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Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, applies lipstick in her fifteenth hour of filibustering against Senate Bill 1 on Aug. 12, 2021. Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to ...

A payroll-padding scandal six months ago cost Carol Alvarado her job as mayor pro tem, but she kept a coveted piece of real estate along the horseshoe-shaped City Council dais. It's a green ...

Carol Alvarado passed the 15-hour mark, meeting her goal to last until 9 a.m. The Senate then gave final approval to Senate Bill 1 on an 18-11 party-line vote, with two Democrats absent for ...

City Councilwoman Carol Alvarado is one of at least five former University of Houston students who received retroactive degrees after a writing proficiency requirement was dropped in 1999 ...

Texas state Sen. Carol Alvarado filibustered for 15 hours in opposition to a Republican election bill. Alvarado, a Democrat, spoke continuously from about 5:50 pm on Wednesday to Thursday morning.

Just before 6 p.m. Wednesday, state Sen. Carol Alvarado of Houston stood up to begin a speech — and didn’t sit back down, lean on her desk, eat, drink or use the restroom until about 9 a.m ...

AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — As 8 a.m. approached Thursday, state Sen. Carol Alvarado entered the 15th hour of her filibuster against Senate Bill 1, the GOP’s priority bill that would place new ...

But it did illustrate something else: State Sen. Carol Alvarado spoke for 15 hours. Alvarado is a Democrat who represents parts of Houston and Harris County, and Inside Texas Politics spoke to her ...

But ultimately the bill she opposed passed Thursday on an 18-11 vote. State Sen. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, applies lipstick in her 15th hour of filibustering against Senate Bill 1. Credit ...

State Sen. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, applies lipstick in her fifteenth hour of filibustering against Senate Bill 1 on Aug. 12, 2021. Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers ...