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Early voting starts in less than two weeks here in Texas, and it seems the Texas GOP has still not finalized their platform from their 2020 convention. When you visit the 2020 Texas GOP Convention page , the section where the Google Doc for their platform is located reads “Documents in process for...

August 5, 2011

Rick Perry cut Pre-K for over 100,000 children

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Rick Perry cut Pre-K for over 100,000 children. Sadly, The Austin American Statesman's PolitiFact doesn't see it that way and they are wrong. Progress Texas stands by the facts. Rick Perry supported the conservative budget that eliminated the Pre-K Early...

August 4, 2011

TLCV's 2011 Legislative Scorecard Released

Accountability

Today, the Texas League of Conservation Voters unveiled our 2011 Legislative Scorecard and named select state lawmakers to our best and worst legislators’ list.

August 2, 2011

Why Democracy Is Public: The American Dream Beats the Nightmare

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Democracy, in the American tradition, has been defined by a simple morality: We Americans care about our fellow citizens, we act on that care and build trust, and we do our best not just for ourselves, our families, and our friends and neighbors . . .

July 20, 2011

Swtichboard: The "Toxic 20"

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It shouldn’t be hard to understand why we should clean up toxic pollution – including mercury – from power plants. Especially when you consider that half of the toxic air pollution from industrial plants is coming from power plants, as a new analysis from...

June 23, 2011

Conservative budget cuts force Plano clinic to shutdown

Health Care

In August the Texas Health Community Medical Center of Plano will close its doors as a result of the Conservative cuts only budget approach. More clinics and hospitals like the this will shut down across Texas, having tragic effects on the most vulnerable...

June 20, 2011

BOR: Rachel Maddow Destroys Perry on His Failed Economic Record

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Here in Texas, news organizations like the Texas Tribune can barely hold their breath about how much they want to see Rick Perry run. Too many in Texas have seen Perry win -- forgetting all the many mistakes his campaigns have made -- and think he could...

June 17, 2011

Netroots Nation - Video

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Matt Glazer, Executive Director of Progress Texas, spoke to online organizers and activists from around the country at Netroots Nation in Minneapolis this weekend. The panel "Where Crazy Comes From: Reckless Republicans in State Legislatures" highlighted...

June 15, 2011

Now the Nation Knows

Accountability

There are a couple things we aren't very good at doing. We don't brag or take victory laps as often as we probably should. We don't update you on the victories we experience every day in the office and around the state. In fact, we too often focus on...

June 9, 2011

Praying for votes

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Governor Rick Perry has again reaffirmed his belief that prayer, not work, will solve all of our problems. A few days ago Rick Perry issued a proclamation declaring August 6th a “ Day of Prayer and Fasting .” Instead of praying for rain like he called on...