The midterm elections are still over three months away, but that isn’t stopping Republicans from openly laying out their political plans for if they take control of the House of Representatives. In what would likely be a replay of the game plan used in Benghazi...
Environmentalist groups and their allies held a press conference in Austin on Tuesday to pressure Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton into litigating polluters. Luke Metzger, executive director of the nonprofit Environment Texas, accused Paxton of stalling several...
The Affordable Care Act has managed to survive twelve years, but it finally may meet a slow demise thanks to a lawsuit in Texas that is seeking to obliterate preventive care requirements. The plaintiffs would like to end a provision within the ACA which requires...
The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District trustees unanimously voted to send a request to Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special session on gun violence. The school board wants the governor and legislatures to pass a bill to change the legal age to buy...
Voting rights advocates have seen few wins in Texas, especially since the Republican legislature passed the sweeping voter suppression bill known as Senate Bill 1. However, recently, there was one ruling that struck down at least a portion of SB 1, which impeded...
On Monday, organizers with Ground Game Texas and Sunrise Movement El Paso announced they had secured enough signatures to launch a ballot initiative for a climate charter in the city of El Paso. The ballot initiative would see the creation of a city-wide climate...
On Friday, the U.S. Justice Department announced it opened an environmental justice investigation into the City of Houston’s operations relating to illegal dumping. The Civil Rights Division of the department will investigate whether the city discriminated against...
In a 10-0 vote, Austin City Council passed a resolution to decriminalize abortion in the state capital. The resolution also asks law enforcement to make prosecuting abortion seekers and abortion providers their lowest priority. And stops agencies from...
On Wednesday, Houston Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia introduced a bill requiring employers to offer a paid rest break for construction workers. The legislation would guarantee construction workers at least one 15-minute paid rest break every four hours of work,...