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First Death Reported In Texas Measles Outbreak

First Death Reported In Texas Measles Outbreak

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

By Jessica Montoya Coggins
The Provocative Texas Short Film On Race And Language

The Provocative Texas Short Film On Race And Language

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

By Jef Rouner
Trans Advocates And Allies Prepare For Another Harmful Session

Trans Advocates And Allies Prepare For Another Harmful Session

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

By James Russell
Abortion Shield Laws Under Threat

Abortion Shield Laws Under Threat

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

By Jessica Montoya Coggins
Dan Patrick Unveils Texas Senate Priorities

Dan Patrick Unveils Texas Senate Priorities

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.”

By Jessica Montoya Coggins
Chaos, Confusion In Texas Over Trump Federal Funding Freeze

Chaos, Confusion In Texas Over Trump Federal Funding Freeze

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

By Jessica Montoya Coggins
Remembering Cecile Richards

Remembering Cecile Richards

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.

By Jessica Montoya Coggins
When An Autopsy Doesn't Tell The Whole Story

When An Autopsy Doesn't Tell The Whole Story

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?

By Marisol Cortez
A Dangerous New Immigration Bill

A Dangerous New Immigration Bill

Earlier this week, the U.S. Congress passed its first bill of the new session, which is known as the Laken Riley Act. The sweeping immigration bill would demand the detention of any undocumented immigrant that is charged with a nonviolent crime like theft or burglary. The bill is named

By Jessica Montoya Coggins
A Timeline Of Texas Republicans And January 6th

A Timeline Of Texas Republicans And January 6th

This article originally appeared on Texas Signal three years ago, before we transitioned to a nonprofit newsroom. Four years after the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob intent on stopping the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral win, we are re-publishing. Even before he officially

By Jessica Montoya Coggins