Apr 23, 2017 | Local Elections
Early Voting: Tomorrow (Monday) is the beginning of the early voting period for the May 6 uniform election in most jurisdictions holding those elections. Abilene: The Abilene Reporter-News endorsed former two-term council member Robert Briley to succeed Mayor Norm...
Apr 19, 2017 | Campaign News
Arlington: WFAA-TV reported that a candidate for city council has been arrested for alleged threats against the wife of Rep. Tony Tinderholt (R-Arlington). Matthew Powers, who is challenging D5 incumbent Lana Wolff, has been charged with misdemeanor harassment. El...
Feb 6, 2017 | Local Elections
Pasadena: The city must revert to a system of eight single-member districts for the May election, ruled the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, upholding a lower court decision issued in January. In that decision, U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal said Pasadena’s current...
Jan 22, 2017 | Campaign News
Voter ID: A continuance requested by the U.S. Dept. of Justice has been granted, delaying until February 28 the start of Tuesday’s trial to determine whether the state passed its Voter ID law with discriminatory intent. The motion for continuance cited “the...
Dec 18, 2016 | Campaign News
Electoral College: Texas electors will meet at 2 p.m. tomorrow (Monday) in the House chamber to cast their votes for president. One of the 38 electors has announced he would not vote for President-elect Donald Trump, and another has indicated he would resign. Texas is...
