The Texas Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would require the governor to call a special session in order to extend a major disaster declaration over 30 days. The move would impose a substantial limit on gubernatorial power and reflects lawmakers’ […]
With the May 1st statewide municipal elections just a couple of weeks away, Texas GOP Chairman Allen West may have dropped an April surprise in Garland, Texas. Over this past weekend, Chairman West released a video announcing his endorsement of […]
Reps. James Talarico (D) and Four Price (R) announced their plans last week to cap out-of-pocket costs for insulin at $50 a month. The legislation has since attracted bicameral and bipartisan support. Talarico was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in […]
Last week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers presented a legislative package that seeks to expand access to healthcare across Texas. The eleven bills which make up the ‘Healthy Families, Healthy Texas’ package include efforts to expand telehealth options, streamline the eligibility […]
In response to President Joe Biden’s recent slew of executive actions announced on Thursday aiming to reduce gun violence, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has vowed to make Texas a “2nd Amendment Sanctuary state.” Biden undertook his first attempt as president […]
A group of nine Texans have filed a lawsuit against the state’s attorney general Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Filed on Thursday by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the […]
Amid the various crises roiling America at the moment—the last innings of COVID-19; voting rights; the initial efforts of the new administration; and much else—it’s easy to miss a small working paper in an economics journal. But that small paper […]
A detention facility in San Antonio, Texas has seen migrants triple in less than two weeks, and now state and federal agencies are receiving complaints that abuse is taking place.
After the Texas Senate unanimously approved a two-year $250 billion state budget Tuesday, school districts, education associations, and corporations are lobbying the Legislature to release federal funds to Texas schools in response to pandemic-related losses. The Senate’s budget includes $117.9 […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration yesterday over its procedures for deporting undocumented immigrants who have been convicted of crimes. Alleging that Biden’s policies “allow dangerous illegal aliens already convicted of felony offenses to freely roam the […]
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