At least 48 openly LGBTQ Texas candidates are running for office, a number roughly three times higher than any previous election cycle, according to OutSmart, a Houston LGBTQ magazine.
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TribCast
The top Texas tales of 2017 (podcast)
On the final TribCast of 2017, Emily talks to Alexa, Neena, Jay and Edgar about some of the Trib’s biggest stories of the year: the bathroom bill, Hurricane Harvey, the TABC scandal and our series on child sex trafficking.
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2017 Year in Review
From Hurricane Harvey to the “bathroom bill,” check out some of our top 2017 videos
Relive the year in Texas politics and policy through the Tribune’s video coverage of the 85th Legislature, Hurricane Harvey, the deadly shooting in Sutherland Springs, the controversy over Confederate monuments and more.
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2017 Year in Review
Analyses in the rearview mirror: Bathrooms and GOP politics
2017 was the year when House Speaker Joe Straus found his voice, when the culture conservatives lost out to the business conservatives and when the fault lines that define today’s Texas GOP opened up for everyone to see.
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Economy
“Bathroom bill” would be bad for Texas’ economy, business leaders say
The newly established Texas House Select Committee on Economic Competitiveness held its first hearing on how to effectively enact policies that bring business to the state.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Most Texas Voters say Confederate memorials shouldn’t move
Most Texas voters don’t want to remove Confederate memorials or put them in museums, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Most Republicans don’t want to do anything at all.
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Analysis: Bathrooms, business and ballots
House Speaker Joe Straus prevailed in the legislative skirmishes over bathroom regulations; now he’s got a fast-track House committee looking at “economic competitiveness.” That could reframe the bathroom issue for 2018’s elections.
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Texas Elections 2018
For some transgender Texans, bathroom bill fight spurs bids for office
Months after state lawmakers tried and failed to pass bills restricting transgender restroom access, transgender Texans plan to vie for seats in Congress and the Texas Senate next year.
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Analysis: In politics, you must be present to win
House Speaker Joe Straus wants business to stay the course through 2018’s elections and into the 2019 session, buttressing business-friendly Republicans against a conservative tide. It’s a lot to ask.
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Straus tells business leaders to keep up fight after “bathroom bill” failure
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, urged business leaders Tuesday to keep up the fight following the failure of legislative efforts to pass a “bathroom bill” that many of them opposed.