Still No Vote on the Bathroom Bill "Compromise"

After five hours of public testimony, HB 2899 sits in limbo

"...House’s State Affairs Committee heard public testimony on House Bill 2899, the supposed “compromise” to the bathroom bill. Though..."

April 20, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Bathroom Bill Flushed to Senate

Despite 21 hours of testimony, SB 6 goes to chamber floor

"...a story Tuesday night about the problems with Senate Bill 6...."

March 8, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Texas Bathroom Bill Battle Officially Begins

Sen. Kolkhorst has filed the Texas Privacy Act

"...As predicted, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has his bathroom bill. Senate Bill 6, labeled the “Texas Privacy Act,”..."

Jan. 5, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

The Texas Hammer: The Bathroom Bill

It's not about protecting women and children

"...North Carolina may have put bathroom bills on the map, but Texas Lt. Gov. Dan..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Lege Lines: Bathroom Bill Steals Spotlight

"Texas Privacy Act" isn't about privacy – it's about transphobia

"...The early debate previewed the upcoming anti-transgender bathroom fight over Senate Bill 6, long championed by Lt...."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Sweeping Religious Freedom Bill Heads to Senate

The Senate State Affairs Committee approves a license to discriminate

"...Senate State Affairs Committee sent a sweeping religious refusal bill to the full Senate Monday evening, March 25, after..."

March 26, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Religious Refusal Bill Prepped to Grant Texans License to Discriminate

"Sincerely held" nonsense at the Senate

"...Committee on State Affairs sent a sweeping religious refusal bill to the full Senate Monday evening, March 25, after..."

March 29, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Battle of the Bathroom Bigots

Austin's "bathroom bill" aims to protect rather than demonize trans residents

"...possibility of being harassed while attempting to use the bathroom. And for the first time in her professional life,..."

May 27, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Dan Patrick, Still on Bathroom Patrol

Lt. Guv takes issue with Obama's trans-inclusive policy

"...said Friday that he’s more than willing to forgo billions in education dollars in defiance of the federal government’s..."

May 13, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Lege Ticker: Someone Has to Pay the Post-Storm Electric Bill

The price is right?

"...power generators during the storm. Those $9,000 per megawatt-hour bills for electricity, the maximum price allowed by the PUC..."

March 19, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

Joe Cocker killed it at the Backyard Sunday

"...friend's teen sibling, who had zero interest in the bill. Given the talent's combined age of 130, we sympathized...."

July 24, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Bill Murray Plays It Straight – Mostly

Still, you can’t keep Peter Venkman down

"...in front of a packed Long Center on Sunday, Bill Murray fumbled a stack of paper that floated down..."

March 19, 2018 Music Post by Dan Gentile

The Times of Bill Cunningham

The NYT fashion-lover revealed as really a lover of people

"...When New York Times fashion photographer Bill Cunningham died in 2016, it wasn't so much the..."

April 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Protecting the LGBTQ Community When the State Attacks

From the bathroom bill to marriage equality, can Austin fight back?

"...and says she didn't question her safety, until the bathroom bill battle began. "It didn't hit home, though, before..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Texas Legislators Push Through Two Anti-LGBTQ Bills Sunday Night

Bathroom and religious freedom bills both likely to become law

"...After four months fighting down bathroom bills, the Texas House finally caved to Lt. Gov...."

May 22, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

I Pee With LGBT

Richard Linklater debuts ad denouncing the Texas bathroom bill

"...Legacy Community Health on a commercial denouncing Texas’ proposed bathroom bill...."

Feb. 22, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Courtney Naquin

Quote of the Week: Joe Straus

The House Speaker had some choice words for the "bathroom bill"

"...Straus on receiving an updated version of the anti-LGBTQ “bathroom bill,” as reported by The New Yorker..."

July 7, 2017 News Column

Lege Lines: Does Texas Really Need a Special Session

Save for the sunset bill, does Texas really need a special session?

"...piece of outstanding work from the regular session, a bill to ensure the continued existence of the Texas Medical..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: A Win for Brewers, a Scam for Paxtons, and More

This bill's for you

"...Beer-to-Go Is a Go! The scrappy Texas Craft Brewers..."

Feb. 22, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Last Day at the Lege

Sine die arrives as threat of a special session looms

"...Legislature, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is holding the Sunset Bill hostage ... to demand a special session...."

May 29, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Uber, Lyft Return to Austin Monday

Gov. Abbott expected to sign rideshare bill

"...is expected to sign transportation network company law House Bill 100. As a result, local rideshare rules like Austin‘s..."

May 25, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Damage Done by SB 4

Court records reveal impact of the "show me your papers" bill on immigrant lives

"...and Balderas say the looming threat of anti-immigrant Senate Bill 4 exacerbates their families' insecurities and has transformed their..."

July 21, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Looking at the Lege After a Flaccid Special Session

Alpha males Abbott and Patrick can't get their red meat passed

"...get the House and Senate to agree on every bill he wants passed. He gives himself one 30-day special..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Anti-LGBTQ Bills Advancing in the Texas Lege

A call to queer Austinites: Your voice is needed at the Capitol

"...May 27, is moving quickly through a number of bills, including six that would greatly and detrimentally affect the..."

April 24, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Lege Lines: Stretching Toward a Sunset

Don't praise the Senate GOP for working quickly to pass what's needed

"...Texas Senate wasted no time fast-tracking the two vital bills that the Legislature failed to pass during regular session,..."

July 21, 2017 News Column by Mary Tuma

Local Businesses Warn Lege on Anti-LGBTQ Laws

Discriminatory laws not just morally corrupt but financially damaging

"...gender-neutral restroom policies in single-use stalls ("Battle of the Bathroom Bigots," May 27), League and his team took the..."

Nov. 18, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...he sees as a most pressing public issue: Senate Bill 6, "the bathroom bill." As that was happening, House..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Lege Lines: Greg Abbott Brings the Lege Back for More Fun

It promises to be a very special session

"...inescapable issue is passing legislation, known as a sunset bill, to extend the life of the Texas Medical Board...."

June 9, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Patrick’s Hostage Play

How the Lt. Gov. held the 85th Lege for ransom

"...When Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, filed Senate Bill 1929 in early March, no one really noticed, and..."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Trans Comic Carina Magyar's Rising Star

“When I came to accept myself for who I am, my comedy followed"

"...continued dedication to create and enact a trans discriminatory bathroom bill has influenced Magyar's most recent routine. "I cannot..."

July 3, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Courtney Naquin

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