Tag Archives: Jason Villalba
Joe Straus and the House Moderates Could’ve Stopped the ‘Show Me Your Papers’ Bill
Who's to blame for Senate Bill 4? For my money, there is no better place to start than Speaker Joe Straus and the so-called moderates in the Texas House.
Many believed it wouldn’t happen, but on Thursday, the Texas House passed legislation that in spirit and letter is awfully similar to SB 1070, the “show me ...Read More
Who’s the ‘Life’ of the Party?
Anti-abortion infighting makes for mud-slinging Texas House races in the Republican primary.
Texas Right to Life, which bills itself as the underdog of the Texas anti-abortion movement, is going after some of the state's most stalwart Republicans....Read More
Dead Squirrels, Kids with Guns and Chuck Norris: The 2016 Texas Primary Field, in Photos
Does she think my tractor's electable?
The basics: we analyzed 464 photos from 198 candidates. We didn’t pull photos from incumbents who aren’t being challenged. We only pulled relatively recent ...Read More
Texas’ Great Achievements in Political Internetting, 2015
Despite a great deal of evidence suggesting that this is a terrible idea, elected officials in Texas are able to post their thoughts on the Internet. They have ...Read More
State of the Media: #NoFilter in McKinney
Without affordable smartphone technology and a growing sense that police and mainstream media are not capturing all sides of the story when they cover racist vi...Read More
Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment Dies, Capping ‘Huge Victory’ For LGBT Rights
Creating a victory for LGBT advocates, Cecil Bell Jr.'s anti-gay marriage bill died in the Texas legislature along with more than 20 anti-LGBT proposals. ...Read More
Krause Revives Religious Freedom Amendment Dropped By Villalba
One of the state’s most anti-gay lawmakers is going forward with a “religious freedom” amendment dropped by another representative earlier ...Read More
Texas Association of Business Comes Out Against Religious Freedom Amendments
The Texas Association of Business has come out against two religious freedom resolutions that critics say would enshrine a "license to discriminate" against LGB...Read More
Laws Of Unintended Consequences
Opponents claim religious freedom proposals could open the door to Sharia law, faith-based abortions and cost Houston the 2017 Super Bowl.
Two proposed religious freedom amendments to the Texas Constitution could lead to more than just anti-LGBT discrimination, according to legal experts. ...Read More