Good News in History, March 7
00 On this day 95 years ago, Robert Frost’s poem, “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” was published by The New Republic. Ending with the famous line “And…
00 On this day 95 years ago, Robert Frost’s poem, “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” was published by The New Republic. Ending with the famous line “And…
As polls opened in the Texas primaries on Tuesday, The Texas Tribune laid out seven key questions for election night. Now that the smoke is clearing, here are the answers:…
The presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals took a step closer to securing another six years on the bench after narrowly winning Tuesday’s Republican primary election. Incumbent…
The state of Texas is all but certain to break a major glass ceiling and send at least one, and likely two, Hispanic women to Congress next year. In El…
Sid Miller, the blustery rodeo cowboy whose first term as Texas Agriculture Commissioner has been marked by numerous high-profile controversies that cost him the support of several key conservative groups,…
Early voting results offered some hints on Tuesday evening as to who Texas might send to Washington, D.C., in January 2019. There were eight open-seat congressional races across the state,…
It’s official: Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke will face off in the general election for U.S. Senate in Texas. Cruz, the Republican incumbent, and O’Rourke, a Democratic congressman from El…
The big three U.S. House races that Democrats are expected to target next fall appear to be on track for runoffs, according to early returns Tuesday night. These contests —…
Last Saturday, the Washington State Legislature passed a bill requiring that health insurance companies provide abortion coverage in their plans if maternity care is also provided. As if the two…
Two Texas Senate incumbents were in danger of being unseated Tuesday: Republican state Sen. Craig Estes was trailing challenger state Rep. Pat Fallon by about 40 points, according to early voting returns, while…