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Advocates Say Sweeping Anti-LGBT Religious Freedom Bill Has ‘No Limitations’
Out lesbian lawmaker says SB 651 is another sign 2017 session could be 'most divisive ever.'
Out lesbian lawmaker says SB 651 is another sign 2017 session could be 'most divisive ever.'...Read More
Houston Black Lives Matter Group Slams Democrat’s Police Education Proposal for Teens
It says "‘When the police stop you, and they will, this is how we want you to act, even though we know you’re still going to get killed,'" said an activist....Read More
How Texas Politicians Bungle the Bible
When Texas politicians hitch their political wagon to the Bible, they may be in for a very bumpy ride. Of course, that prospect never seems to stop them. ...Read More
Fact-Finding Hearing Turns into Hours of Planned Parenthood Bashing
On Wednesday, a panel of Texas senators spent almost five hours denouncing abortion, grilling state health officials on an issue they don’t have authority ove...Read More
Restrictive Abortion Bill Targeting Teens One Step Closer to Law After Senate Approval
Opponents raised concerns that the bill may violate a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the bypass process must be confidential and expeditious, and endangers alre...Read More
Roy Moore, Texas Officials Lay Out Biblical Case Against Gay Marriage
Alabama Justice Roy Moore joined Attorney General Ken Paxton, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and dozens of other elected officials to make a biblical case against same-se...Read More
Senators Delay Hearing on Bill Banning ‘Sanctuary Cities’
Update: Senate Bill 185 has been rescheduled for Monday, March 16 at 8 a.m. Original: The Senate Border Security Subcommittee adjourned after just six minutes...Read More
What to Expect Now That Dan Patrick’s Tea Party Rules the Senate
What will Dan Patrick and his newly institutionalized tea party revolutionaries do during the 84th Texas legislative session?
The new lieutenant governor and his tea party revolutionaries have an ambitious agenda that could overhaul the state's school systems, tax policies and immigrat...Read More
WTF Friday: Naptime’s Over, America
In this week's WTF Friday, Americans sleep through a world crisis, David Dewhurst gets lost in another dubious rumor and a reporter swims in sewage....Read More