Op-Ed: No drugs, no arrest, but Texas police take cash anyway
Mississippi driver Ameal Woods worried about thieves when he came to Texas with $42,000 to buy trucking equipment in 2019. So he took precautions. He separated his cash into two groups: one for a trailer and the other for a tractor, if he found one at the right price....
Science PAC to run ads against Abbott’s anti-choice donors
314 Action, a political action committee that helps elect scientists, announced Friday they would be launching a campaign to expose Gov. Greg Abbott’s anti-choice donors. The multimillion-dollar effort will target three of Abbott’s donors; Susan Gurney and...
Congressional Texas Dems draw heat for backing fossil fuel subsidies
Texas climate change activists with the Sunrise Movement are condemning several congressional Texas Democrats for supporting fossil fuel subsidies in a major tax plan and spending bill. President Joe Biden and Progressive House Democrats have been pushing for the...
Ken Paxton suing more schools over mask mandates
Earlier this week Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he was suing several school districts who had instituted mask mandates. Paxton has been adamant about enforcing Greg Abbott’s executive order GA-38 which prevents any local lawmaker or school district from...
Will Texas get a new city built from scratch?
Former Walmart executive and billionaire Marc Lore has announced plans to build a sustainable, diverse, and equitable city from scratch, and its location might be in Texas. Telosa, which derives its name from the Ancient Greek word for “highest purpose,” is an...
Federal judge grants Oct. 1 hearing on anti-abortion law
After the United States Department of Justice filed a preliminary injunction/restraining order against Texas in another attempt to halt Senate Bill 8, a federal judge granted the Biden administration a hearing on Oct. 1 to review temporarily banning the anti-abortion...
Immigration reform passes key congressional committee
For the first time in decades, it appears Congress is on the precipice of passing comprehensive immigration reform. The move would open a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants in the country. On Monday, the House Judiciary Committee passed a...
Mike Collier raises $1 million in bid against Dan Patrick
Democratic Candidate for Texas Lt. Governor Mike Collier has raised more than $1 million in his bid challenging Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, a press release revealed Tuesday. Collier ran against Patrick in 2018 and lost by less than five percentage points. The auditor...
How Texas got its Progressive Caucus
It was no coincidence the Texas Progressive Caucus formed days after a string of Democrats suddenly returned to Austin to restore quorum in the House. Although a press release announcing its formation made no mention of quorum, its founding members remained in...
Tropical Storm Nicholas is coming to Texas
Tropical Storm Nicholas is expected to make landfall Monday evening predominately impacting the Gulf Coast region of Texas and parts of Louisiana. According to a report by the National Hurricane Center, Nicholas is expected to produce 8 to 16 inches of total...
New anti-abortion law prompts economic fallout
It’s a lesson that everyone learns from a young age: actions have consequences. In Texas, Republican lawmakers are realizing that their extreme anti-abortion bill, which took effect September 1, is causing major ramifications in the business world. For years,...
What President Biden’s employer vaccine order means for Texans
Last Thursday, President Joe Biden made his most aggressive move to date to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking from the White House, the president unveiled new, sweeping coronavirus vaccine mandates that will impact millions of Americans and, hopefully, spur a...
An important Op-Ed about the Ike Dike
Build the Ike Dike. That’s it, that’s the Op-Ed. Photo: US Army Corps of Engineers
Reflecting on 20 years of war on 9/11’s 20th anniversary
On its 20th anniversary, the world will stop and mourn the 2,977 lives lost on September 11, 2021 when the extremist terrorist group Al Qaeda hijacked four planes and conducted suicide attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and a...
Samsung to build advanced chip factory in Texas
On Wednesday, the Taylor City Council and Williamson County approved incentives to lure a $17 billion Samsung chip factory to Taylor. This comes amid a global chip shortage that has left nations scrambling to secure their supply chains. Under the planned...