Texas Legislature

back to archive
Texas Legislative Round-Up: Week Five

Texas Legislative Round-Up: Week Five

Welcome to the Texas Legislative Round-up! We are here to break down the latest Texas Legislative session in Austin. Every week, we’ll give you the honest take on the news that impacts you – without pretending it doesn’t. Week in Review This week Gov. Greg Abbott...

Texas Legislative Round-Up: Week Four

Texas Legislative Round-Up: Week Four

Welcome to the Texas Legislative Round-up! We are here to break down the latest Texas Legislative session in Austin. Every week, we’ll give you the honest take on the news that impacts you – without pretending it doesn’t.  Week in Review This was a slow week at...

Texas Legislative Round-Up: Week Three

Texas Legislative Round-Up: Week Three

Welcome to the Texas Legislative Roundup! We are here to break down the latest of the Texas Legislative session in Austin. Every week, we’ll give you the honest take on the news that impacts you – without pretending it doesn’t.  Week in Review Things are...

Texas Legislative Round-up: Week Two

Texas Legislative Round-up: Week Two

Welcome to the Texas Legislative Roundup! We are here to break down the latest on the Texas Legislative session in Austin. Every week, we’ll give you the honest take on the news that impacts you – without pretending it doesn’t.  Week in Review Governor Greg Abbott and...

Texas Legislative Roundup

Texas Legislative Roundup

When most people think of the government they think of Washington, DC. Unfortunately for us living in Texas, most of the laws that impact our communities come from our state Capitol in Austin. Leadership in the Texas government has only gotten more extreme over the...

What Comes Next In Texas?

What Comes Next In Texas?

Next month, the legislative session will get underway. After the last session, which was a massive rightwing bonanza, what more do Greg Abbott and his fellow Republicans want? Well, a lot more of the same. Two years ago, Abbott and the Texas GOP ruthlessly enacted an...

Texas lawmaker proposes ‘age-appropriate’ book bill

Texas lawmaker proposes ‘age-appropriate’ book bill

There are still two months before the 88th Texas legislative session starts in early 2023. Still, Texas Republicans’ pre-filing records show banning more books in public schools and deciding what students can read in a classroom will be a top priority for the...

A Conversation With Mihaela Plesa

A Conversation With Mihaela Plesa

Despite volunteering, protesting, and voting, after former President Donald Trump was elected in 2016, first-generation Romanian-American Mihaela Plesa said something told her it wasn’t enough.  So as one does, she dropped everything to be as civically engaged as...