Enough members were present in Austin on Thursday evening for Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan to declare a quorum present. The return of quorum comes after a string of defections in recent days by Democrats who fled to Washington to prevent voter suppression...
Ana-Maria Ramos was speechless. It was last Monday, August 9, and the Texas State Representative (D-102) was in a meeting with several House Democrats in Washington, D.C., when the news broke: Four of their peers had, without warning, abandoned their posts and...
I just want to state for the record up top that this is an opinion piece, and I’m speaking for myself. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my career in politics everything you have to give up to help people get elected to do big things for people, and I can...
Texas lawmakers with NALEO (National Association of Latino Elected Officials) met virtually Thursday to talk about the next steps in this legislative session. State Rep. Mary González, who is on the Board of Directors of NALEO Educational Fund and is the Vice-Chair of...
The Texas House LGBTQ Caucus last week called out Speaker Dennis Bonnen for his alleged homophobic remarks made during a private June meeting. The meeting was secretly recorded but hasn’t been publicly released. A few lawmakers have said they listened to the...
