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Yfat Yossifor/KERA Ken Paxton walks in to address the crowd after winning the Republican primary runoff election for…

The morning after Ken Paxton, the hard-right, scandal-prone attorney general of Texas, handily won his state’s Republican runoff…

Hello Houston: Where Houston Talks! On today’s Hello Houston, Jim Szczesniak, the Director of Aviation for the Houston…

Contributing columnist Dallas Cothrum writes that Dallas’ 14-1 city council system encourages siloed, myopic leadership. Michael Hogue/Staff…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a generational contest between sitting congressmen, freshman Rep. Christian Menefee defeated veteran Rep. Al…

Hello Houston: Where Houston Talks! On today’s Hello Houston, we hear from Texas State Representative and Texas Senate…

Kyle McClenagan/HPM Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico speaks at a rally in Houston’s Midtown on May 27,…

Hello Houston: The Commuter Cut In today’s edition of “The Commuter Cut,” we hear Ernie’s conversation with Texas…

HOUSTON (AP) — Texas Democrat James Talarico launched his general election campaign for the U.S. Senate Wednesday by…

James Talarico bounded onto the stage of a packed Houston nightclub Wednesday night to the rapturous cheers of…

Democrats have tried but failed to flip Texas for years now, but the political analysts I spoke to…

Ken Paxton cruises to big win against incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in Texas GOP primary runoff – Houston Public Media