On Thursday, the Texas House of Representatives left HB 392 or the CROWN Act pending in the Senate Affairs committee. If passed, the bill would ban discrimination on the basis of texture or protective styles like twists, locs, braids and knots. The CROWN...
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Biden’s ICE Director nominee could turn a new leaf for immigration reform
On Tuesday, the White House nominated Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez as director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This position oversees day-to-day operations in ICE detention centers and facilities along the U.S. border. In Harris County,...
HillCo Partners lobbyist accused of allegedly giving a Capitol aide a “date rape” drug
On Saturday, The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed they were investigating an allegation against Texas lobbyist group HillCo Partners after one of their lobbyists was accused of giving a Texas Capitol aide a “date rape” drug. On Monday, over 30 Texas...
Texas legislators push for reform on no-knock warrants
A year after the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, Texas lawmakers are working to pass two new bills regulating law enforcement’s use and operation of no-knock warrants. If passed, HB 1272, authored by Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett and SB 1544, authored by Sen....
Police officers and public officals caught donating on GiveSendGo
After a data breach on the crowdfunding site GiveSendGo last week, several U.S police officers and public officials emails were linked to donations supporting 17-year-old murder suspect Kyle Rittenhouse and Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey. Rittenhouse is being...
Guilty verdict reached in Derek Chauvin trial
Jurors found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all three charges in the killing of 46-year-old George Floyd on April 20. Chauvin was found guilty of third-degree murder, second-degree murder and manslaughter. He was charged after he...
Texas Senators Advance ERCOT bill
The Electronic Reliability Council or ERCOT is back in the news cycle this week after the company asked millions of Texans to try to conserve their energy because of the low supply and high demand on the power grid. In a tweet on April 1, ERCOT urged consumers...
Gun v. Taser: Does Potter’s shooting of Daunte Wright make sense?
In yet another police involved shooting in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, 20-year-old Daunte Wright was shot and killed in his car after he was pulled over for an expired car registration according to a Brooklyn Center Police report on April 13. According to his...
Biden announces executive orders on guns
In a press conference last week, Joe Biden announced six executive orders on gun policies. The six orders include an annual report on gun trafficking from the Department of Justice, filing “ghost guns” and pistols with modifiers under the National Firearms Act,...
Could these two Senate bills weaken Democratic voters in Texas?
Texas chief justices, attorneys and legislators spoke out against Senate Bill 11 and SB 1529 last week in a Texas Senate Committee on Jurisprudence hearing for its lack of minority inclusion. According to Senate documents, these two bills will change the...