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Rising LoneStars®
Executive Editor: Simon Nichols
Rising LoneStars® is committed to tracking Texas’ rising up-and-coming local government leaders and providing quality information, such as campaign finance documentation, salaries, and more.
About Rising Lonestars®
This site aggregates local city and county officials’ contact and election information in Texas’ major counties for political and policy professionals interested in the impacts of local government. Additionally, we collect news items that allow us to identify a non-partisan list of local government officials who take a consistent leadership role in public policy development. These are the Rising Lonestars®, or the “ones to watch,” from across the diverse state of Texas.
County Officials
Our team compiles data on the county elected officials of the 35 largest counties in Texas.
City Council Members
Access our database to find up-to-date information on city council members for over 200 of Texas’ largest cities.
School Boards
View contact and election information for school board officials from every ISD within Texas’ 34 largest counties.
Local News
Below is a constantly updating feed of local Texas news stories
- Longview Boy Scouts hold flag retirement ceremony for Memorial Day – KLTVon May 29, 2023 at 4:49 pm
KLTV’s Jamey Boyum talked with Gregg County Sheriff Maxey Cerliano and Gregg County Precinct 2 Commissioner Ray Bostick, Jr., about the event. By …
- From Fitz: The new Big 12 suddenly finds itself thriving under Brett Yormark’s leadershipon May 29, 2023 at 4:24 pm
Going back to the Big 12 Conference’s arrival in 1996, Texas owned the soul of the league, but now with the pending departure of UT and Oklahoma, …
- Courthouse in mourning | News – mysoutex.comon May 29, 2023 at 3:59 pm
Mary Jane Martin could never get over the times when someone would ask her if she and her daughter, Pam Martin, were twins.
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