Politics
Democrats in the Texas Legislature left Austin before the GOP could take a first vote on a voting bill in the current special legislative session.
July 12, 2021
World & Nation
The state remains solidly Republican, but many think that could change, thanks to grass-roots party efforts and the rapid growth of the Latino population.
July 10, 2013
Some Texas Democrats say they’re ready to stage a second walkout to again stop one of America’s most restrictive voting measures.
July 10, 2021
Texas Democrats feel a change in the wind
The expulsion is an extraordinary showcase of how the levers of single-party power in statehouses can be pulled to shut down opponents and punish them.
April 7, 2023
Texas reaches accord with some Latino groups on new election maps
Feb. 7, 2012
High School Sports
Wrestling coaches Terry Fischer of El Camino Real and Paul Clementi of Ventura are perennial pessimists when it comes to preseason prognostication.
Jan. 18, 1997
Soccer
A Swede, a Nigerian and a Korean walk into a bar. What do they talk about? (Hint: It’s not baseball.)
June 4, 2006
Irvine hopes its 1990s softball playoff tradition continues.
May 28, 1993
Music
It had the feel of an old black and white movie, where it’s night and stormy and the town is as dark as a desert.
Dec. 3, 2001