Texas Legislature Prepares for Power Fight Over the Next Pandemic
The COVID crisis isn’t even over yet, and already there is a big fight brewing over who will get to drive the wagon the...
Texas GOP Official Sid Miller’s Top Consultant Arrested in Alleged Corruption Scheme
In 2019 Governor Greg Abbot signed House Bill 1325 that established an industrial hemp program legalizing the production of the plant for licensed citizens.
According...
Texas GOP is Launching Their Own Scorecard to Judge Its Representatives and Senators During...
While the rest of the country is debating whether Texas might be a swing state in 2024, the Texas Republican Party is very upset...
Eddie Lucio’s Bill Pushing Medical Marijuana Coverage for State Employees, Killed by a Republican...
HB 4307 authored by Eddie Lucio and co-authored by Representatives Ryan Guillen and Eddie Morales –both democrats- was killed on the local and consent...
With Only 2 Days Left for Bills to Be Heard at the Texas House,...
Although nothing is truly dead until the end of the session, Texas lawmakers have ensured that some bills never see the light, burying a...
Voting Restrictions Bill Undergoes 18 Amendments, the Discussion Continues
SB7, also known as the voting restrictions bill, has amendments piling up behind closed doors. With an 81-64 Republican majority, the procedural discussion took...
Texans Go Without Healthcare While State Leaders Play Politics
Before the 87th Texas Legislature even convened, Sen. Nathan Johnson (D-Dallas) pre-filed legislation providing for the “development and implementation of the Live Well Texas...
Broadband Expansion Bill Planning to Bridge Digital Divide Begin Negotiations in Texas Legislature
According to the Texas Comptroller, more than 2 million Texas households don’t have high-speed internet.
While this figure mostly refers to rural areas, urban Texas...
Trump’s Facebook Ban Holds, Texas’ Deplatform Bill Stays Strong
Facebook’s Oversight Board announced today that the company’s ban on Donald Trump’s account following the violence and riots in the nation’s Capitol was justified,...
Travis County DA’s Office Announces No Charges On Date Rape Drug Allegations, Lawmakers Fast-track...
After allegations from a legislative staffer over date rape drug used by a lobbyist surfaced, the Department of Public Safety began investigating the case...
