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A petition to recall Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson fails

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. An effort to recall Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson over his joining the Republican Party failed this week, the city secretary announced Wednesday. Former Dallas City Council candidate Davante Peters launched a petition in […]

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Alabama

First woman elected to Alabama-Coushatta leadership dies | #elections | #alabama

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Millie Thompson Williams, the first woman elected to serve as second chief of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, died Friday at a hospital in Lufkin. She was 67. Her death was confirmed by […]

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Mayor

Southlake mayor, Dinesh D’Souza’s son-in-law lead CD-26 race

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — The frontrunner in the Republican primary to replace longtime Congressman Michael Burgess of Lewisville is a 29-year-old political newcomer, Brandon Gill, who helped make a name for himself in politics by […]

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Mayor

Petition calls for recall of Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A three-time former Dallas City Council candidate is circulating a petition to oust Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson in response to his switch to the Republican Party last year. Davante Peters, a local activist […]

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Mayor

Some big city Texas mayors seek friendlier tone with state’s GOP leaders

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. After nearly a decade of high tensions between Republicans running the state and leaders of the state’s bluer urban areas, some mayors of major Texas cities are trying a new playbook: play nice […]

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City Council

Tony Buzbee, Mary Nan Huffman head to runoff for Houston City Council race | #citycouncil

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Tony Buzbee, the prominent Houston lawyer who represented Attorney General Ken Paxton in his recent impeachment trial, appears headed for a Dec. 9 runoff in his campaign for Houston City Council. With virtually […]

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Mayor

Mom of Uvalde school shooting victim runs for mayor

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Nearly 18 months after the deadliest school shooting in Texas, Uvalde residents will elect a new mayor in a special election. Among the three candidates vying to lead the majority-Latino town is Kimberly […]

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Mayor

Houston mayor’s race largely centers on Sheila Jackson Lee, John Whitmire

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. As Houston grapples with crime, a looming budget crisis and growing housing unaffordability, the race to lead the nation’s fourth-largest city has mostly come down to two longtime fixtures in local politics. U.S. […]

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Mayor

East Texas mayor, council debate progress after James Byrd murder

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. JASPER — On a Monday evening in June, Anderson Land called the Jasper City Council meeting to order with a prayer and a reminder that would soon become a familiar refrain: “Council meetings […]

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Mayor

Austin’s warnings about ice storms, power outages will improve, mayor says

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson has promised to revamp the city’s emergency communications after officials fumbled warnings about this week’s ice storm and the subsequent power outages that will last days for many residents. […]

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