Daily Archives: April 5, 2018

Multiple cities and states sue over Census citizenship question

Good. Seventeen states, the District of Columbia, and six major cities sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over the addition of a controversial new question about US citizenship to the 2020 census. This is the third major lawsuit against the administration’s action, after California and the NAACP sued last week, … Continue reading

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Valdez and White in the runoff

The DMN provides a snapshot of where we are in the one Democratic statewide primary runoff. Former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez and Houston investor Andrew White have disparate strategies for winning the nomination. Valdez, who finished first with a … Continue reading

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Stockman trial update: The prosecution abides

From Monday: The second of two key government witnesses took the stand late Monday in Houston in the federal fraud trial of former U.S. Congressman Steve Stockman, telling jurors his main duty on the ex-lawmaker’s staff was to “just do … Continue reading

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Texas blog roundup for the week of April 2

The Texas Progressive Alliance believes that everyone counts and everyone should be counted as it brings you this week’s roundup.

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