WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is the hardest of Capitol Hill's hard-core conservatives, a former prosecutor and failed judicial nominee whose sternly worded views on immigration, drugs, gun rights and more would distinctly stamp the Justice Department if he's confirmed as attorney...

By Julio Vega and Taylor Roberts Staff Writers @TheEtCetera Democrat Victoria Neave upset Republican incumbent Kenneth Sheets in a close race Tuesday to become the new Texas state representative in District 107, while Republican Cindy Burkett, an Eastfield graduate, was re-elected in District 113. Neave...

By Parker Ward Cristhian Herrera and Jacqueline Estrada Contributors @TheEtCetera Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson and Republican Jeb Hensarling scored easy victories Tuesday night to keep their seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Johnson was elected for a 13th term as the District 30 representative,...

By David Silva Editor in Chief @DavidSilvaETC Government professor Phoenix Rousseau, known for her eccentric personality and love of animals, died of cancer Oct. 29, about a year after her diagnosis. Rousseau became a full-time professor at Eastfield in fall 2005. The Social Sciences Division...

By Parker Ward Contributor @TheEtCetera Incumbent Lupe Valdez (D) easily defeated her opponent, businessman Kirk Launius, with 59 percent of the vote to keep her seat as Dallas County sheriff. The race was a rematch of the 2012 sheriff’s contest. Elaine Sacks, who has worked for Hillary...

Jeb Bush begs for applause and bear-hugs supporters Jeb Bush, a man who doesn’t know how to put on a zip-up hoodie, politely asked the audience for applause at a New Hampshire campaign event. It was probably intended as a joke, but this is coming from a guy who got so excited when a voter voiced...

By JAMES HARTLEY Managing Editor @JamesHartleyETC Eastfield’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Division is building new labs, creating credit-transfer agreements with four-year universities and hiring special academic advisers with a $4.5 million grant from the Department of Education. Funds...

By KILEE TORREZ Contributor @TheEtCetera With his parents in another country, Juan Terrazas and his younger sister were left to fend for themselves at a young age. Terrazas came to the United States from Mexico with his mother and sister when he was 5. The family was reunited with his father,...

Updated Nov. 8 at 10:17 p.m. LOS ANGELES – An elderly man was killed and two others were wounded Tuesday when an assailant armed with a military-style rifle opened fire in a residential area of Azusa, forcing authorities to secure the neighborhood and shut down nearby polling places – sending...