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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.
July 2022 Top 10
Read about gun control, infrastructure expansion, and immigration policies in the July issues of Rising Lonestars.
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
- NYC Mayor Adams says Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is a ‘global embarrassment’on August 10, 2022 at 10:09 pm
After another round of rattled asylum seekers from Texas arrived in New York on … But the commissioner of immigrant affairs, Manuel Castro, …
- ‘She has no hope of going home,’ says Texas grandma of 15-year-old detained in murder caseon August 10, 2022 at 9:43 pm
The judge issued the order to keep the teen at the Tarrant County Juvenile Detention Center on Aug. 3 with her next hearing expected to be held …
- Texas state police can keep Uvalde records secret for now, judge rules – KWTXon August 10, 2022 at 9:38 pm
The order by Travis County 419th Civil District Court Judge Catherine A. Mauzy was narrow, however, and sidestepped the question of whether the …
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