Texas Extends Emergency SNAP Benefits for Another Month
The state of Texas is releasing approximately $202 million in additional emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food benefits for the month of November as...
Governor Abbott Signs Senate Bill 14 To Establish Texas DOGE
Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 14, also known as Texas DOGE (Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office), into...
Vouchers Hit Roadblock In Texas Senate
Gov. Greg Abbott's and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s legislative baby – a school voucher bill – is not as popular as they have been...
Texas Abortion Support Groups Vow To Keep Helping
Despite the new Texas law against abortion pills distribution, nonprofit abortion support groups will continue their work...
86th #Txlege Report Card: Minimum Wage
Proposed minimum wage increases received minimal effort in Texas’ 86th Legislative Session.
For more than a decade, the Texas minimum wage hasn’t budged from the...
Supreme Court Allows Whistleblower Lawsuit Against AG Paxton to Proceed
The Texas Supreme Court has made a significant ruling in favor of former senior staff members of Attorney General Ken Paxton, allowing their whistleblower...
Abbott vetoes popular domestic violence bill because of an unrelated provision about radioactive waste...
Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday vetoed a widely supported bill to protect domestic violence survivors, calling it a “laudable effort” that lost his support when “someone...
Analysis: Texas conservatives, in search of a new nemesis
When longtime U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy died in 2009, an irreverent Texas political consultant predicted the people who raise money for the two major...
Here's What Texas Legislators Accomplished in 2019
Texas lawmakers ended the 2019 legislative session in a self-congratulatory mood for passing a $251 Billion budget that temporarily lowered property taxes, revamped the...
Have Abbott And Phelan Forged An Unlikely Partnership For Special Sessions?
Governor Greg Abbott's priorities of property tax cuts and school vouchers faced a roadblock at the end of this year's regular legislative session. However,...
