prices In Texas, Experts Warn. Writer, editor, photographer and editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson has joined the Reform Austin newsroom, where he will employ the artistic skill and political insights that earned a Pulitzer Prize to drive coverage of Texas government. As managing editor, Anderson is responsible for guiding Reform Austin’s efforts to give readers the unfiltered facts they need to hold Texas leaders accountable. Anderson’s original cartoons will be a regular feature on RA News. “Reform Austin readers understand the consequences of electing politicians who use ideological agendas to divide us, when they should be doing the hard work necessary to make our state government work for everyone,” Anderson said. “As a veteran journalist, I’m excited about Reform Austin’s potential to re-focus conversations on the issues that matter to common-sense Texans – like protecting our neighborhoods from increasingly common disasters, healthcare, just to name a few.” Anderson worked for the Houston Chronicle, the largest newspaper in Texas, from 2006 until 2017. In addition to the Pulitzer, Anderson earned the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award. He’s also a two-time winner of Columbia College’s Fischetti Award, and the National Press Foundation’s Berryman Award. Anderson’s cartoons have been published in Newsweek, the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune and other papers. In 2005, Anderson won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning while working for the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky. The judges complimented his “unusual graphic style that produced extraordinarily thoughtful and powerful messages.”

Former President Donald Trump announced that Sen. JD Vance would be his running mate, immediately destroying the vice-presidential dreams of Texas officials such as Gov. Greg Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Sen. Ted Cruz. “After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of...

After Hurricane Beryl hit Houston and left millions without power, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick had to take charge with his nominal boss, Governor Greg Abbott out of the country. Just how powerful is Patrick?. It’s a long-running Texas politics axiom that the lieutenant governor’s office is actually the more powerful...

Gov. Greg Abbott called for an investigation into CenterPoint Energy’s response to Hurricane Beryl nearly a week after the storm left more than two million Texans without power. “Power companies along the Gulf Coast must be prepared to deal with hurricanes, to state the obvious,” Abbott said after returning...

Activists have collected enough signatures to put marijuana decriminalization on the ballot in three Texas cities, including Dallas. If the recently circulated petitions are certified by officials in Bastrop, Dallas, and Lockhart, voters in these municipalities will decide in November whether to ban local police from arresting people for low-level marijuana possession, according to advocacy group NORM.

A bitcoin mining facility in the Texas town of Granbury is seriously affecting the health of residents, causing cardiovascular disorders, hypertension and hearing loss, experts have warned. In 2022, a bitcoin mining facility was built in Granbury. These facilities use thousands of computers that require mechanical fans to run day...

A north Texas company has begun installing completely automated vending machines that sell ammunition in grocery stores. According to NBC 5, American Rounds, a Richardson, Texas-based company, pioneered this concept, installing machines in grocery stores in small cities across the U.S., but now they installed the first machine in Texas.

A black ring appeared in the Pearland sky on Monday evening after Hurricane Beryl left millions without energy. Many took to social media to report the mysterious black ring of what appeared to be smoke floating above neighborhoods as the sun set. Videos showed the O-shaped cloud drifting across an orange and pink sunset backdrop.

The Houston Chronicle has an interesting duet of information this week. On one hand, they scored the first interview with CenterPoint CEO Jason Wells since Hurricane Beryl left 2.2 million people in the Houston area without power where Wells defends and celebrates the response from his company. On the other is a scathing column by Chris Tomlinson laying out the complex levels of failures CenterPoint has had across the last several severe storms. Sadly for the people sweltering without power for over 96 hours, the latter makes the former look less sincere.

U.S. Rep. Colin Allred is closing in on Sen. Ted Cruz, as a new poll shows the senator leading Allred by just three points. The poll, conducted by the University of Houston and Texas Southern University, shows that about 57% of likely voters said they would vote for Cruz, while 44% said they would vote for Allred. About 3% said they would support the Libertarian candidate and 6% said they were undecided.

Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden among Texas voters by nine points, with Trump at 49% and Biden at 40%, according to a new poll. The poll, conducted by the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston and Texas Southern University’s Barbara Jordan – Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs concluded that preferences in the presidential race haven’t changed since January.

A nightmare is a disturbing dream associated with negative feelings, such as anxiety or fear that awakens you. But you DO wake up and realize it wasn’t real. July 27 was the first nightmare. Joe Biden failed to perform well in the debate with Donald Trump. I didn’t think too much about his performance because I remember Obama’s lackluster debate against Mitt Romney. The media ran with this as if it was the end of the world and then others started to pile on. They’ve misquoted Congresspeople, celebrities, and local officials, leading readers to believe one thing, when in reality it was another.

Though the city of Houston has worked for years to mitigate flood damage from tropical storms, problems still persist in the wake of Hurricane Beryl. After every major storm in Houston, the residents take to the flooded streets in a variety of ways. This year, someone rode a jet ski down a flooded I-45. During Tropical Storm Allison, there were waters skiers on Westheimer being pulled by a lifted pick-up truck. In perhaps the most Texas moment since the fall of the Alamo, a man happily fished for bass in the parking lot of a Whataburger following a flood in 2019.

Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to be growing more paranoid about a second impeachment, as he said Wednesday that the Texas House Ethics Committee plans to recommend another impeachment, though he offered no evidence. “Next week’s House General Investigating Committee is yet another desperate attempt by the Republican establishment to...

Just two days after Hurricane Beryl left more than 2 million residents without power, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he would direct the Public Utility Commission to investigate why Houstonians repeatedly lose access to electricity after a disaster.. While in Asia for a business trip, Abbott told Bloomberg TV that...

In Texas, the GOP is divided over abortion as Republican women fight to keep the issue off the party’s list of priorities and some Christian conservatives believe anyone who does not prioritize abortion should be ousted. Gilda Bayegan and Michelle Bouchard, both Republican state delegates from Harris County, have...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick were slower to request federal aid than previous disasters. According to the Houston Chronicle, the governor had requested aid before the hurricane before landfall; this time, the request came a day after the storm had passed. The Chronicle reviewed past requests...

Biden’s Debate Performance Leaves Texas Democrats In Disarray Abbott And Patrick Delayed Federal Aid, Report Finds. Writer, editor, photographer and editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson has joined the Reform Austin newsroom, where he will employ the artistic skill and political insights that earned a Pulitzer Prize to drive coverage of Texas government. As managing editor, Anderson is responsible for guiding Reform Austin’s efforts to give readers the unfiltered facts they need to hold Texas leaders accountable. Anderson’s original cartoons will be a regular feature on RA News. “Reform Austin readers understand the consequences of electing politicians who use ideological agendas to divide us, when they should be doing the hard work necessary to make our state government work for everyone,” Anderson said. “As a veteran journalist, I’m excited about Reform Austin’s potential to re-focus conversations on the issues that matter to common-sense Texans – like protecting our neighborhoods from increasingly common disasters, healthcare, just to name a few.” Anderson worked for the Houston Chronicle, the largest newspaper in Texas, from 2006 until 2017. In addition to the Pulitzer, Anderson earned the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award. He’s also a two-time winner of Columbia College’s Fischetti Award, and the National Press Foundation’s Berryman Award. Anderson’s cartoons have been published in Newsweek, the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune and other papers. In 2005, Anderson won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning while working for the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky. The judges complimented his “unusual graphic style that produced extraordinarily thoughtful and powerful messages.”