A weekly look at politics in North Texas and across the state with NBC 5 political reporter Julie Fine and Gromer Jeffers of The Dallas Morning News.
Hear from former Dallas Mayor Laura Miller and long time Dallas City Council member Jennifer Staubach Gates. Plus Congressman Van Taylor talks Decision 2020, and we remember Dallas County GOP Missy Shorey who suddenly passed away. Read More
Now that North Texans have had their say at the polls, we’re taking a closer look at the results — your winners and who is headed to a runoff. Plus an exclusive interview with Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen on the final days of the Texas Legislature and why he’s receiving death threats. Read More
Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price is headed to a unprecedented 5th term, we’re talking with her about the future of Fort Worth… Plus as we enter the final weeks of the Texas Legislature regular session, an update on which bills are still alive and which will likely not move forward. Lone Star Politics Sunday May 12, 2019 Read More
Coming up Sunday on a special edition of Lone Star Politics at 8:00 a.m., the Dallas Mayoral debate between Texas State Rep. Eric Johnson (D-Dallas) and current City Councilman Scott Griggs. The pair emerged as the top two candidates from a large pool hoping to replace term-limited Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings. Read More
One-on-one with the MJ Hegar, the Democrat looking to unseat long-time Republican Senator John Cornyn … why she says she deserves your vote in 2020. Plus freshman Congressman Ron Wright weighs in on the U.S. Texas Senate race, plus the battle between the parties going on in Washington, DC. And we’re taking a closer look at the Texas Legislature as it wraps up the regular session with what it calls a touchdown for Education finance. Lone Star Politics, Sunday Morning at 8:30. Read More
The 86th Texas Legislative Session is a wrap, plus as voters head back to the polls for the local runoff election, a look at what’s at stake including two men running to replace outgoing Mayor Mike Rawlings. Read More
Dallas Mayor-Election Eric Johnson talks about curbing violence in the city of Dallas and his other priorities as soon as he takes office this week. Read More
Texas Sen. Royce West (D-Dallas) joins us to talk about the 2020 U.S. Senate race and the effort to cut crime in Dallas. Plus developer turned Mayor of McKinney George Fuller is on the show to talk about his concerns over new laws out of the last Texas legislative session. Watch Lone Star Politics Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m. on NBC 5. Read More
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) talks about his recent trip to the border and what needs to be done about conditions there and the immigration battle. Plus he weighs in on talks that Texas is a purple state and what it means for the 2020 election. Also Houston attorney and former Representative Chris Bell talks about his effort to unseat longtime U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)… Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on Lone Star Politics. Read More
Long time State Senator Royce West is back on set for the first time since announcing his run for the seat held by U.S. Senator John Cornyn. Plus, we’re talking Sports, Entertainment and Transportation with the Mayor of Arlington. Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m. on Lone Star Politics. Read More