The walkout by Democratic lawmakers on Sunday night to kill Gov. Greg Abbott’s favorite voter suppression bill was a fitting end to a dramatic legislative session that had no business being dramatic. Entering session amid a pandemic, economic recession, recovering oil...
In a press conference on Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott signed four bills into law that he said would penalize rioting and stop cities from defunding the police. “In Texas we support the men and women in law enforcement,” Abbott said. “We don’t demonize or defund...
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...
Much attention has been given to Democrats blocking the passage of SB 7, a Republican “election integrity” bill, by staging a dramatic walkout late Sunday night to break quorum. SB 7 has received quite a bit of attention nationwide as part of a wave of GOP efforts to...
Members of the Texas House Democratic Caucus held a press conference on Monday to reflect on the legislative session and missed opportunities from Republican leaders in Austin. “We should have been dealing with the effects of a global pandemic that left 50,000...
Local progressive leaders met virtually on Friday to tout the launch of Our Future Texas, a new nonprofit political action group that will work to elect and support grassroots activists and community leaders. Lawmakers and officials backing the new organization...
It’s been an eventful month for Texas, to say the least. Bravo’s Housewives of Dallas was embroiled in race-fueled controversy. New arrival Elon Musk hosted one of the most awkward shows in Saturday Night Live history. And the Dallas Mavericks, who haven’t won a...
On Wednesday, the Texas House voted 94-52 to pass Senate Bill 14, legislation that prohibits local governments from passing laws that guarantee worker protections and benefits. The intent of the bill, Republican lawmakers and Democratic co-author Rep. Eddie Lucio III...
There’s a new gold rush in Texas. It’s not for oil or natural gas, but for cryptocurrency. Two new Texas-based Bitcoin mining facilities have been announced in just the past week. One is from Marathon Digital Holdings in partnership with Compute North, while the other...