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Alan Vera, a Republican voter-fraud activist, dies at Texas Capitol

by Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and The Texas Tribune May 4, 2023

Vera, who planned to testify on election legislation, was a regular at the statehouse. Two weeks ago, lawmakers sang “Happy Birthday” to him during a House Elections Committee hearing. Full Story

Credit: Michael Wyke, Houston Chronicle/Contributor
Shelley Luther, anti-lockdown activist and GOP candidate, said Chinese students should be banned from Texas universities

by Patrick Svitek Jan. 7, 2022

Luther became nationally known at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 when she refused to shut down her Dallas salon in defiance of emergency orders. She was sentenced to a week in jail but was released after only a few days. Full Story

Credit: Jessica Nicole Rodriguez for The Texas Tribune