Blaise Gainey
Texas Capitol ReporterBlaise Gainey is the youngest of three siblings, a loving husband and a father of two.
He covers state politics for The Texas Newsroom.
He previously worked at Nashville Public Radio, where he reported on state politics, elections and breaking news. Prior to that, he covered state politics in Tallahassee, Florida, at WFSU, the local NPR station.
While at WFSU, Blaise won a Regional Edward R. Murrow in Hard News for his coverage of the police shooting death of .
His work has aired on the BBC, NPR’s Morning Edition, All Things Considered and a myriad of national newscasts. He’s also made live appearances on PBS NewsHour and local television stations in Nashville and Tallahassee.
Gainey grew up in Central Florida, then moved to North Florida for college and stayed for work.
He has an undergraduate degree from Florida A&M University.
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When the governor called the Texas Legislature into special session after July’s historic floods, he topped his priority list with passing bills to better prepare the state for future natural disasters. Here’s a look at six new measures lawmakers just passed. -
House Bill 35 goes into effect on Sept. 1, creating a new program that aims to connect firefighters and EMS workers across Texas with peer-to-peer mental health support. -
The Texas Senate voted to approve a controversial, mid-decade redistricting bill that redraws the state’s congressional map in Republican’s favor. The new districts could give the GOP as many as five more seats in Congress after the 2026 midterm elections. -
After protests, a two-week quorum break and out-of-state pressure, the Texas House passed a new map for the state’s congressional districts on Wednesday. The bill now proceeds to the Texas Senate, which is weighing a slightly different redistricting map. -
Texas House Democrats returned to Austin on Monday, restoring the chamber's quorum. With their return, the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature will likely move quickly to pass a new map of the state’s congressional districts. -
About 5,000 people gathered at the Capitol on Saturday to protest President Trump and the Texas Legislature’s plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to give Republicans more seats in the U.S. House. -
The new special session started Friday with threats to House Democrats, who have signaled their intention to return to Texas after leaving the state to block the passage of a new GOP-friendly congressional map. -
More than 50 Democratic Texas House members have been out of state for nearly two weeks in an effort to block a Republican-led legislation that would redraw the state's congressional maps. On Thursday, they announced their conditions for returning to the Capitol in Austin. -
House Democrats seem set on remaining out of state as long as it takes to block a new Republican-backed congressional map. What does that mean for business at the Capitol? -
The Texas Senate’s packed floor session Tuesday wasn’t without its own political drama. Early on, nine of the chamber’s Democrats walked out to protest the redistricting plan that prompted the House quorum break.
