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Former Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt at The Texas Tribune Festival in 2018

Politics

Sarah Eckhardt wins special election for Texas Senate seat after Rep. Eddie Rodriguez forgoes a runoff

By Cassandra PollockJuly 27, 2020July 27, 2020

Rodriguez said he would focus his efforts on helping gain a Democratic majority in the House.

Sen. Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville, spoke during during a Senate State Affairs committee hearing on July 23, 2017.

Texas 2020 Elections

Longtime Democratic state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. fends off primary challenge from his left

By Alex SamuelsJuly 14, 2020July 15, 2020

Lucio’s race against Sara Stapleton-Barrera was among the most competitive of the primary elections for the Texas Senate, where Republicans are expected to keep their majority after the general election.

Members of Austin's LGBTQ community gathered on the steps of the Texas Capitol in 2017 to celebrate the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots.

Politics

Texas lawmakers want to add more LGTBQ safeguards after U.S. Supreme Court guarantees workplace protections

By Emma Platoff and Cassandra PollockJune 17, 2020

A new ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court makes clear that it violates federal law to fire an employee on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation. Now Texas lawmakers want to guarantee similar protections for LGBTQ Texans in housing, health care and other spheres.

Members of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus at a press conference in Houston earlier this year. The caucus held its first town hall on Tuesday to discuss police brutality and police reform.

Police brutality in Texas

Texas Legislative Black Caucus starts planning legislative responses to police brutality, racial inequality

By Cassandra PollockJune 16, 2020

Lawmakers took input from constituents during the first in a seres of virtual town halls scheduled this week.

The Texas Capitol grounds are mostly empty during the coronavirus pandemic.

State Government

Six candidates, including two well-known Democrats, file in special Texas Senate election to replace Kirk Watson

By Cassandra PollockMay 13, 2020

State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez and former Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt, both Democrats, are among those vying for the seat. So is former Austin City Council member Don Zimmerman, a Republican.

Coronavirus in Texas

Complaint filed over Texas AG Ken Paxton’s tactics to limit mail-in voting

By Stacy FernándezMay 12, 2020

In a series of tweets and a public statement, Paxton said eligibility for absentee voting has not been expanded. But a state judge’s order says otherwise.