Read Texas Bill of Rights

"...Dear Editor, Re: “Paul Not a Fierce Defender of Liberty” [“Postmarks,” Nov. 27]: Maybe Christian Wagner should read..."

Dec. 1, 2009 Postmarks

Texas Secretary of State Gets Schooled on Voting Rights

Meanwhile, a hefty TV ad targets voter suppression bill

"...Update: Catch up with the current status of Senate Bill 9 at this link as it makes..."

May 17, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Bill of the Week: Texas GOP Targets Transgender Youth

Bill would ban certain treatment for trans kids

"...Many LGBTQ advocacy groups in Texas say that if there’s one anti-trans law to rail..."

March 28, 2023 News Post by Dex Wesley Parra

Texas Bill Would Require “Biological Sex” on IDs

Critics worry the bill will allow state to form list of trans Texans

"...When UT-Austin’s Lauren Gutterman, a professor of American and gender studies, first heard about House..."

March 21, 2025 News Feature by Lucciana Choueiry

Bonus Bill of the Week: Corporations Can't Vote, But Can Make It Rain

Dems seek constitutional overturn for Citizens United

"...the only body in the car, he had documents of incorporation with him and, you know, corporations are people..."

Jan. 13, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bill of the Week: Cleaning up Bad Language

Bill aims to strike anti-LGBT verbiage from sex ed curricula

"...Despite the staggering pace of same-sex marriage victories and rapidly shifting public opinion, Texas..."

April 27, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Bill of the Week: Texans Take to the Capitol to Battle Discriminatory Property Bills

Who gets a piece of Texas?

"...Texas Iranian-American Advocacy Day was supposed to be a day..."

March 17, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Bill of the Week: House Bill 2474

Bill would require additional reporting of vaccine-preventable diseases

"...House Bill 2474..."

May 22, 2015 News Column by Richard Whittaker

Bill of the Week: Bracing for a School Choice Battle

Senate Bill 176 would create "parental empowerment accounts"

"...Several times over the years, the Texas Legislature has considered what proponents call "school choice" and..."

Feb. 24, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Bill of the Week: A Straight Ticket to Court?

Rep. Ron Simmons wants to end straight-ticket voting

"...House Bill 25 by Rep. Ron Simmons, R-Carrollton..."

May 19, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Bill of the Week

Will third time be a charm for statewide texting ban?

"...House Bill 80 Author: Rep. Tom Craddick, R-Midland Filed: Nov. 10,..."

April 10, 2015 News Column by Richard Whittaker

Bill of the Week: Or, How Not to Pass Open Carry

How one gun group became its own worst enemy

"...Ever wonder how a bill dies? When it comes to open carry in Texas,..."

Jan. 30, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Texas Roots of the Hate Crimes Bill

Today, President Barack Obama signed into law the Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

"...History was made, folks. Our country's first pro-gay-rights legislation was signed into law: The Matthew Shepard &..."

Oct. 29, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Bill of the Week

Abortion be gone

"...House Bill 1109..."

March 25, 2011 News Column by Jordan Smith

Gun Advocate Wants Apology From Texas Speaker of the House

Chris McNutt showed up at Dennis Bonnen's house but doesn't think he was being intimidating

"...up at Dennis Bonnen's house to advocate for gun rights legislation – a move that ironically doomed the constitutional..."

May 3, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Bill of the Week: The War on the War of Northern Aggression

Mutual respect for those who fought for the North and South shall rise again

"...House Bill 2224, Rep. Helen Giddings, D-DeSoto..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Bill of the Week

Legislator wants lawyers for "the unborn"

"...Anti-choice lawmakers often seem more adept at prioritizing unborn life over actual..."

March 13, 2015 News Column by Mary Tuma

Bill of the Week: Senate Bill 2065

Anti-LGBT "religious freedom" laws piling up at the Lege

"...Senate Bill 2065..."

May 8, 2015 News Column by Mary Tuma

Casar Ends His Council Career with Final Push for Renters’ Rights

Resolutions include a renters bill of rights and eviction protections

"...one week ago, Feb. 3, before packing up his office at City Hall to work the congressional campaign trail..."

Feb. 11, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A Big Texas Unwelcome in Dallas

‘Don’t Mess with Texas, ALEC!’

"...The American Legislative Exchange Council, the corporate-funded bill mill generating and underwriting much reactionary state legislation, holds..."

July 29, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Page Two: Selling Short in the Marketplace of Ideas

"Consequences" wrought in the pursuit of silencing speech should be of deep concern to all

"...for a long time that will address the issue of the Dixie Chicks and free speech, but it does..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Column by Louis Black

The Hottest Race in Texas

The David Fisher-Todd Staples Senate Contest in East Texas Will Decide the Fate of the State Senate -- and the U.S. House

"...On the evening of October 17 -- while much of the nation was..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

ACLU Files Human Rights Violations Complaint With United Nations Over Texas’ Anti-LGBTQ Bills

New bans violate Texans’ rights, organizations claim

"...Yesterday, the ACLU of Texas, Equality Texas, and GLAAD sent a letter to..."

Jan. 23, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

Texas Dems Take the Voting Rights Fight to D.C.

Breaking quorum again, lawmakers leave state to thwart Abbott's restrictive bill

"...Depending on your partisan bent, the departure of Texas House Democrats to Washington, D.C., this week can..."

July 16, 2021 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Qmmunity: Anti-Trans Student-Athlete Bill Slithers Through the Lege

SB 29 voted out of committee for full Texas Senate vote

"...Senate Bill 29, one of many anti-trans student-athlete bills filed this..."

April 2, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

House Committee Hears "Discriminatory" Voter Suppression Bill

SB 9 would punish voter form errors with state jail felonies

"...Rather than strengthening and expanding voting rights in a state with dismal turnout, Texas Republicans are..."

May 16, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines: School Finance Bill Passes House With Flying Colors

Stickland only holdout on ambitious “Texas Plan” finance bill

"...House Bill 3, the session's marquee school finance legislation, survived over..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Rights and Consequences

The Redistricting trial pits "partisan gerrymandering" against the Voting Rights Act.

"...The first happy result of the Texas congressional re-redistricting trial, currently proceeding in a..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

For Briscoe Cain's Next Act, Watch This Bill Disappear (Along With Your Right to Vote)

House committee guts SB 7, replaces it with language from other draconian voting restriction bill

"...at the Capitol over "election integrity," once again courtesy of the House's least favorite chairman, Rep. Briscoe Cain, R-Deer..."

May 7, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Gun Rights Activist Says Lawmakers "Punishable by Death"

Open carry advocate threatens legislators in video

"...In the news again, gun-rights activist Kory Watkins recorded a threatening YouTube video, pressuring..."

Feb. 4, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

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