Hardworking Republicans? GOP Representatives Caught Playing in Capitol
In the midst of one of the most thrilling special legislative sessions of recent years, Rep. Briscoe Cain was caught playing with card boxes...
Facebook Community Lashes at Gov. Abbott for Defending Voter Restriction Bill
Gov. Greg Abbott's recent Facebook post, in which he shared a Houston Chronicle opinion piece on the bill that was reintroduced during a special...
Texas Republicans Play Hardball With Absent Democrats
The biggest story in voting rights in the country right now is the absent Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives. After having...
Texas Senate Passes Voter Rights Restriction Bill
Though the ultimate fate of the massive voter rights and access restriction bill is in doubt with Democratic members of the Texas House holed...
Who Profits from the Critical Race Theory Bill?
Texas Special Session has very marked priorities this year, with one of them being the critical race theory bill. While the subject has gained...
Texans Need Three Full-Time Minimum Wage Jobs to Afford a Two-Bedroom House
The latest report on how much it costs to live in modest, affordable housing in the United States has come out from the National...
Did Your Texas Legislator Break Quorum?
This week was another flashpoint in the debate on voting rights in Texas with enough Democrat state legislators leaving the state Capitol, most of...
The Return of “Quitmire”: Democratic Sen. John Whitmire Again Helps GOP Meet Quorum in...
On Tuesday, the Texas Senate passed its version of a Republican voter suppression bill to limit voting rights in Texas. The Senate passed the...
Bryan Slaton Might Be the Most Conservative, But Least Effective, State Representative in Texas
As RA News continues our look at the work of the freshmen state legislature members over their first session, one name stands out as the most...
Texas Democrats Have Left for DC to Block Voter Restrictions Bill
In spite of risking arrest for leaving town during the ongoing special session, Texas Democrats are apparently heading to Washington in an effort to...
