Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke visited Houston on Saturday for a town hall in Spring Branch. Speaking to attendees at the Lazy Oaks Beer Garden, O’Rourke talked about his desire to raise teacher pay, connect the Texas electrical grid to the rest of...
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Poll shows Greg Abbott with two-point lead over Beto O’Rourke
On Friday Texas Lyceum released its annual statewide poll, a major survey on the top issues facing Texans and their opinion on Texas leaders. The biggest attention-grabbing news from the poll is just how close things are at the top of the ticket in the 2022...
Texas House LGBTQ Caucus Chair Mary Gonzalez on Abbott’s anti-trans order
Texas House lawmakers recently penned a letter to Department of Family and Protective Services Commissioner Jaime Masters expressing concern with Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to investigate the parents of transgender youth for child abuse. Lawmakers said the order (which...
Harris County gets shoutout as example of successful bail reform
Harris County's misdemeanor bail reform efforts recently got a hat tip from the Prison Policy Initiative, a non-profit, non-partisan national advocacy group that focuses on mass criminalization. Since 2019, the state’s largest county has taken aim at the money...
Abortion funds threaten to sue Rep. Briscoe Cain for false and defamatory statements
Earlier this month, Republican Texas House lawmaker Briscoe Cain sent Texas abortion funds cease-and-desist letters, threatening the funds, their donors and volunteers with criminal prosecution unless they stopped helping fund abortions in Texas. Now, the Texas Equal...
Don’t turn the Gulf into a sacrifice zone, environmental groups tell Biden
Gulf Coast environmental groups are speaking out against a new plan by the Biden administration to expand U.S. gas supply to Europe in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The White House plan is an attempt to curb Europe’s reliance on Russian fossil fuels,...
Bipartisan Texas House lawmakers ask execution of Melissa Lucio to be stopped
Lawmakers from both parties gathered on Thursday to hold a press conference in favor of delaying or stopping the execution of Melissa Lucio, a 53-year-old woman convicted of murdering her two-year-old daughter. “I have never seen a more troubling case than the...
Texas Supreme Court hears arguments against new GOP redistricting maps
On Wednesday, the Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments against the state’s newest redistricting maps that were finalized last year and are set to last until the next decennial census. The litigation is being brought forth by the Mexican American Legislative...
Texas appeals court continues to block Abbott’s anti-trans DFPS order
Texas’ Third Court of Appeals issued an opinion on Monday evening that continues to prevent Gov. Greg Abbott’s anti-trans order to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. The governor’s order directed the agency to investigate gender-affirming...
Congressional committee holds hearing over Texas mail ballot rejections
Members of Congress held a virtual hearing on Thursday to discuss the thousands of rejected mail ballots during the 2022 Texas primary. Almost 23,000 mail ballots were rejected across 187 Texas counties during the March primary, according to the Associated...