Texas House Speaker sets up tip line so people can snitch on Democrats who broke quorum

With the Texas House's quorum break now in its second week, Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, is ramping up the GOP's intimidation tactics to force Democrats back to the capitol for a vote on redistricting. Burrows said Monday that Department of Public Safety officers have been dispatched to the ho

Sister concepts The General Public and Bowl & Barrel both close at San Antonio's The Rim

In a shakeup at The Rim shopping complex, restaurant-bar concepts The General Public and Bowl & Barrel have both closed without warning. The locations' parent company, Dallas-based FreeRange Concepts, announced their departures via a since-deleted Instagram story, CultureMap San Antonio reports. The

Texas Senate Democrats walk out in symbolic protest against GOP's redistricting plan

Nine Texas Democrats walked out of the State Senate chamber Tuesday to protest debate on the state GOP's redistricting plan, which could give the party five extra congressional seats ahead of the 2026 midterms. Even so, the maneuver was symbolic, since the Dems were one member short from blocking th

Texas voters aren't OK with the state GOP's redistricting scheme, new poll shows

Texas Republicans' mid-decade redistricting push isn't popular with the state's likely midterm voters, a poll released Monday shows. Indeed, the survey of 1,921 likely midterm voters found that 62% oppose allowing the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature to redraw the state's political maps, with