Category: Politics

Dallas city officials estimate that maintaining a hiring freeze on hundreds of vacant positions could save approximately $32 million as leaders prepare the city’s budget for the 2027 fiscal year. According to a memo released Friday by Chief Financial Officer Jack Ireland, Dallas had 705 vacant nonseasonal positions funded through the general fund as of […]

John Cornyn discovered this week that alignment with Donald Trump does not necessarily guarantee support from the Republican Party’s hard-line MAGA base. On Tuesday, Trump endorsed Ken Paxton in the closely watched Republican Senate runoff, choosing the Texas attorney general over Cornyn in a race that has highlighted divisions within the GOP. The endorsement represented […]

Early voting in Texas’ May 26 runoff elections begins Monday and runs through Friday, giving voters a short one-week window to cast ballots in several closely watched statewide and congressional contests. The runoffs are shaping up as a decisive phase in races that include the U.S. Senate, U.S. House seats, and key Texas offices such […]