Good Bill Hunting: Tracking Data for Maternal Mortality in Texas
Good Bill Hunting is a weekly series during the legislative session where RA News will look at a bill or piece of legislation that...
Texas House Passes “Constitutional Carry”, Would Allow Texans to Carry a Gun Without a...
Texans will be able to carry handguns in public places without a license, if a new bill, HB 1927, gets signed into law. It...
Power and Retribution in the Texas House
If you talk to many lobbyists, staff members, or legislators that have been around the Texas Capitol for long they all long for the...
Sports Betting Gets Contentious Hearing
The House State Affairs Committee considered HB 2070 on Wednesday, a bill that would put a constitutional amendment legalizing sports gambling in the state...
Profile: Briscoe Cain’s History of Supporting Voting Restrictions
Some believe that bills moving through the Texas Legislature as efforts to combat election fraud are a solution seeking a problem.
With no evidence of...
America’s Top Businesses Release Statement Supporting Voting Rights
Following a zoom call this weekend where CEOs and senior executives at companies across the country discussed a coordinated effort against legislation restricting voting,...
House Acts to Protect Working Mothers, Expanding Eligibility for Medicaid Coverage
HB 133 by Rep. Toni Rose (D-Dallas) which would allow women who qualify for Medicaid to stay on the program for 12 months postpartum,...
How to Renew Your Texas Drivers License and Registration
A pandemic induced waiver allowing Texas drivers to drive with expired licenses and registration expires Wednesday April 14th.
Gov. Greg Abbott had issued a...
Bill Delaying Texas Primaries Sent From Senate to House
Texas has a clock problem in 2021 because the state is almost certainly going to have to redraw district lines based on the results...
Medical Marijuana Access For Veterans And Others Suffering From PTSD Advances Out of Committee
Last Wednesday, the public health committee heard Chairwoman Stephanie Klick's HB 1535. The bill as referred to the Calendars Committee and is awaiting to...
