Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Pete Flores

Gateway International Bridge Set For $264 Million Renovation To Boost Traffic Flow

The project will include doubling the primary vehicle inspection lanes from five to 10, and adding nine more covered secondary inspection spaces, increasing the total to 24.

Latin Times

We ranked Texas senators across the ideological spectrum based on their 2023 votes

Here’s a look at Senate members, ranked from most conservative to most liberal, based on their votes cast during the 2023 regular session and four special sessions.

The Texas Tribune

Analysis: The 2023 Texas Senate, from right to left

Here’s a look at Senate members, ranked from most conservative to most liberal, based on votes cast during the 2023 regular session.

The Texas Tribune

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

With Texas House adjourned, Senate takes bigger swing at border enforcement and human smuggling

Rather than accept the House legislation as is, senators passed their own — more expansive — proposals for border security. But unless the House convenes again, the bills can’t go to the governor’s desk.

The Texas Tribune

Texas DPS scraps plan for $1.2 billion active-shooter training facility

The Texas Department of Public Safety is instead asking lawmakers for $381.5 million to upgrade its current facilities with better technology, dormitories and cafeteria for trainees from across the state.

The Texas Tribune

As the share of white Texans continues to shrink, the Legislature remains mostly white and male

In the 2023 legislative session that convened Tuesday, 70% of lawmakers are men. More than half of the Senate and House members are white, and nearly half are white men.

The Texas Tribune

Roland Gutierrez Won’t Let Greg Abbott Forget Uvalde

While he's not a "singular-issue" politician, "for these parents … there’s no issue out there that matters if you don’t have your kid.”

Texas Observer

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

‘No loyalties here’: Latino voters to play crucial role in Texas races

Democrats are hoping to win a statewide election for the first time since 1994, but courting Latino votes will be more important than ever

The Guardian - US

Along the Texas-Mexico border, GOP enthusiasm mounts as Democrats defect over immigration concerns

Among voters near the Texas-Mexico border, immigration and border security are a leading cause for flipping from Democrat to Republican.

The Texas Tribune

Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 8

On Jan. 24, three Republican state Senate candidates in Texas rejected a joint endorsement from LIBRE Action—the political action committee affiliated with the LIBRE Initiative—and Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Action. Pete Flores (SD-24), Mayes Middleton (SD-11), and state Rep. Tan Parker (SD-12) cited disagreement with the LIBRE Initiative’s positions on…

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Texas Department of Public Safety

98 stories

Department of Public Safety

85 stories

US Customs and Border Protection

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.