With less than two weeks remaining until election day, progressive immigrants rights attorney Jessica Cisneros is raising far more cash than her conservative-Democrat opponent Rep. Henry Cuellar in Texas’ 28th Congressional District. Between April 1 and May 4,...
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Crystal Mason, Texas voter sentenced to five years, gets case sent back to lower court
Civil rights groups are celebrating a decision by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to remand and send back a lower court decision sentencing a Fort Worth area woman to 5 years in prison for “illegal voting.” In 2018, Crystal Mason was convicted for voting in the...
Congressional Lawmakers Want an Investigation into Operation Lone Star
Nine Congressional Texas Democrats penned a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen this week, urging the treasurer to investigate where the funding for Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star Star is coming from. Operation Lone Star is an immigration...
Thousands Join Beto O’Rourke, Houston Lawmakers in Abortion Rights Rally
Thousands of Houstonians visited Discovery Green on Saturday to rally for abortion rights with Democratic gubernatrial candidate Beto O’Rourke, Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee, and Sylvia Garcia, and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo. “My entire life, Roe v. Wade has been the...
Austin decriminalizes marijuana, bans no-knock warrants
Austin voters over the weekend overwhelmingly voted in favor of Proposition A, a city ordinance to eliminate enforcement of low-level marijuana offenses and ban the use of no-knock warrants by Austin police. Eighty-six percent of Austinies voted in favor of Prop...
Republicans Want to Ban Abortion in Every State, Warns El Paso Lawmaker
At a Thursday press conference deriding a leaked draft decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar warned about the consequences of losing the landmark decision and spoke out against the conservative justices...
Texas abortion funds, Biden react to leaked SCOTUS ruling on Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a leaked initial draft of the ruling obtained by Politico. In Texas, where a trigger law is set in place for the very day that happens, abortion would become illegal. House Bill 1280 would...
House Science Committee discusses need for urgent climate adaptation
The House Science, Space, & Technology Committee held a hearing on Thursday to discuss the latest climate change news and the next steps in averting further global warming. Much of the 3-hour hearing focused on the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on...
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals grants stay of execution for Melissa Lucio
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted a stay of execution for Melissa Lucio, a South Texas woman believed by many to be wrongly convicted of capital murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter. Lucio was scheduled for execution on Wednesday, April 27....
Joaquin Castro, Texas AFL-CIO back bill to support seasonal workers
Reps. Joaquin Castro (TX-20) and Judy Chu (CA-27) held a press conference with labor leaders on Friday to rally support for the Seasonal Worker Solidarity Act of 2022. The legislation would reform the H-2B guest worker visa program to facilitate recruitment, require...