CAROL ALVARADO

Texans might not be able to exercise their right to vote in the upcoming election March 1 because of a supply shortage of voter registration cards.

Limits on Texas mail-in and curbside voting would be a burden to people in wheelchairs or those with sight and hearing impairments, advocates say.

With the US Senate on August recess, there's very little for Democratic state lawmakers to do in Washington, DC, but they're still there.

Democrats said the arrest warrants don't intimidate them.

Democrats said the arrest warrants don't intimidate them.

There are still not enough House lawmakers present for a quorum because more than 50 Democratic representatives have not been at the Capitol Building since mid-July.

A Texas Democratic senator who spoke for more than 15 hours against GOP voting restrictions knew she was just delaying the inevitable.

Despite the filibuster from state Sen. Carol Alvarado, the bill passed shortly after by a vote of 18-11.

The Texas Senate voted to advance a major Republican voting bill on Thursday in an 18-11 vote, along party lines.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas state senator ended a 15-hour filibuster Thursday morning in the Democrats' latest defiance over a sweeping GOP voting measure, which then passed just minutes after she wearily left the floor.

Republican officials in Texas say law enforcement has now been enlisted to help bring Democrats back to the state Capitol and end a standoff over a GOP voting bill.

A Texas state senator continued her filibuster Thursday morning of an elections bill in the latest tactic to extend the nation’s most visible standoff over voting rights. Democrat Carol Alvarado began her filibuster shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday by speaking indefinitely, although she admitted that was unlikely to stop it from passing. Alvarado wore running shoes on the Senate floor — much like former legislator Wendy Davis, known for her lengthy filibuster in 2013 of an anti-abortion bill.

Since before sunset Wednesday, state Sen. Carol Alvarado had been on her feet speaking, not allowed to sit or lean against her desk, on the Senate...

The Houston Democrat was on her feet speaking, not allowed to sit or lean against her desk, and unable to take bathroom breaks or drink water, since Wednesday evening. But ultimately the bill she opposed passed Thursday on an 18-11 vote.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick took issue with references to the bills as “Jim Crow 2.0.”

The Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the Obama era health care law, preserving insurance coverage for millions of Americans.

Senate Democrats are pledging to move ahead with a vote on their sprawling elections and voting bill next week, even as it faces universal opposition from Republicans as well as from a key senator from their own party.

Rep. Chris Turner, Rep. Nicole Collier and Sen. Beverly Powell are among the Texas Democrats to meet with Harris.

The bill will almost certainly pass the GOP-majority House and be signed into law by the governor

Sen. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, spent years negotiating with industry groups to get new regulations placed on the chemical industry after the ITC fire in 2019. The bill has passed both chambers, but small changes need to be ironed out before it is sent to Gov. Greg Abbott.

Greg Abbott's office, after a rocky confirmation hearing Monday at the Texas Capitol. AdToward the end of the questioning, state Sen. Sarah Eckhardt, D-Austin, asked Yancy if he had "any regrets with regard to your public discourse." He is not unknown in Texas politics — he ran for Texas Senate in 2010. AdNext up was Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, who asked Yancy about the anti-Reid tweet. Gutierrez asked Yancy if it was fair to say he "misspoke [or] overreached" with the tweet.

Lawmakers filed legislation Tuesday seeking to bring casino gambling to Texas. Credit: REUTERS/Steve MarcusTwo Texas lawmakers on Tuesday filed legislation backed by the gaming empire Las Vegas Sands that would legalize casino gambling in Texas. The proposals would create special casino licenses for four "destination resorts" in the state's four largest metropolitan areas: Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and Austin. At the same time, it would establish a Texas Gaming Commission to regulate the casinos, and it would separately legalize sports betting. The legislation would then create three "Class II" licenses for "limited casino gaming" at horse-race tracks in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio.

Two Texas lawmakers on Tuesday filed legislation backed by the gaming empire Las Vegas Sands that would legalize casino gambling in Texas. At the same time, it would establish a Texas Gaming Commission to regulate the casinos, and it would separately legalize sports betting. The legislation would then create three "Class II" licenses for "limited casino gaming" at horse-race tracks in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio. After that, two "Class III licenses" would be made available for similarly limited casino gambling at greyhound tracks in Corpus Christi and Harlingen. That coalition, the Sports Betting Alliance, did not immediately have a comment on the Las Vegas Sands-supported bills.