For the moment, Senate Bill 7, the controversial voter suppression bill that Texas Republicans were attempting to pass before a midnight deadline, has been stopped. The current defeat came after Democrats in the Texas House walked off the floor and broke quorum. Texas...
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Chatting with the newest Executive Director of Battleground Texas
Battleground Texas, one of the largest organizations dedicated to flipping the state blue, recently announced they hired a new Executive Director: Terry Bermea. A native of the Rio Grande Valley, Bermea is poised to bring a new energy to the group as it prepares for a...
What Texans need to know about abortion access in the wake of Senate Bill 8
Even before the legislature convened, Texas Republicans were hyping legislation that would severely restrict abortion access in Texas. Last week, Gov. Abbott made it official by signing one of the most extreme anti-abortion bills in the country. Senate Bill 8 would...
Texas anti-trans sports bill will be debated on House floor
According to Equality Texas, 30 anti-LGBTQ bills were filed this legislative session, an increase over 50 percent from the last session in 2019. And now, an anti-trans sports bill that was a legislative priority for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, is now set for the major state...
A Mayor for All People(s): An Interview with Deborah Peoples
The following is a transcript of the Tex Mix podcast with host Jessica Montoya Coggins and Deborah Peoples, who is currently in a runoff election for Mayor of Fort Worth. A longtime advocate and activist in Fort Worth, Deborah is also the former chair of the Tarrant...
The latest Housewives of Dallas drama reveals a lot about the ‘anti-racism’ backlash
For many fans of reality television, the latest season of the Real Housewives of Dallas failed to live up to other franchises, like Salt Lake City or Potomac, in terms of ratings or drama. But now, after the season ended and the two-part reunion aired on Bravo, the...
Abbott signs Senate Bill 8, one of the most extreme anti-abortion laws in the country
Even before the Texas legislature convened in Austin, abortion advocates were bracing for a particularly hostile landscape in the state. Now the legislature and Gov. Abbott have delivered on one of the most extreme anti-abortion bills in the country, and there may be...
A Candidate’s Perspective: An Interview with Candace Valenzuela
The following is a transcript of the Tex Mix podcast with host Jessica Montoya Coggins and Candace Valenzuela, a mother, educator, and a former congressional candidate from TX-24. Candace gives us some insight about what it’s like campaigning as a progressive, and the...
What we know so far about Matthew McConaughey possibly running for governor
It’s the question looming over the 2022 election in Texas: will he or won’t he? The answer: we don’t know. But for now, Matthew McConaughey, the actor turned memoirist turned possible politician, is keeping pundits busy with the speculation that he is mulling a run...
Texas legislature votes down even studying Medicaid expansion
Like an 80’s horror villain, legislation in the Texas Capitol has a habit of coming back to life after it seems dead. However, in the case of Medicaid expansion, it does appear that any hope of passing in this legislative cycle is officially kaput. An amendment to the...