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For many women, the first 12 weeks after delivery can feel like a blur of recovery, sleep deprivation, feeding schedules, ...

With her marathon filibuster of an anti-abortion bill last summer, Wendy Davis got the whole country talking about women's rights in Texas; a year later, she's running for governor. But it's not just ...

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Three weeks after Leticia Van de Putte entered this year’s mayoral race, she received a $25,000 contribution from Austin businessman Kenneth Jastrow. The donation was intended for the account of her ...

Have you heard that Texas, a red state, is turning purple? And, according to CNN - where I've been a contributor for almost 10 years - a Latina Democrat is forcing the change. Are we sure about this?

AUSTIN - State Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, will - sort of - end months of speculation Thursday with an announcement about her intentions to run as the Democratic nominee for lieutenant ...

Voters handed control of the Texas Senate to its most conservative member Tuesday, putting a landslide-sized exclamation point on the state's rightward shift by choosing Houston tea party favorite Dan ...

Mayoral frontrunner Leticia Van de Putte said Wednesday she would return some of the funds she transfered from a state campaign account to her mayoral coffers because allegations of impropriety have ...

In a debate at Austin's KLRU-TV, Channel 18, Democrat Leticia Van de Putte, her party’s nominee for lieutenant governor, revisited her declared desire to battle the "high stakes" state-mandated exams ...

Fresh off her loss in the long-shot race for Texas Lieutenant Governor, longtime state lawmaker Leticia Van de Putte unexpectedly jumped into the crowded field of candidates hoping to be San Antonio ...

“At what point must a female senator raise her hand or her voice to be recognized over the male colleagues in the room?” That was the comment made by state Sen. Leticia Van De Putte, D-San Antonio, ...