The purpose and meaning of Pride Month for LGBTQ Texans. Legislatively and politically speaking, this has been a brutal year for LGBTQ Texans. According to the Human Rights Campaign, across the country this year, more than 500 anti-LGBTQ+ bills were introduced,...
This year’s report is an alarming wake-up call for policymakers and our community: we are not meeting our children’s needs.
The closer we get to Sine Die, the official adjournment of the Texas Legislature, the faster things move in the Texas Legislature, and if the beginning of this week is any indication, the rest of Texas felt left out. Here’s a quick recap of what’s happening around the...
If President Biden’s rule is finalized, this will make DACA recipients eligible for these programs for the first time.
President Biden tackles gun violence while Texas Republicans continue to move to the fringe on guns even after Uvalde.
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...
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 This week,...
Fellow Readers, I started Texas Signal back in 2019 to fill a critical gap in the Texas political landscape. For years, Republicans fought an open war against the truth in Texas. Right-wing media has unfortunately flourished in the state with little to no...
Alexandra Mealer, the upstart Republican candidate who raised millions of dollars in her unsuccessful challenge to Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, is mounting another challenge to the incumbent judge, this time in a courtroom. Mealer announced that she was pursuing...