Blaise Gainey

4 days ago | wamc.org | Blaise Gainey

AYESHA RASCOE, HOST:Texas is now the largest state with a school voucher program, and soon it's likely to spend more on school vouchers than any other state. But as the Texas Newsroom's Blaise Gainey reports, advocates say they aren't done fighting the program. BLAISE GAINEY, BYLINE: Leaders in the Texas Republican Party are celebrating and patting each other on the back after Governor Greg Abbott signed the bill into law.

4 days ago | kwbu.org | Blaise Gainey

Supporters of Texas' LGBTQ+ community rallied at the state Capitol in Austin on Friday, just hours before the Texas House was scheduled to take up two bills advocates say would negatively impact transgender people in Texas. "I don't know about you, but I think it's a little bit of bad luck to continue to say, 'This can't get worse.' It can get worse if we do nothing," Rep. Venton Jones said.

2 weeks ago | texasstandard.org | Blaise Gainey

From The Texas Newsroom:A stalemate ordered by Democrats in the Texas House over constitutional amendments has come to an end, marking the conclusion to the party’s attempt to influence one of this legislative session’s most controversial bills. More than 50 Texas House Democrats had vowed earlier this month to prevent the passage of any proposed constitutional amendments in the chamber.

2 weeks ago | kut.org | Blaise Gainey

A stalemate ordered by Democrats in the Texas House over constitutional amendments has come to an end, marking the conclusion to the party’s attempt to influence one of this legislative session’s most controversial bills. More than 50 Texas House Democrats had vowed earlier this month to prevent the passage of any proposed constitutional amendments in the chamber.

2 weeks ago | hppr.org | Blaise Gainey

President Donald Trump says he is not ready to tap which Texan he wants to send to the U.S. Senate. The commander in chief told reporters Friday that he likes both incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and outgoing Attorney General Ken Paxton — the two Republicans vying for the seat — but hasn't made a decision on which would be best for the job. "In a way, I wish they weren't running against each other," Trump said in a press gaggle aboard Air Force One, according to The Washington Post.