Jef Rouner
Houston Black And Hispanic Neighborhoods Fight Back Against Concrete Pollution
Houston has a long and unfortunate history when it comes to companies placing polluting sites near residential areas, particularly those that are majority Black,...
Houston Black and Hispanic Neighborhoods Fight Back Against Concrete Pollution
Houston has a long and unfortunate history when it comes to companies placing polluting sites near residential areas, particularly those that are majority Black,...
Bills Could Funnel Texas Medicaid Dollars Out of Communities and Into Shareholder Pockets
Medicaid is one of the most important health insurance programs in Texas, providing 5.4 million residents with coverage. Two new bills championed by Republicans...
Texas Senate Approves Anti-Abortion Statue on Capitol Grounds
The overt radical Christianization of Texas politics continued this week as the Texas Senate voted for a bill that would allow an anti-abortion statue...
Texas Legislature Is Tearing Down the Wall Between Church and Public School
In a disturbing trend this legislative session, multiple Republican lawmakers are working to tear down the wall between Christian churches and public schools.
The Texas...
Don’t California My Texas… House Of Representatives?
Despite controlling both houses of the Texas legislature by comfortable margins, Republicans are fighting amongst themselves over what form the inevitable property tax break...
Lt. Governor Patrick Plays Chicken With School Vouchers
Q: When is a special session of the legislature not a special session of the legislature? A: When Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick decides to...
Vouchers May Be Reborn as Special Needs Program
After the Texas House dealt a crippling blow to Governor Greg Abbott’s plan to institute a school voucher program by barring any funding for...
Ron DeSantis Is Kind Of Running Texas
It might not be apparent to the casual observer, but the future of both Texas and America largely hinges on what far-right shenanigans Florida...
Texas House Republicans Accuse Senate of Framing Property Tax Plan as “California” Model
There is no dirtier slur in Texas Republican politics than describing something as like “California,” and the term has now entered the property tax...