Texas Tribune Brief

Cornyn is the most prominent Texas Republican to criticize the attorney general’s rocky record ahead of his runoff election against George P. Bush.

A group of lawyers says Cruz played an outsized role in the efforts to void the 2020 election results and accuses him of repeatedly making false claims about voter fraud.

Texas Public Utility Commission Chair Peter Lake and ERCOT President Brad Jones said the power grid is prepared for record-breaking summer electricity demand.

The federal emergency declaration is expected to last through at least mid-October and has kept states from dropping people from Medicaid rolls.

The early voting period runs through Friday. Mail-in ballots must be returned by May 24.

The court did not evaluate the law on its constitutionality but will allow it to go back into effect while a legal case plays out. Texas lawmakers passed the law, saying social media platforms have an anti-conservative bias.

In February, Cruz and Cornyn voted against a similar bill that was inspired after Texas passed its abortion restriction law.

More than a quarter of women of childbearing age are uninsured in Texas, the highest rate in the nation, and the state has chosen to cap Medicaid benefits for new moms earlier than other states.

The state’s high property taxes have taken center stage as Texas’ real estate market explodes and drives up home values.

In Tarrant County, conservative PACs animated about the teaching of race and sexuality are flooding school board races with hundreds of thousands of dollars.