Yesterday, hearings were held at the Texas State Capitol for a slew of anti-abortion bills filed in both the House and Senate. Enacting anti-abortion legislation is a major priority for conservatives in Texas, even though a month ago millions of Texans lost power and...
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back to archiveDemocrats continue to criticize Abbott for voter suppression bills
Democrats and local elected officials continue to sound the alarm on a series of sweeping voter suppression bills being backed by Gov. Greg Abbott. “We don’t have voter fraud in Texas but we did have massive systemwide grid failure, statewide power outages, bursted...
Lessons from Harvey survivors for Texans recovering from the snowstorm
As Texans continue to recover from the snowstorm and electrical grid failure, thousands are now looking to the government for help repairing their homes and restoring normalcy to their lives. It will not be easy, survivors of Hurricane Harvey tell the Signal. Juanita...
Op-Ed: It’s time for the Green New Deal in the fossil fuel capital of the world
Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Ike. The 2015 Memorial Day Floods. Hurricane Harvey. The 2019 ITC Chemical Plant Fire. And now the Winter Storms of 2021. Living in the oil and gas capital of the world, it’s no surprise that every few seasons come with another 800-year...
Lawmakers urge Texans to continue masking up despite Abbott’s orders
Health experts, elected officials, and Democrats in Texas are concerned that Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order lifting the statewide mask mandate and fully opening businesses will set the state back in the fight against COVID-19. “If you’re interested in knowing what...
Musings: On the Road in the State of Denial
They stuck out like sore thumbs, just like the dilapidated houses often found at the end of their gravel driveways. It starts with a lone sign at the end of a long drive somewhere south of Glen Rose and grows into a spattering as you pass through a small town square....
Joe Biden visits Houston as snowstorm recovery continues
President Joe Biden visited Houston with First Lady Jill Biden on Friday to meet with officials and aid workers following last week's devastating snowstorm. During his visit, Biden stopped by the Houston Food Bank and traveled to the Harris County Emergency Operations...
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....
Orlando isn’t as nice as Cancún, Cruz tells CPAC crowd
"I gotta say, Orlando is awesome. It's not as nice as Cancún. But it's nice,” Sen. Ted Cruz told a crowd of attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday. Cruz’s opening remarks were referring to his flight to Cancún to escape last week’s...
Greg Abbott’s spin on wind turbines isn’t insulating him from conservative criticism
I always tip my hat to Republicans for their ability to tie their brand so closely to the identity of Texas but it's also why they couldn’t escape the blame when the Lone Star State went dark. “I’m taking responsibility for the current state of ERCOT,” Gov. Greg...