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Tag Archives: 84th Texas Legislature

State of Texas graphic on impact of HB 2

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Texas Abortion Clinics: Safe, Legal and Increasingly Rare

Wed, Nov 11, 2015 |

For more than a year, a coalition of independent abortion providers has been challenging the constitutionality of House Bill 2, Texas' omnibus abortion law pass...Read More

Ken Paxton

by Christopher Hooks

Paxton Prays for Tea Party’s Blessing at Grapevine Church

Mon, Sep 21, 2015 |

Some would have us believe that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is the author of his own troubles, which at the moment include, but are not limited to, three ...Read More

No Special Session on Gay Marriage

Wed, Jul 8, 2015 |

Despite receiving a letter from anti-gay groups demanding one, Gov. Greg Abbott will not call a special session to pass a bill aimed at undermining the U.S. Sup...Read More

Ben Sargent’s Loon Star State: Legislative Toy Store

Mon, Jun 29, 2015 |

Tea party leaders were not happy with the outcome of what was supposed to a game-changing 84th Legislature. While GOP lawmakers expressed victory, many key acti...Read More

by Forrest Wilder

The Rudderless Reign of Greg Abbott

Wed, Jun 17, 2015 |

He could have governed with substance, but instead, Greg Abbott seems to be a dud of a governor—Rick Perry without the charisma, George Bush without the impul...Read More

Texas LGBT Advocates Look Beyond Gay Marriage

Wed, Jun 17, 2015 |

When Republican lawmakers introduced more than 20 anti-LGBT proposals in the 84th Legislature, they may have unwittingly helped launch the next phase of the sta...Read More

Jonathan Stickland

Jonathan Stickland, Molly White Celebrate Bad Grades From Equality Texas

Thu, Jun 11, 2015 |

Equality Texas released a scorecard grading each member of the Texas House on how well they represented issues affecting the LGBT community, and to no surprise,...Read More

Greg Abbott and Joe Straus

Abbott Serves Up Some Extra-Lean Red Meat on Gay Marriage

Wed, Jun 10, 2015 |

With a Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage looming, Gov. Greg Abbott is holding a ceremonial signing of the so-called "Pastor Protection Act," which confirms a...Read More

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Cancer Survivors Demand Veto of Budget Measure that Excludes Planned Parenthood from Cancer Program

Mon, Jun 8, 2015 |

Gathered outside the governor's mansion, activists are calling on the governor to line-item veto a budget measure that would exclude Planned Parenthood from the...Read More

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