Alexa Ura, Texas Tribune
Alexa Ura covers politics and demographics for The Texas Tribune, where she started as an intern in 2013. She previously covered health care for the Trib. While earning her journalism degree at the University of Texas at Austin, she was a reporter and editor for The Daily Texan. A Laredo native, Alexa is a fluent Spanish-speaker and is constantly seeking genuine Mexican food in Austin.
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After losing his last chief election officer over a botched review of the state’s voter rolls, Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday appointed a new secretary of…
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Three months after first questioning the citizenship status of almost 100,000 registered voters, the Texas secretary of state has agreed to end a review…
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Facing an uncertain path to confirmation after ordering a deeply flawed voter citizenship review that seemingly focused on naturalized citizens, Texas...
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton assured lawmakers on Friday that his office hadn’t launched criminal investigations into nearly 100,000 voters flagged...
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State Rep. Rafael Anchia had been alarmed by the actions of the Texas secretary of state’s office for days by the time the agency’s chief, David Whitley...
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After flagging tens of thousands of registered voters for citizenship reviews, the Texas secretary of state’s office is now telling counties that some...
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The state of Texas' announcement that it was flagging tens of thousands of registered voters for citizenship checks was met with dismay among civil...
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The Texas secretary of state's office announced Friday it would send local election officials a list of 95,000 registered voters who the state says…
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Just about any way you slice it, power at the Texas Capitol skews white and male. But when you look at the legislators appointed to wield the most power...
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In the latest about-face on voting rights under President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Justice no longer supports efforts to force Texas back...