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Day 130 of the 82nd Texas Legislature LINE OF THE DAY “If this bill ever makes it to the floor again, I want you [...] Full Story -
House Medicaid Debate Turns into Abortion Fight
In this legislative session, you never know when a heated fight over abortion might break out. This evening it was during a four-hour House [...] Full Story -
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Day 128 of the 82nd Texas Legislature LINE OF THE DAY “I cannot allow the voting rights of hundreds of thousands in my district [...] Full Story -
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Day 128 of the 82nd Texas Legislature LINE OF THE DAY “I cannot allow the voting rights of hundreds of thousands in my district [...] Full Story -
Senate Passes Redistricting Map that Threatens Davis
It wasn’t quite the 16-hour marathon redistricting debate we saw in the House. After about an hour or so of discussion today, the Texas [...] Full Story
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Women’s Health Program Appears Finished
Update (Thursday, Feb. 23. 11:40 a.m.): Texas health officials apparently have chosen to end their participation in the Women’s Health Program, which pays for [...] Full Story -
Future of Women’s Health Program Still in Doubt
State health officials will soon have to decide which is more important: Providing health care to poor Texas women or punishing Planned Parenthood? The [...] Full Story -
The Baddest Bills
Every legislative session, Texas Observer reporters scour for the stupidest, funniest, slap-your-forehead ridiculous and downright unconstitutional bills proposed by Texas lawmakers. We chronicle these [...] Full Story -
Women’s Health Program Has New Life
THE 2011 MOLLY PRIZE WINNERS WINNER Jeff Sharlet is the author of C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy (Little, Brown), The Family: [...] Full Story -
Bill Addresses Backlog of Untested Rape Kits
Almost immediately after a woman is raped, she must endure the invasive and often humiliating process through which evidence is collected. In most cases, [...] Full Story
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