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The Associated Press sent six questions on gay rights to Texas's Republican candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. Their survey shows that all GOP candidates support the state's gay marriage ban and most say local ordinances that prohibit gay discrimination violate other people's freedom of religion. Some also still believe "the gay" is a disorder.

In a moment to make his district proud, Congressman Blake Farenthold went on Hardball this past Friday and refused to admit that President Obama was legitimately elected President. The congressman originally went on the program to discuss Senator Ted Cruz and the backlash the Senator has received within his own party on his methods to attempt to defund Obamacare (the Senate has a rule book, somewhere).

Alongside releasing its controversial findings on fugitive methane emissions caused by fracking this week, University of Texas-Austin also unveiled an industry-stacked Steering Committee roster for the study it conducted in concert with Environmental Defense Fund. Only two out of the 11 members of the Steering Committee, besides lead author David Allen, have a science background relevant to onshore fracking.

Everyone needs a hobby.  For some it's Fantasy Football.  Others have exercise.  And still others have fear-mongering.  Enter the San Angelo Tea Party.  

According to Chelsea Schmid of San Angelo LIVE!, members of the San Angelo Tea Party met September 10 to

Just weeks after Greg Abbott tweeted his personal thanks to a supporter who called Wendy Davis a "retard," Abbott's top political adviser has tweeted an article calling Wendy Davis "too stupid to be governor". Dave Carney (Twitter handle, @granitewinger), the previous top adviser to all of Rick Perry's campaigns, tweeted about the article Wednesday morning.

Texas is home to some of the nation's most vocal opponents of the Affordable Care Act. Governor Rick Perry  has called it a "monstrosity" and a "stomach punch to the American economy," while Senator Ted Cruz has been leading the charge to defund Obamacar

If the concept of a for-profit private prison doesn't already alarm your sense of morality, imagine a for-profit private prison that targets and would be filled with undocumented immigrants living along the Lower Rio Grande Valley border.

That's what some of the largest players from the private prison industry - including GEO Group, Corrections Corporation of America and LCS Corrections Services - are hoping to bring to the City of Mcallen in South Texas.

The San Antonio City Council voted to pass the non-discrimination proposal authored by City Councilman Diego Bernal and Mayor Julian Castro. Starting at least 15 years ago, the local LGBT community has sought to add sexual orientation and gender identity to groups protected from discrimination. Two serious attempts in 1998 and 2011 to get non-discrimination laws to cover LGBT rights failed to pass.

In a bizarre, rambling campaign speech to the Texas Alliance for Life last month, a Republican candidate for Texas attorney general told anti-choice supporters that the millions of “children” aborted since Roe v. Wade would have made a nice Republican voting base, if only their parents had been unable to abort them.

Alarmed by the explosion of high-cost lending in the state, cities across Texas have passed ordinances to prevent the cycle of debt that short-term, high-cost loans can create. But some big lenders are finding clever ways around the laws — like giving away cash for free. Of course, like all payday or auto-title loans, there's a gigantic hook at the end of this deal.

As the country prepares for the rollout of the Affordable Care Act on October 1, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius has hit the road, spreading the word nationwide about the new law. She's been meeting with local leaders across the country to discuss how the ACA's implementation will affect their communities.

Last week I was proud to be endorsed by Victory Fund. They were there from the very start for LGBT candidates like Tammy Baldwin, now US Senator, Annise Parker, Houston Mayor, not to mention Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns and State Representative Mary Gonzales.