Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Larry Miles and has appointed E. F. “Mano” DeAyala and Patrick O’Daniel to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice for terms set to expire on February 1, 2023. The Texas Board of Criminal Justice provides …

Texas legislators intentionally discriminated against Hispanic and black voters in passing its 2011 voter identification law, a federal judge ruled. In a 10-page decision issued Monday, U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos wrote that a previous ruling compelled Texas to …

The mother of a black woman who died in a jail near Houston following a confrontational traffic stop in 2015 returned to Texas to back a sweeping police reform bill named after her daughter that influential law enforcement groups are …

Governor Greg Abbott today announced the Texas Transition Alliance to expand employment and training opportunities for military service members and their families. The program is a partnership among Operation Welcome Home, the Governor’s Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative, Local Workforce Development Boards, …

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley resigned Monday in the face of impeachment hearings over accusations he tapped state resources to facilitate and hide an alleged extramarital affair with a former aide.

Democrats are trying to make sure African-American voters don't sit out a closely watched special election by casting the Georgia House race as an opportunity to rebuke President Donald Trump.

With efforts to impeach Gov. Robert Bentley under way Monday, a local prosecutor referred the possibility of criminal charges -- recommended by the state Ethics Commission -- to Alabama's acting attorney general in the investigation.

Hispanics in Texas will soon outnumber whites, but only two of the 18 judges on the state’s highest courts are Latino, and a federal judge refused this week to dismiss a voting-rights lawsuit taking aim at that disparity.

Angela Davis, the 1960’s radical, spoke to adoring students at Texas State University. She had a lot to say on a wide spectrum of social and political issues.

After hearing testimony from Mayor Sylvester Turner and many others, the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee today voted to send the Houston Pension Solution to the full senate for approval. With one exception, the measure passed out of committee is …

I was proud to present a proclamation to the Texas Association of African American Chamber of Commerce (TAAACC) naming March 31, 2017 as Black Business Day at the Capitol. I gave remarks about the bills that I filed to strengthen …

Governor Greg Abbott today issued the following statement after Harris County Constable Precinct 3 Assistant Chief Deputy Clinton Greenwood was murdered outside the Baytown courthouse earlier this morning:

National Transportation Safety Board investigators are trying to determine what caused a tragic accident that claimed the lives of 13 senior citizens after their church minibus collided with a pickup truck in the Texas Hill Country.

Bobby Brooks decided early on not to make his sexuality a focal point of his campaign for Texas A&M University student body president.