Tag Archives: 84th Texas Legislature
Texas Abortion Clinics: Safe, Legal and Increasingly Rare
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
Paxton Prays for Tea Party’s Blessing at Grapevine Church
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
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
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
The Rudderless Reign of Greg Abbott
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
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, Molly White Celebrate Bad Grades From Equality Texas
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
Abbott Serves Up Some Extra-Lean Red Meat on Gay Marriage
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
Cancer Survivors Demand Veto of Budget Measure that Excludes Planned Parenthood from Cancer Program
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