Politics

Six days into the new year, Americans turned on their televisions, scrolled through their social media accounts, and were confronted with images of extremists breaking into The U.S.

The Capitol riot of Jan. 6 is still making waves throughout the country. Since then, many protesters have said that they did not expect the protest to become violent.

They looked like they were flying to Las Vegas for the weekend. A group of friends, all wearing sunglasses, posed for a photo in front of a private plane, its landing gear on the centerline, waiting for the passengers to board.

Last week, Texas icon Matthew McConaughey, a centrist flirting with a Texas governor’s run, argued that Trump supporters are simply “putting down their last bastion of defense” in an interview with British comedian Russell Brand.

Collin County voters broke the ties in four runoff elections on Tuesday, settling council races in Anna, Celina, Princeton, and Frisco. In Frisco, Place 5 council seat was still up for grabs.

Nearly a month after voters recalled Councilmember La'Shadion Shemwell, McKinney City Council turned to a local pastor on Tuesday evening to replace him as the District 1 representative.

With the recount of the presidential election ongoing, and local election runoffs happening in December, Angelia Pelham, CEO of Real Talk Executive Coaching and Mentoring, has officially announced her bid for Frisco City Council Place 3.

As the 2020 ballots rolled in many eyes were on Collin County. For years now, the prediction has been that Collin County, one of Texas’s most Republican counties, might be on the verge of turning blue.

On Wednesday, a day after his recall election, La’Shadion Shemwell appeared in a Facebook Live video to speak to his constituents. He wore a mask and bulletproof vest, and walked around the sunny downtown McKinney square.

Election Day is perhaps the most important day of the year. Across the country, people will be turning out in droves to exercise one of the most important rights we have: the right to vote.