Governor Abbott reopens Texas
Progress Texas Senior Strategist Glenn W. Smith joins FOX 7 to discuss Governor Abbott's statement announcing the end of COVID-19 precautions and reopening our state.
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September 13, 2012
New Report Lays Out 10 Ways To Rebuild the Middle Class
Progress States Network and over 20 other organizations have released a fantastic new report this morning - “10 Ways to Rebuild the Middle Class for Hard Working Americans: Making Work Pay in the 21st Century.” Here is their statement regarding the...
September 5, 2012
Mayor Julian Castro's Speech at the Democratic National Convention
Here is San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro's keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention:
September 5, 2012
Top Ten Quotes: Courts Reject Texas Redistricting & Voter ID Laws
Last week, federal courts rejected Texas' redistricting and voter ID laws, citing discriminatory intent to disenfranchise minority voters. The rulings provide the most detailed takedown of these unjust laws to date. To highlight the rulings, we've pulled...
September 5, 2012
Community Supports Planned Parenthood at Women's Health Program Hearing
On Tuesday, September 4, 2012, the Department of State Health Services hosted a hearing about the new rules being applied to the Texas Women’s Healthcare Program (WHP), a family planning and healthcare program for low-income women. Under the new rules,...
August 28, 2012
With or Without You: Counties Ponder Medicaid Expansion Despite Perry’s Opposition
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act (ACA) , Governor Perry has persisted in his ideological and irrational determination to make enactment of the law as difficult as possible. To the question of accepting...
August 27, 2012
New HISD school bond proposal will benefit all
Good news for HISD students, teachers, and parents alike! Last Tuesday night, board members voted nearly unanimously to add a historic bond proposal to the general election ballot in November. The $1.89 billion package is the largest in Texas history, and...
August 16, 2012
9 TX Republicans, Last 3 TX Democrats Leave ALEC (Updated)
Ed. note - This post has been reflected to note that Sen. Deuell was never a member of ALEC, and therefore did not recently leave. Please see our explanation on this update at the end of this post. This year, we have worked to expose ALEC in Texas. You've...
August 14, 2012
The Impact of the Romney/Ryan Budget in Texas
Key point : The Romney/Ryan budget amounts to a massive redistribution of wealth from the middle class to the already-rich. Most notably, the Romney/Ryan budget would allow Mitt Romney to pay next to nothing in taxes - according to Mitt Romney - while...
August 11, 2012
12 Things You Should Know About VP Candidate Paul Ryan
This blog was originally posted on Think Progress . Mitt Romney has picked as his running mate 42 year-old Republican Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI), the architect of the GOP budget, which the New York Times has described as “ the most extreme budget plan...