Marijuana
Texas is broke. Reforming marijuana laws could help bridge our deficit.
December 10, 2020
While legalizing marijuana in Texas seems like a strictly partisan issue, the demographics are shifting.
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Bills We’re Watching in the 2021 Texas Legislative Session
December 3, 2020
Here at Progress Texas, we’re going through every bill filled in the 2021 Texas Legislative Session. Some are good, some are bad, and others are downright ugly.
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50 reasons to vote against John Cornyn in 2020
July 16, 2020
After 18 years in office, two-thirds of Texans either don’t know John Cornyn or don’t like him.
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Progressive organizations working to make Texas a better place in 2021
June 1, 2020
Find an issue that’s important to you and join the movement: donate, join lists, volunteer.
Now is the time for Texas to consider the taxable benefits of marijuana
May 19, 2020
Legalization is going to happen sooner or later, so it might as well be now to help us through this pandemic.
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Certified Progressive 2020: Our 10 point values questionnaire
January 23, 2020
Working with a coalition of partners from around the state, we work on issues that are important to a growing majority of people in our state.
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2019 Progressive Power Report
June 24, 2019
Progress Texas continues to build progressive power in Texas. This year, we fought for Texas families at the Capitol, and now we’re taking that fight into 2020.
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Top Best (& Worst) Moments of the 2019 Texas Legislative Session
May 24, 2019
The 86th Texas legislative session had it’s good moments, but it also had its bad. Here’s a list of the best and worst moments from this year’s session.
Texas Face Off: Marijuana decriminalization and voter suppression
May 1, 2019
Ed Espinoza, Executive Director at Progress Texas, joined KVUE’s weekly political segment to discuss Marijuana decriminalization that overwhelming passed in the Texas House. Joe Moody’s House Bill 63, which if made into law, would treat possession of one ounce or less of marijuana like a traffic ticket by lowering the penalty from a Class B to a Class C misdemeanor.
Dan Patrick objects to passing marijuana bill in Texas Senate
April 30, 2019
Texans want marijuana reform, but Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Gov. Greg Abbott are standing in the way of any real progress.
FOX 7 Discussion: Medicinal Marijuana and Dan Patrick's refusal to listen to Texans
March 19, 2019
Ed Espinoza, Executive Director at Progress Texas, joins FOX 7 Austin to discuss the medicinal marijuana reform bills introduced in the legislature and the many efforts of Lt. Governor Dan Patrick to ignore the needs of Texans.
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Bills we’re watching in the 2019 Texas Legislative Session
January 10, 2019
Our team at Progress Texas has gone through all of the bills filed for the 2019 Texas Legislative session. Some are good, some are bad, and some are just straight up ugly.
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10 Worst and Best Texans of 2018
December 19, 2018
This year, some Texans were naughty. Others were nice. We’ve been making our list and checking it twice. Here are the results.
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Top 10 Worst Sh** in the Texas Republican Party Platform
July 19, 2018
In case you had any doubts, the Texas GOP party platform is still garbage.
Austin Becomes the First ‘Freedom City’ in Texas
June 20, 2018
Austin City Council voted unanimously to make Austin a ‘Freedom City’ after more than 100 Austinites testified in support of making the community safer for immigrants and people of color.
Marijuana Policy Reform in Texas Reached New Heights This Session
May 16, 2017
Significant steps forward this session give reason for high hope for the future of marijuana policy reform in Texas.
