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In the Texas Legislature’s Final Days, Republicans Find New Ways to Attack Voting Rights
After the death of a high-profile voter suppression bill, Senate Republicans passed two other restrictive measures this week.
A sweeping Senate bill that would have increased penalties for election-related crimes and made it harder for volunteers to help elderly and disabled voters eff...Read More
‘License to Discriminate’: Texas Senate Advances Anti-LGBTQ Bill
Doctors, child care providers, counselors and other state-licensed workers who refuse to provide services based on “a sincerely held religious belief” would be protected under Senate Bill 17.
The Texas Senate on Tuesday gave its initial OK to a bill that civil rights advocates say would give state-licensed workers — including doctors, child care pr...Read More
Automatic Voter Registration Could Add 2 Million Texans to the Rolls. That’s Why it Won’t Happen.
By maintaining one of the least accessible voting systems in the country, the Texas GOP has kept a demographically favorable electorate encased in political amber.
“Texas isn’t a red state; it’s a non-voting state” is a political truism used frequently by Democrats to explain why they can win statewide — and also...Read More
Can GOP Failures Get the Texas Democratic Party Started?
Corruption and clownish behavior on the right could open doors for left-leaning leaders, but Texas Dems will have to work hard to get their act together....Read More
Familiar Foes Face Off in San Antonio Senate Race
Texas Dems need a feisty ringleader, but San Antonio needs a negotiator. Who will voters choose?
Texas Dems need a feisty ringleader, but San Antonio needs a negotiator. Will voters choose quiet incumbent José Menéndez, or flashy Trey Martinez Fischer?...Read More
Lessons from Senate District 26: Gringos Vote and the Democratic Base Does Not
In a two-ray runoff for a safe Democratic seat in San Antonio, liberal favorite Trey Martinez Fischer lost to centrist José Menéndez. Why?...Read More
