Critics of the controversial state representative noticed a surge of right-wing donors after her anti-LGBTQ votes.
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Texas Pride
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,...
Op-Ed: Put Texas Kids First
This year’s report is an alarming wake-up call for policymakers and our community: we are not meeting our children’s needs.
Sine Die: Impeachment Edition
Today may be Memorial Day 2023, but for the brave souls fighting some of the most extreme policies in the nation at the Texas capitol, it also serves as something of a holiday in its own right: Sine Die, the final day of the legislative session at which point there is...
The Texas House Votes to Impeach Republican AG Ken Paxton
Texas House debated and voted on 20 articles of impeachment including bribery and obstruction of justice.
Has time run out for Ken Paxton?
No matter what else we can say about Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General has a peculiar set of survival skills. Despite indictments, sex scandals, and federal investigations, Paxton has continued to get re-elected to one of the top posts in Texas government,...
Update: Texas is still a battleground state
Colin Allred has only officially been a candidate for United States Senate against Ted Cruz for a few weeks, but to say the North Texas congressman has made the most of that time would be a wild understatement. Allred made a massive splash in the race against Ted Cruz...
Texas Attorney General Accuses Fellow Republican House Speaker of Being Drunk on the Job
Paxton’s comment follows the surfacing of a video showing Phelan slurring his words while leading the Texas House. Texas Republican infighting has reached new heights as we approach the end of the legislative session. In a statement posted to twitter on Tuesday,...
Texas Legislative Round-Up: The Death Rattle (Part One)
For the last 4 months, we’ve provided weekly updates on the Texas Legislature. As we come to a close on this legislative session, hours and days have a way of blending into one another. That’s why we have labeled these final round-ups as the “Death Rattle” sub-series....