Bipartisan Texas legislators join calls for clemency for Robert Roberson

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For first time, poll shows Colin Allred beating Ted Cruz in November

For the first time in their hotly contested campaign, a poll shows U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, trailing challenger U.S. Rep. Colin Allred. The Morning Consult poll, conducted between Sept. 9 and 18, places Allred — a moderate North Texas Democrat — a point ahead of Cruz with likely voters, 45% to 4

Doug Emhoff to lead San Antonio rally for Texas Democrats

Sign up for the We the Texans newsletter to receive twice-monthly updates on our year-long initiative dedicated to boosting civic engagement and chronicling how democracy is experienced in Texas. WASHINGTON — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff heads to Texas next week to headline a San Antonio rally Monda

Nicki Minaj says crowd at San Antonio's Frost Bank Center one of the best ever

Following Nicki Minaj's Wednesday concert in San Antonio — the rapper's first-ever show here — she tweeted that the Frost Bank Center crowd was one of the best she's ever had. "San Antonio, TEXAS was one of the best crowds of ALLLLLLLLL time and that's including every tour I've ever been apart of fo