Texas Democrats Back Together In Dallas
After a long four years, Texas Democrats are finally back together in-person for their biggest event of the year: the Convention. In Dallas, delegates, candidates, and volunteers teemed into the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Thursday for a rousing kickoff...
Environmental Defense Fund Launches Texas PAC
Environmental Defense Action Fund, the campaign arm of the Environmental Defense Fund, announced this week it would be launching a Texas political action committee to elect pro-climate candidates. The move comes after the Supreme Court declared war on the...
AOC, Crenshaw Pass Psychedelics Amendments in Bipartisan Rarity
On the night of July 12, the House of Representatives passed a pair of amendments to the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for 2023 that work together to accomplish the long-standing objective of veterans’ advocates to officially explore the effectiveness of...
Beto To Give Keynote Speech at Texas Democratic Convention
Gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke is slated to give the keynote speech at this year’s Texas Democratic Convention. The convention will occur on Friday and Saturday and see Democrats from around the state gather at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in...
Texas Braces for New COVID Surge
In what has become a habitual story over the past two and half years, health-conscious Texans must once again prepare themselves for a surge in COVID-19 cases caused by a contagious new variant that is quickly spreading across the state and country. The BA.5 variant...
Hany Khalil Talks Union Power in the Texas Gulf Coast
Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation Executive Director Hany Khalil was recently appointed to the AFL-CIO General Board, a main decision-making body at the AFL-CIO where he will serve as a regional representative. Among the general board’s top responsibilities:...
AOC, Lieu pressure Senate to clarify if Kavanaugh, Gorsuch lied under oath
Last week, Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Rep. Ted Lieu (CA-36) sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer requesting the Senate investigate whether Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch lied under oath on their viewpoints of Roe v. Wade. ...
At The Fifth Circuit, The DACA Waiting Game Continues
Last week, the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments in the case Texas v. United States, challenging the lawfulness of the DACA program. Texas, along with eight other states, wants to end DACA, which provides temporary legal status to immigrants brought to the United...
Beto announces 49-day Texas tour
On Monday Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke announced a 49-day tour through Texas, promising to visit more than 65 counties and hold more than 70 public events. The 5,600-mile tour will begin next week in O'Rourke’s hometown of El Paso and wrap up in...
ERCOT urges Texans to save energy Monday
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas is warning about extreme hot weather and its strain on the power grid. The state agency urged Texans to conserve electricity on Monday, July 11 between 2-8 p.m. ERCOT said record high electric demand and low wind...
President Biden Signs Underwhelming Executive Order on Reproductive Healthcare
Two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court repealed the constitutional right to an abortion, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to protect access to abortion and reproductive healthcare after pressure from Democratic lawmakers and constituents to act. ...
Immigrant Rights Group Calls for DOJ Intervention on Abbott Border Stunt
Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Thursday “authorizing and empowering” the National Guard Texas Department of Public Safety to apprehend migrants and return them to the border. The nonprofit immigrant rights group RAICES called the move an unlawful...
Fort Bend Pipeline Explosion Still Under Investigation
The Fort Bend County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management says the pipeline explosion that occurred late Thursday morning is still under investigation. A spokesperson for the emergency office said the fire was put out after the flow to the pipeline...
Abortion Provider Whole Women’s Health Plans to Move to New Mexico
The Whole Women’s Health Organization, one of Texas’s biggest independent abortion providers, plans to relocate to a border city in New Mexico. This move comes after the Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of a 1925 Texas law which banned all abortions in the state...
Harris County Selects Clifford Tatum as the New Elections Administrator
Harris County Election Commission officials voted unanimously on Tuesday to confirm Clifford Tatum to serve as the county’s new elections administrator. Tatum served as General Counsel for the U.S. Election Assistance Commission and is the former executive director...