It may be a much shorter ballot and in the throes of Holiday Season, but the 2015 Election process will not be complete until December 12th-- the date for the Houston Run-off Elections. As predicted, many important local races have gone to a runoff, and Houstonians will need to come back and vote. After … Continue Reading ››
Enquiring minds want to know.
If Liberals had a 'Fox News equivalent' media network, this would be a likely question asked during the news cycle this week. The Governor of our nation's 2nd most populous and 2nd most diverse state may not say outright that he's working for ISIS (the Islamic … Continue Reading ››
The Texas Progressive Alliance thinks maybe we should finish celebrating Thanksgiving before we begin the Christmas season as it brings you this week's roundup.
Off the Kuff took a closer look at how people voted in the Houston Mayor's race.
Libby Shaw at Texas Kaos and contributing to Daily Kos wonders if Houston's … Continue Reading ››
Back in August, before any votes in the November elections were cast, Texas Leftist had a prediction. Or maybe better to just call it an observation...
The “Vote NO!” arena has already been tested, and victorious. Last fall, theUS Pastor Council produced a battle to defeat the Non-Discrimination Ordinance in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and won … Continue Reading ››
The Texas Progressive Alliance reminds everyone that runoffs matter too as it brings you this week's roundup.
Off the Kuff gives his advice for how to re-approach the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance.
Libby Shaw at Texas Kaos and contributing to Daily Kos wishes to thank Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, former … Continue Reading ››
Remember that whole "separation of church and state"? According to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, that's so 2000 and late.
As David Saleh Rauf of the San Antonio Express-News reports, get ready for more activist churches moving to swing politics in their favor...
AUSTIN — A recent court ruling that cleared the way for … Continue Reading ››
So about last night. Katherine Driessen of the Houston Chronicle has the formal wrap-up...
Houston voters soundly rejected the city's embattled equal rights ordinance Tuesday in one of the most heated local political contests in recent memory that drew national scrutiny and sparked months of impassioned back-and-forth about social issues, particularly transgender rights.
The decision leaves Houston … Continue Reading ››
