Here’s a rundown of how the Texas Legislature works and how you can participate in it. What is the Texas Legislature? The Texas Legislature is made up of the House of Representatives, which has 150 members and is known as the lower chamber, and the Senate, which has ...
Although the legislature is the primary authority on abortion, judges play an important role in clarifying gray areas lawmakers may not have anticipated. Lower court judges and members of the state supreme court are elected in Texas for four or six-year terms. The president also indirectly affects...
They’re the focus of the immigration debate. But across the nation, Latinos are rising to power and offering a glimpse of what’s ahead.
Members of Congress cannot serve as electors. How and when are the votes counted? After state election officials certify their elections, electors meet in their individual states — never as one body — to certify the election. This year, that will happen on Dec. 17. What to know...
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Until the mid-1800s, it was common for many state legislatures to simply appoint electors, while other states let their citizens decide on electors. Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis/Getty Images Elector Melba McDow, along with other electors, takes the oath of office as the ...
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With more than a dozen incumbents defeated or forced into uncomfortable runoffs, the results could reshape the Legislature and have already altered a top state appeals court. The leaders behind the upheaval: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Gov. Greg Abbott. For Paxton it was personal....
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act known formally as the Tariff Act of 1930 was created to protect U.S. businesses and farmers by raising import duties by more than 20%, leading to a loss of confidence in Wall Street and the fail of many overseas banks. It was widely considered a signal of ...
Migrants didn’t arrive in busloads, as the Texas governor threatened. And though there were some arrests, violence didn’t consume the events of the week. POLITICO asked Mayor Brandon Johnson if he had been worried about how the week might go: “I don’t know what worrying g...