A political newcomer and a Mexican American, Desiree Kalus' community roots run deep. She wants stronger public schools.

The best candidates understand the challenges facing Texas students and offer a simple agenda: putting kids’ education first.

We’re no longer free people living in the free state of Texas. We live in Dan Patrick’s world, ruled by Patrick’s laws. What we actually want doesn’t matter.

At a fancy Texas wedding, Kenny Webster found himself seated next to a multi-millionaire who would try using Sharia law to avoid due process in his divorce.

The scandal-plagued Democratic incumbent is a walking argument to eliminate the Harris County treasurer’s office.

If the worst thing you can say about these judges is that a team of Abbott’s in-house lawyers vetted them and found them fit to serve the public, then voters in both parties should rest easy.

For those who say I’m a “spoiler,” let me ask: What am I spoiling? You can’t spoil something that is rotten and putrid to begin with.

To replace state Rep. Dennis Paul, voters should back this Republican who wants to build, baby, build.

For Houstonians already voting by mail, please consider this short list as a helpful guide of places where even committed Republicans and Democrats should cross over and support the other side.

Voters of Harris County, cast your ballots with a smile and know that no matter who you pick for county judge, you’re making a better choice than you did four years ago.

“Paxton has the morals of a lizard,” writes Bob Stallman, a former president of both American Farm Bureau and Texas Farm Bureau.

Evan Mintz has a property tax solution that Texas politicians don’t want you to know. It involves making new cities in Harris County.

Darlene Breaux can talk capably about policy but it’s her education chops that are most convincing and they help her personally connect with a diverse community, writes the editorial board.

This vital post has been vacant for a year-and-a-half, and the United States would benefit from a formal appointment to fill the role

Once again, the president shows he doesn't understand our energy industry, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board.

The Democratic candidate says his politics are "somewhere between Bill Clinton and Mitt Romney." The Republican opposed commonsense flood prevention laws.

Key Republicans have instructed voters to reject their own party's nominee for railroad commissioner. Now Texas voters need to finish the job, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board.

My great-grandfather once wrote a poem about how Houston Jews need to stand up to the KKK. I added a few lines for 2026, writes Evan Mintz.

Texas has still not legalized sports betting, but prediction market platforms like Kalshi nonetheless are bringing sports betting to homes, schools and college dorms all over the Lone Star State.

A chef, a councilmember, a bookstore owner, a local literary legend, a dinner-party diplomat, and a movie theater rescue—your ballot is waiting.

If Ken Paxton is too lazy to win an election without billionaire donors paving the way, it’s hard to imagine he’ll suddenly develop the work ethic to be a productive Texas senator, writes Evan...

If Ken Paxton is too lazy to win an election without billionaire donors paving the way, it’s hard to imagine he’ll suddenly develop the work ethic to be a productive Texas senator, writes Evan...

Thank you Sen. John Cornyn for standing up to the bigots in your own party. Now Republicans need to tell their voters: Say no to Bo French, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board.

Bo French and other anti-Indian bigots may not understand American values, but Hindus do, writes Mat McDermott senior director of communications at the Hindu American Foundation.

Also: Convicted drug trafficker thanks Trump; Talarico runs food drive; and the Chronicle editorial board calls for the renaming of New York.

Incumbent Dedra Davis gets the worst ratings of any elected Harris County judge. Brian Staley is the alternative this court badly needs, writes the editorial board.

At the Republican convention, Ken Paxton got his seven minutes in heaven. Texas voters got a nap, writes the editorial board.