A powerful State Senate committee heard testimony on a bill seeking to protect teachers and staff who do not identify students according to their preferred pronouns yesterday. It’s one of many bills expected to be heard in the legislature regarding the erasure of transgender people, and the second to
With the new tariffs, Texas could lose more than any other state. And the worries go beyond rising costs to even the reliability of our power grid.
This article was updated Thursday, February 27 to note Robert F. Kennedy's comments about the measles death in a cabinet meeting In a news release, The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed the first death from a measles outbreak in West Texas. According to the agency the
To explain the Texas short film, “The Word,” (now available on YouTube), I have to spoil the ending. Don’t worry. You’ll have guessed it by the time you finish reading the next paragraph anyway. The short opens in an opulent boardroom. At one end are two very distinguished
"This offers us space, activities, and laughs. My God, don't we need a laugh right now?”
Really cruel. That’s how Emmett Schelling describes state leadership. “The leadership of the state largely is not here to be public servants and leaders for us and instead waged really cruel attacks on our entire community, from our youth to our elders,” the executive director of the Transgender Education
Yesterday a judge in Collin County ruled that a New York doctor must cease prescribing and sending abortion medication to patients in Texas. He also fined the New York-based physician over $100,000. The judgment stemmed from a civil lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in December after
Texas Signal recently spoke with Tara Mancini, the Director of Public Policy for Power to Decide, about how the organization is navigating 2025 and beyond.
The work of uplifting Black women living with HIV has also never been more important at a time when national and international programs combating HIV are being devastated.
"Art goes hand in hand with action. Art inspires action, and I think that’s where the role of art becomes effective."
Outside of school choice, other priorities for Patrick include several rightwing culture war goals like “placing the ten commandments in school” and “stopping drag time story hour.”
Several Democratic lawmakers in Texas have been sounding the alarm over a devastating directive from the White House Office of Management of Budget that was ordered Monday evening. They are warning that a federal funding freeze ordered by Trump’s OMB could wreak havoc on many programs Texans depend on
On Monday, the family of Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood, announced that she had died. Richards is now being remembered by many as an advocate for women’s and worker’s rights. Richards was born in Waco to David and Ann Richards, the former governor of Texas.
Simple economics may complicate Trump’s plans to expand fracking and other oil and gas production.
Pro wrestling is starting to see much greater LGBTQ+ representation, especially in Texas.
Jessica Witzel’s autopsy report raises an important question: How many other heat-related deaths among unhoused residents are being erased by the failure to collect and report accurate data on climate-related mortality?