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In this 1984, file photo shows William C. "Willie" Velasquez at an unknown location. A new VOCES/PBS documentary on Velasquez dives into the life of the late Latino voting rights advocate just as the nation's largest minority group is set to be a major player in the upcoming presidential election.
At Tacos Tierra Caliente - a food truck parked in a section of Houston where Spanish is spoken as often as English - $1.50 can buy such street taco staples as pollo , barbacoa and lengua . But next to the handwritten chalkboard menu and "cash only" sign is a new red, white and blue placard that commands: "Registrarse y Votar" .
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick speaks at the Republican Party of Texas State Convention at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, on May 12 in Dallas. He has called for a cut in what he says is a back-door tuition hike - a move that will affect financial aid for disadvantaged students.
Texas has a long and complex history with the issue of abortion and reproductive rights. Click through to see more about how it has played out over the last four decades.
The New York Times editorial board endorsed Hillary Clinton for president on Saturday, saying their reasoning was "rooted in respect for her intellect, experience and courage." "The best case for Hillary Clinton cannot be, and is not, that she isn't Donald Trump," the board wrote, before citing its reasons why Clinton is better suited to the presidency than her opponent.
Voters check in at a polling station on Super Tuesday in Austin, Texas on March 1. A federal appeals court in July ruled Texas strict voter ID law, passed in 2011, discriminates against minorities. A study confirms that in-person voter fraud, what voter ID is designed to prevent, just doesn't happen much at all.
In this Feb. 25, 2016 file photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas listen as Donald Trump speaks during a Republican presidential primary debate at The University of Houston in Houston. Cruz announced Friday, Sept.
In this Sept. 19, 2013 file photo, Sen. Mile Lee, R-Utah, right, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas participate in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
APRIL 11: U.S. Border Patrol agents and a pilot from the U.S. Office of Air and Marine , stop to talk on April 11, 2013 in La Joya, Texas. In the last month the Border Patrol's Rio Grande Valley sector has seen a spike in the number of immigrants crossing the river from Mexico into Texas.
The memo to employees, which was also released to some media outlets, is the first time in months the company has provided significant details of the four-state, 1,172-mile project. It came the same day as a planned ``day of action'' in cities around the U.S. and in other countries, including a rally that drew hundreds in Washington to hear Sen. Bernie Sanders and others speak.
The man now accused in a series of rapes and assaults of women in Austin, Texas, was free on the streets after the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Antonio declined to prosecute him for illegal re-entry after his fourth deportation. Breitbart Texas learned on Friday that The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas was asked by agents in Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement Removal Operations to prosecute Nicondemo Coria-Gonzales for illegal re-entry to the U.S. after having previously deported four times.
Kanye West brought his "Saint Pablo Tour" to the small stage at a New York Fashion Week party, where he performed under smoky, dark lights, and ended his set with some outspoken words, per usual. Kanye West brought his "Saint Pablo Tour" to the small stage at a New York Fashion Week party, where he performed under smoky, dark lights and ended his set with some outspoken words, per usual.
Rep. Louie Gohmert, never known for holding his tongue, made clear Friday morning that his disdain for Hillary Clinton runs deep. The Texas Republican called the Democratic nominee for president "mentally impaired," a line that drew approving laughter Friday at a gathering of religious conservatives.
It's both unofficial and traditional to call Labor Day the beginning of the intense action in a general election year, and it still carries a shred of truth. The slates are set.
Bill Archer and Martin Frost; Secretary of State James Baker III; Commerce Secretary Don Evans; Education Secretary Margaret Spellings; and Bush White House advisers campaign and a weak bench on the Democratic side, it's unlikely Texas talent will flood the executive branch in 2017 - no matter It matters, Sarver says, because of how directly the spending of the federal government affects the state - and the problems that could emerge with a lack of high-level federal advocates. "It could have a direct correlation on things like appropriations, on base closures, and getting facilities like NASA, and other things that are directly related to job and opportunities for Texas."
A federal judge has scheduled oral arguments for Jan. 24 to determine if the Texas Legislature approved a voter ID law in 2011 with the intent to discriminate against minorities. The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last month that Texas' voter ID law had a discriminatory effect, but said a lower court judge overreached in finding that lawmakers had a discriminatory intent in passing the measure.
Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, is en route to Texas today for fundraisers in Fort Worth and Austin , as well as a rally and a town hall in the latter. The rally in Austin has puzzled the local community, since the state's most famously blue bubble is hardly a hotbed of radical Trumpism.