Following a decision by Gov. Greg Abbott, federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits are ending Saturday — more than 70 days before the federal benefits actually expire. That includes a weekly $300 unemployment supplement that continues to be relied on by...
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back to archiveTexas legislators push for reform on no-knock warrants
A year after the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, Texas lawmakers are working to pass two new bills regulating law enforcement’s use and operation of no-knock warrants. If passed, HB 1272, authored by Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett and SB 1544, authored by Sen....
Texas Democrats have been trying to fix ERCOT for years
Texas’ Republican leaders are trying to avoid responsibility for the disastrous blackouts by passing the buck to ERCOT. However, the Republican state government is still responsible for overseeing ERCOT, a responsibility they have spectacularly failed....
Far-right, pro-Trump protesters storm U.S. Capitol
Hundreds of supporters of President Trump descended on the Capitol grounds on Wednesday, bypassing security and police, and even breaching the chambers. The attempted coup, as some lawmakers are describing it, came after President Trump addressed a rally in Washington...
Giuliani Outbreak raises TX Lege questions
In unfortunate news no one could have possibly seen coming, outgoing President Donald Trump’s resident provocateur and attorney Rudy Giuliani was admitted to Georgetown University hospital this weekend after testing positive with COVID-19. At the age of 76, the...
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson asks U.S. health officials for equitable vaccine distribution
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson has penned a letter to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices asking for communities of color to be prioritized in the upcoming distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a panel of...
Lulu Seikaly on what a second COVID relief bill needs
On Wednesday, the Signal spoke to Democratic candidate Lulu Seikaly, an attorney running for Congress in the Plano area. Seikaly is facing off against one-term Republican incumbent Rep. Van Taylor and has managed to outraise him in the final few weeks of the race, as...
Gov. Abbott was the biggest loser in the SD 30 Special Election
Casual observers may not have been aware, but Gov. Greg Abbott is on the ballot in the Senate District 30 Special Election. It should have been a walk in the park for current state Rep. Drew Springer, a candidate Abbott previously endorsed, but the ground was shaken...
Abbott’s COVID-19 approval rating continues to plummet
The latest poll by the COVID-19 Consortium, a project by Harvard and other universities that survey the approval rating of governors during the pandemic, shows Gov. Greg Abbott’s approval rating has fallen for the sixth straight month in a row. Only 35 percent of...