Responsible for providing population projections for the state, Lloyd Potter said citizenship information is not needed “for the purposes of the census."

The expenditure appears to comply with the federal law, but Democratic lawmakers say it flies in the face of the act's purpose to improve elections and voter access.

The controversial and wide-ranging Senate Bill 9 has been pitched as an election security measure, but critics have raised concerns about the effects it could have on marginalized voters.

In this edition of the TribCast, Alexa talks to Ross, Matthew and Patrick about a legislative session that’s putting some folks to sleep, lawmakers’ report card for Gov. Greg Abbott and what could blow up the kumbaya session in its final days.

A panel of three judges heard arguments in the high-stakes fight that could return Texas to the days of federal supervision of its political maps.

As a beat reporter, it’s my responsibility to scrutinize the state’s actions on voting rights with the context of history in mind.

The state had questioned the citizenship status of almost 100,000 registered voters, but many on the list turned out to be naturalized citizens.

New population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show Texas dominated in growth, with suburban counties leading the way as the fastest growing.

The U.S. House's main investigative committee had asked for documents and communications from state officials involved in the review.

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to the state Thursday asking for documents related to the review.

Hear from naturalized citizens whose voter eligibility was questioned as part of the state’s flawed review of the voter rolls.

The voters flagged by the state as "possible non-U.S. citizens" have since been reinstated amid ongoing litigation that halted the review effort.

Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, told lawmakers he was to blame for providing data to the secretary of state's office that led to the mistaken challenge of almost 25,000 registered voters.

A spokesman for the secretary of state said a vendor is to blame for the voters being listed as potential noncitizens. The new names were mistakenly added while the state was testing its data.

Pelosi was in Austin to promote an election reform bill that would require local election officials to make it easier to vote.

A miscommunication and an ignored warning led to the questioning of thousands of citizens' voting rights.

A breakdown in communication has emerged between the state’s top election officials and county election offices since the citizenship review effort launched four weeks ago.

If all 12 lawmakers are on the Senate floor when Whitley's nomination comes, he doesn't have the votes to be confirmed.

The counties sent certain voters letters demanding that they prove their citizenship after they were flagged by the secretary of state's office.

For the second week in a row, the Senate Nominations Committee failed to bring Whitley up for a vote. And he's gained a new public adversary: the leader of the Senate Democratic Caucus.