How private is your ballot in Texas?
Every week, Eye on Politics breaks down some of the biggest political stories grabbing headlines in North Texas and beyond.
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Every week, Eye on Politics breaks down some of the biggest political stories grabbing headlines in North Texas and beyond.
Texans have a constitutional right to keep their vote to themselves, but elections officials admit, in rate cases, the public may be able to figure out how someone voted. Data shows fewer migrants are crossing illegally into Texas than the other three states along the southwest border. And ERCOT says the electric grid's needs will nearly double in six years.
Monique Alcala, the Texas Democratic Party Executive Director, says the biggest challenge is one of her favorites, "we're just geographically huge...We're working on ensuring that we have vacancies filled throughout the state."
Texas GOP Chair Abraham George says it's all about the party's platform and not just electing Republicans to fill seats.
The program would offer work permits and deportation protections to unauthorized immigrants married to U.S. citizens, as long as they have lived in the U.S. for at least 10 years, sources said.
Pope Francis became the first pope to go to a G7 summit of world leaders. At a summit on artificial intelligence, he warned of dangers of AI.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives exceeded its authority when it issued the rule outlawing bump stocks.
The Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a challenge targeting the availability of a widely used abortion pill, preserving access to the drug.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement monitors more than a quarter-million migrants in the U.S. through smartphones, but ICE admits its latest technology faces challenges.
The American Civil Liberties Union and several migrant rights groups filed a lawsuit targeting President Biden's recently announced crackdown on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.
ICE agents have rounded up eight individuals from Tajikistan who are in the U.S. and have suspected ties to ISIS, according to U.S. officials.
With the guilty verdict in the federal gun trial, Hunter Biden became the first child of a president to be convicted.
Judge Aileen Cannon denied numerous claims by Trump's defense attorneys, who asked the case be dismissed, but agreed to strike one paragraph from the indictment.
Both the prosecution and the defense gave their closing arguments in Hunter Biden's gun trial on Monday.
President Joe Biden issues an executive order restricting asylum claims at the U.S.-Mexico border. Congressman Colin Allred criticizes Sen. Ted Cruz after the Senator introduced a bill that would protect IVF access. Two Democratic State House members from Dallas tell political reporter Jack Fink they think they can keep Gov. Abbott and conservatives from passing a school choice bill next year. And Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia sits down with Doug Dunbar to discuss his recent contract restructuring, and why he believes it could be his last.
