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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While early reports from other parts of the country indicate black Americans are disproportionately likely to get sick or die from the new coronavirus,... -
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to grow in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday issued a proclamation that will allow municipalities to postpone... -
On the heels of Super Tuesday voting that left Texans waiting for hours to cast their ballots, Democrats are suing the state to overturn Republicans’... -
Texas counties have started seeing updates to the state’s election reporting system that will allow them to break out the vote totals needed to... -
As their counterparts in Iowa reel from a disastrously slow election returns process, Texas Democrats say they're worried that a change in the way Texas... -
Under the trio of crosses atop its sandy brick building, the McCabe Roberts Avenue United Methodist Church has a history of bringing people together.... -
A federal appeals court has overturned a previous ruling that could have opened the door to online voter registration in Texas. -
Worried about the suppression of young voters in 2020, national and Texas Democrats are suing the state over a newly implemented election measure that’s... -
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... -
Days after a white gunman murdered 22 people in El Paso in a shooting fueled by racism, Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday said that he will hold another...
