On Monday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi participated in a healthcare roundtable at Dallas County Health and Human Services. Pelosi was joined by Rep. Colin Allred, local health care leaders, and North Texans who told their personal health care stories. “On my...
Texas’ Third Court of Appeals issued an opinion on Monday evening that continues to prevent Gov. Greg Abbott’s anti-trans order to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. The governor’s order directed the agency to investigate gender-affirming...
Even after passing Senate Bill 8, anti-abortion activists are still yearning to take their extremism to a new level by targeting abortion funds in Texas. Now, two abortion funds in Texas have filed their own lawsuits as a legal counter. Last week, the Lilith Fund and...
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is in the hot seat after a recent sex-trafficking scandal showed just a sneak peek at injustices against children in the foster care system. Earlier this month a report out of Bastrop County accused...
On Wednesday, Rep. Lizzie Fletcher testified in front of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and urged the committee to include the Coastal Texas Study’s recommendations in the Water Resource Development Act of 2022 (WRDA) and to consider...
It’s no secret that Texas Republicans are bought and paid for by special interests. They have consistently stood in the way of any effort to change our reliance on cars and planes. This should come as no surprise, since one of the most influential interest groups in...
Texas is often the epicenter of extreme rightwing legislation that gets exported to other red states. That pattern is holding true with a new crop of abortions bans that copies the disturbing citizen vigilante enforcement feature of Senate Bill 8, which took effect...
Texans stand to gain a lot from switching over to approval voting, a method of voting that allows citizens to cast their ballot for more than one candidate. The winner would still be the candidate with the most support, but the method would prevent vote splitting and...
After Houstonian George Floyd was murdered in the streets of Minneapolis in 2020 by former police officer Derek Chauvin, the national conversation on police reform reached a peak in coverage the country hadn't seen in years. Floyd begging for his life in the nearly...