House Bill Limits Liability for Trucking Companies Involved in Accidents
State lawmakers approved Jeff Leach’s HB 19, which introduces new obstacles when trying to hold trucking companies accountable when their vehicles are involved in...
Texas Democrats, Energized by D.C. Visit, Look to Preserve Voter Access
The Texas legislature was thrown into the national spotlight last month when the minority Democrats staged a mass walkout to deny the House the...
New Bills Will Have Texas Tax Payers Paying ERCOT’s Bailout
After February’s winter storm leading to widespread blackouts from the increased energy demand and very limited availability accompanied by unreliable infrastructure, a new set...
More than 500 Bills Already Filed for 2021 Texas Legislative Session
The gavel doesn’t drop to open the 2021 Texas legislative session until Jan. 12, but state lawmakers are already giving us an indication of...
The Vanessa Guillén Act: Senate Bill Tackles Sexual Harassment in the Military
Vanessa Guillén, a U.S army soldier, was 20 years old when her remains were found two months after disappearing from the military base in...
Texas is Aiming to Make Killing People Easier
Sometimes our state just lives up to its stereotypes, and one of the ways we do so currently is the disturbingly high number of...
Bipartisan Letter Urges Governor Abbott to Add Medicaid Expansion to the Call for the...
After unfruitful efforts to expand Medicaid during the Legislature, a bipartisan letter has been sent to Abbott asking him to add the expansion of...
The Most Extreme 48 Hours in Texas History
A right-wing backlash from the defeat of former Donald Trump was always inevitable, but the Texas Legislature has sprinted further into extremism in one...
Weed Law: The Bills Before the Texas House on Marijuana
There are at least 13 marijuana related bills pre-filed for the session, though the odds on all of them passing are long. The most...
Texas House Democrats Kill Voting Restriction Bill
One of the most controversial bills during this Legislature has been Republican priority SB 7, also known as Voter Suppression bill, aimed to modify...
