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.”
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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
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
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
The Potential New Laws Of Texas
The Texas Legislature is set to reconvene on January 14. And when that new session arrives, Texans can expect even more rightward shifts on several issues including immigration, abortion, and education.
Perhaps no issue is going to dominate the session as much as vouchers that would allow parents to send
‘Not Everyone Can Leave’: Survival Advice from Trans Teens in Texas
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Deceleration and was coproduced with Truthout, a nonprofit news organization dedicated to providing independent reporting and commentary on social justice issues.
“The hostility has always been there,” Paul told me. “But I feel like it truly began to ramp up like 2020.
A Very Red Texas
Yesterday’s election was a bitter disappointment for Texas Democrats. While there was some optimism that the state could potentially elect a statewide Democratic candidate for the first time in nearly thirty years, Texas lurched farther to the right.
Ted Cruz easily won his re-election by over ten points. Former