Policy
How Texas taxes sustain inequality
On Thursday, policy experts with the left-leaning think tank Every Texan (formerly the Center for Public Policy Priorities) held a ...Texas Senators Advance ERCOT bill
The Electronic Reliability Council or ERCOT is back in the news cycle this week after the company asked millions of ...Biden administration pitches infrastructure plan to Texas
After the passage of the COVID relief package, the American Jobs Plan is the next major item on President Biden’s ...Gun v. Taser: Does Potter’s shooting of Daunte Wright make sense?
In yet another police involved shooting in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, 20-year-old Daunte Wright was shot and killed in his car ...Castro, Warren urge Biden to include immigration legislation in infrastructure plan
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) are among 22 members of Congress urging Biden to include a ...Texas Republicans push anti-renewable energy bills
Texas Republicans have made renewables their latest legislative target. A number of bills are being considered in the Texas legislature ...Biden announces executive orders on guns
In a press conference last week, Joe Biden announced six executive orders on gun policies. The six orders include an ...Texas Senate committee considers bill to criminalize transgender child care
On Monday, the Republican-led Texas Senate State Affairs Committee began considering a bill that would make it illegal for parents ...Voter suppression is bad for democracy. It’s also bad for business.
The voter suppression bills quickly advancing through Texas’ legislative process have been denounced by faith leaders, civil rights advocates, grassroots ...What the American Jobs Plan means for Texas
The Biden administration has officially unveiled its $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan as part of its Build Back Better agenda. ...Activists push for bill offering direct payments to Texans hurt by freeze
Advocacy groups including Workers Defense Action Fund, the ACLU of Texas, and MOVE Texas gathered in a virtual town hall ...Could these two Senate bills weaken Democratic voters in Texas?
Texas chief justices, attorneys and legislators spoke out against Senate Bill 11 and SB 1529 last week in a Texas ...
