Marissa Greene, Author at The Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/author/marissa-greene/ Independent news. Trusted by Texans. Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-cropped-texas-tribune-favicon-32x32.png Marissa Greene, Author at The Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/author/marissa-greene/ 32 32 249301168 A Fort Worth church’s online class trains Christians to run for office. Now it may go national. https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/texas-mercy-culture-church-campaign-university/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=209932 An illustration of a pastor standing at a podium in front of a large colorful projection of the White House floating on a bed of clouds.

At the core of the program is the idea that there is no separation between what happens within the church and what happens in the government.

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Texans will vote on three seats for the state’s highest criminal court in November. Here’s what the court does, who is running for office and what issues candidates are running on.

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]]> 114814 Texans make the case for why voting matters https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/10/texas-voting-2022-matters/ Mon, 10 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/10/texas-voting-2022-matters/ Independent voter Brienne Reverendo fixes her daughter’s hair outside of their Pearland home on Sunday

The Texas Tribune spoke to Texans across the political spectrum and asked them to make their case for why voting matters this year. The deadline to register to vote was Oct. 11. Early voting runs from Oct. 24 to Nov. 4.

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