President Biden takes major new actions to conserve and restore lands and waters across the nation, including by establishing Castner Range National Monument in Texas.
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Texas Legislative Round-Up: Week Ten
Welcome to the Texas Legislative Round-up! We are here to break down the latest news from the Texas Legislative session in Austin. Every week, we’ll give you the honest take on the news that impacts you – without pretending it doesn’t. Week in Review “Dr. Hotze I know...
The Houston ISD Takeover Explained
On Wednesday, the Texas Education Agency officially announced they were taking over Houston ISD. The threat had been omnipresent for years, but in the past few weeks the drumbeat of a potential takeover of the state’s largest school district became deafening. The TEA...
Biden takes action on gun violence
President Biden tackles gun violence while Texas Republicans continue to move to the fringe on guns even after Uvalde.
Abortion In The News
Last week saw a whirlwind of headlines regarding abortion in Texas. Even with multiple abortion bans, the state is not done trying to limit access to abortion care. First, there was a lawsuit from the Center for Reproductive Rights filed on behalf of five women and...
Texas Legislative Round-Up: Week Nine
Welcome to the Texas Legislative Round-up! We are here to break down the latest news from the Texas Legislative session in Austin. Every week, we’ll give you the honest take on the news that impacts you – without pretending it doesn’t. Week in Review Every week,...
Who’s the real thug, Dan Patrick?
Top Texas Republican uses “racially charged” term in his discussion of public schools to C-suite execs. At the swanky Stephen F Austin Royal Sonesta Hotel in Austin on Wednesday, Republican firebrand Lt. Governor Dan Patrick was invited to give the keynote speech at...
Texas Legislative Round-Up: Week Eight
Welcome to the Texas Legislative Round-up! We are here to break down the latest news from the Texas Legislative session in Austin. Every week, we’ll give you the honest take on the news that impacts you – without pretending it doesn’t. Week in Review Another...
THE FIGHT FOR TRANSGENDER RIGHTS AT THE TEXAS CAPITOL
Nearly no other issue has embodied the backward obsessions of the modern-day Texas GOP more than the fight for transgender rights in Texas. In 2015, Texas conservatives set their eyes on repealing the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO), which expanded civil rights...
Abortion Funds Tout New Ruling
The news about abortion access in Texas has been dreadful, and somehow it always seems to get worse. Last Friday, however, offered at least some reprieve for several Texas abortion funds. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman ruled that a decades-old abortion law on the...