HOUSTON, Texas–Early voting for the Texas Primary Run-off election ended on Friday with a very low total turnout. After five days of early voting, the total turnout for both the Democrat and Republican run-offs was 313,878 or about 3.62 percent
HOUSTON, Texas–Legendary radio host Sam Malone has been nominated for induction into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. In an announcement this week from the Texas Radio Hall of Fame (TRHF), Malone was listed alongside eleven other candidates who now
HOUSTON, Texas–Freshman Texas Legislator Scott Turner announced earlier this year he would seek to become the next Speaker of the House of the Texas Legislature. This is no small task. Many before him have tried and failed, but Scott Turner
HOUSTON, Texas–The issue of transgendered bathrooms and public dressing and shower facilities may spark an effort by some of the opponents of Houston Mayor Annise Parker to have her recalled. Mayor Parker is leading the charge to pass the Houston
At a hearing of Texas lawmakers held in Austin, Texas in April, Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Steve McCraw said there is a “dramatic increase” in illegal immigration moving into South Texas. The increase is so massive, the U.S.
HOUSTON, Texas–In the runoff election for the 247th Family District Court judicial bench, Associate Judge Meca (M.L.) Walker may have thought she had narrowed the field to one opponent coming out of the March 4th Republican Primary. Little did she
HOUSTON, Texas–A federal court judge in Houston ruled this week that Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, Inc. (PPGC) must face claims that it defrauded Medicaid in reference to certain blood tests performed. The lawsuit, brought by a former accounts receivable manager
HOUSTON,Texas–The U.S. House of Representatives passed a series of bills on Tuesday attacking various aspects of our national problem of human trafficking. Texas is currently one of the nation’s hubs for human trafficking and Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) took the
HOUSTON, TX–FBI Director, speaking before the Senate Judiciary Committee today agreed that Major Nidal Hasan’s shooting attack at Fort Hood in 2009 was inspired by al-Qaeda. The federal government’s official position classified the incident as “workplace violence.” The comment came
HOUSTON, Texas–Tea Party Groups across Texas are reporting mailers being sent out across the Lone Star State from groups they claim either do not exist or are not true Tea Party groups. One mailer in particular, from the United Texas
HOUSTON, Texas–Texas Governor Rick Perry, in a scathing letter to President Barrack Obama, called for a job creating energy policy. Perry attacked the President stating, “Mr. President, your words promise an energy renaissance while your policies are strangling the energy
Michael Paul Torres, 34, was sentenced in a Corpus Christi, Texas, Federal Court for the production of child pornography. Torres, who resides in Corpus Christi, will spend sixteen years in federal prison to be followed by another sixteen years of
HOUSTON, Texas–A Housing and Urban Development (HUD) IG report claims Mayor Julian Castro’s San Antonio may have misused $1.1 million in federal neighborhood stabilization funds. The 2012 HUD report came to light just over twenty-four hours after it was reported
HOUSTON, Texas–A very short early voting cycle for the Primary Election runoffs begins today and runs through Friday. With only five days of early voting and the runoff election being held on the Tuesday following the Memorial Day holiday (May
HOUSTON–Texas State Senator Bob Deuell (R) stands accused of attempting to coerce Salem Communications and Cumulus Dallas into censoring the First Amendment rights of Texas Right to Life by having a political ad removed under threat of legal action. The
San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro is about to be tapped by President Barrack Obama to be the next Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This is the second time Obama will have asked Castro to serve in his administration.
The Texas-Mexico border is being overrun by a surge of young illegal immigrants who are traveling alone. So much so, that Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, earlier this week, declared a “level-four condition of readiness” along the Rio-Grande Valley area
HOUSTON, Texas–Rick Perry announced his endorsement for Sid Miller in the race for Texas Agriculture Commissioner. Endorsements from Governor Perry have been very rare during the 2014 Republican Primary season. During the Primary Election, Perry only endorsed four incumbent judges,
Last weekend, Recapture Canyon, Utah, was the stage for a new confrontation between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and those who would like to see the federal government reduce its holdings of federal land. San Juan County Commissioner Phil
Acts of kidnapping, assault, and death threats are part of a federal indictment that could have Raul Ochoa-Perez, 42, facing the rest of his life in federal prison. Ochoa-Perez, a.k.a. “Coco,” allegedly fled to Mexico to avoid prosecution. He returned
Twenty-four members of the Texas Congressional Delegation joined forces to demand the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launch in Inspector General Investigation into allegations that employees at three Central Texas VA facilities manipulated medical appointment data in order to conceal
HOUSTON, Texas–Progress Texas, a pro-Wendy Davis group, published an ad and blog post that attempts to make the case that Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott was potentially responsible for the deaths of cancer patients. Progress Texas attempted to form linkage
HOUSTON, Texas–Soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, are undergoing extensive training to prepare them for deployment to guard prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Texas’s Crazy Horse Troop trained in detention operations alongside members of Division West’s 3rd Battalion. The Crazy Horse
