On this week’s TribCast, Aman talks to Evan, Aliyya and Alexa about the teacher pay and school finance proposals circulating in the Texas Lege, the latest finger-pointing over the voter citizenship review and the pushback Beto O’Rourke might face in a Democratic presidential field.
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Texas Voting Rights
Federal judge directs more counties to halt voter citizenship review efforts as lawsuits proceed
After state officials conceded that at least a quarter of a list of nearly 100,000 Texas voters flagged for citizenship review should never have been questioned, a federal judge said, “I wish all of this could’ve been done back as the original effort.”
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Texas Voting Rights
Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office hasn’t launched criminal investigations of voters flagged for citizenship review
Some lawmakers had fretted that sending the preliminary, faulty list to the state’s top prosecutor would intimidate voters.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Analysis: A green appointee’s harsh introduction to Texas election politics
Between his office’s bungled efforts to find noncitizens among the state’s registered voters and Democrats pouncing on state actions they believe are targeted at Hispanics and other groups, Texas Secretary of State David Whitley’s confirmation is in peril.
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TribCast: Beto meets Oprah
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Patrick, Cassi and Alexa about Beto O’Rourke’s visit with Oprah Winfrey, the latest on the lawsuits filed over Texas’ voter citizenship review, and the news out of the State of the State and the State of the Union.
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TribCast: Texas voter citizenship review, Empower Texans’ Senate media pass, the 2020 congressional battlefield
On this week’s Texas Tribune TribCast, Patrick talks to Evan, Alexa and Emma about the secretary of state questioning the citizenship of thousands of voters, the conservative group Empower Texans receiving a state Senate media credential and the early contours of the 2020 congressional battlefield in Texas.
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Texas Voting Rights
Plaintiffs say Texas voter ID fight is over
In a court filing, opponents of the state’s voter ID law told a federal district judge that the case was settled and that they would not pursue any other changes or remedies.
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Texas Voting Rights
Texas won its redistricting fight at the Supreme Court. Now it hopes to use that win to wrap up its voter ID suit.
In light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling over the state’s political maps, Texas is now trying to eliminate the possibility of a return to federal oversight of its election laws as part of the case against the state’s voter ID law.
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Criminal Justice
The Supreme Court struck down a Minnesota ban on political clothing in polling places. Texas has a similar law.
The high court’s ruling on a Minnesota state law is likely to reverberate in Texas, which has a similar law on the books. Neither state allows voters to wear political garments or accessories in their polling places.
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Federal appellate court upholds embattled Texas voter ID law
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Texas’ voter identification law, reversing a lower court ruling that found it discriminated against voters of color.