10 moments that defined Jimmy Carter’s presidency
After the passing of the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, we take a look back at 10 defining moments from ...
You call this a club? Carter was the prickly outsider, now Trump is the disrupter
There were times when Jimmy Carter annoyed his successors in the White House, Democrat and Republican. He never seemed to ...
Greg Abbott is reshaping the Texas Supreme Court in his image with Blacklock, Sullivan appointments | Editorial
Gov. Greg Abbott's Supreme Court picks Jimmy Blacklock and James Sullivan raise concerns he is shifting Texas' high court in ...
Son of the South: How Jimmy Carter Transformed America
Leading a cohort of next-generation Southern leaders in both parties, Carter grafted the region back on the national map by repudiating Jim Crow, firmly and finally extinguishing George Wallace as a ...
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Greg Abbott reaches political zenith after bruising election year
After a year in which he helped reshape the Texas Legislature, Gov. Greg Abbott is at the zenith of his political power.
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Jimmy Blacklock named new chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court
Blacklock replaces Nathan Hecht, the longest serving justice on the high court. Gov. Greg Abbott also appointed his general ...
Gov. Abbott elevates Blacklock to chief justice, appoints new member to Texas Supreme Court
Blacklock is replacing retired Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, while Abbott's legal adviser James Sullivan takes the open spot on ...
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Rep. Mihaela Plesa survived a heated GOP challenge. Here’s how she thinks Democrats can prevail
Plesa, a Dallas Democrat, said the party should embrace bipartisanship, and start talking about economic issues.
Texas GOP civil war reaches bruising climax with leadership battle
Long-simmering tensions within the Texas GOP are spilling out into the open amid a heated battle for the state House Speaker ...
Experience abounds among newcomers to House and Senate
As the 119th Congress kicks off Friday, some new members enter office with more prominent resumes in the politics or business ...
Sugar Bowl fans enjoy break from horror amid massive security at New Orleans stadium
New Orleans attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar claimed he joined ISIS prior to this summer and believed truck massacre would bring attention to ‘war between the believers and the disbelievers’ ...
Buddy MacKay, a Democrat who briefly served as Florida’s governor, dead at 91
Former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay has died at age 91. His son told The Associated Press that the former Democratic governor ...