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84th Texas Legislature

State of Texas graphic on impact of HB 2

Texas Abortion Clinics: Safe, Legal and Increasingly Rare

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Keep Reading

Paxton Prays for Tea Party’s Blessing at Grapevine Church

by Christopher Hooks

No Special Session on Gay Marriage

by John Wright

Ben Sargent’s Loon Star State: Legislative Toy Store

by Ben Sargent

May 21, 2015

Execution Drugs to be State Secret Under Legislation Headed to Governor

Proponents of a bill shielding execution drug manufacturers from public scrutiny rely on flimsy “threats” as justification

by Kelsey Jukam

May 21, 2015

Truancy Decriminalization Bill Could Squeak Through Legislature

by Alisa Semiens

May 21, 2015

Rep. Sarah Davis Becomes First Texas GOP Lawmaker to Back Gay Marriage

by John Wright

May 20, 2015

House to Vote on ‘Pastor Protection Act’ Backed by Anti-LGBT Groups

by John Wright

May 18, 2015

Senate Brings Texas One Step Closer to Open Carry

by Kelsey Jukam

May 18, 2015

It’s Crunch Time for Education Reform Bills

by John Savage

May 18, 2015

Anti-LGBT Leader: Texas Association of Business Waging ‘War On Values’

by John Wright

Texas Family Values Rally May 15, 2015

The Strange Death and Legacy of House Bill 4105

by Christopher Hooks

May 15, 2015

Signorile Warns LGBT Community to Resist ‘Victory Blindness’

by Joe Cutbirth

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