Joan Carney

Texas 2036, a nonpartisan public policy think tank, has published results of its Sept 25-Oct 1 poll of 1001 registered voters - and one of their findings shocked me. It was in the answer to the question, “How would you rate the Texas state government’s performance this year in solving problems and serving the needs of its residents…” In a year that saw an additional 2 special sessions (at a cost to taxpayers of $1 million a pop), continuous contentious debate, a walkout by Democrats who...

We’re all aware of Trump’s more blatant attacks on the rule of law - the use of federal agencies to round up immigrants, the rigging of...

I was sitting in the green room at yesterday’s Senate Redistricting Committee hearing, when I was stunned by the following development....