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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January 24, 2012
A Compromise on Medicaid Expansion?
Texas Senator Jane Nelson (R-Flower Mound), head of the Health and Human Services Committee has come out and said that Texas may not say no to federal Medicaid expansion funds as part of the Affordable Care Act after all. This seems like quite the change...
January 20, 2012
Perry Spent $2.7M of taxpayers' dollars on campaign
Perry's 160-day vanity trip is now regarded as one of the three worst presidential campaigns in history, and we are the ones stuck footing the bill. Rick Perry is just another cut and spend conservative. He cut out public sector jobs and told corporations...
January 19, 2012
Rick Perry’s Taxpayer-Funded Security Costs
MEMO: Rick Perry’s Taxpayer-Funded Security Costs SUMMARY: Estimates show Governor Perry owes $2,651,429.14 to Texas taxpayers for security-related travel costs incurred during his 160-day presidential run. With $2.47 million in his state account as of...
January 18, 2012
Update on the Medical Loss Ratio
In December 2011, we joined with Texas Well & Healthy to launch efforts to protect better care for Texas taxpayers. Our petition called on the U.S. Health and Human Services agency to deny the Texas Department of Insurance’s waiver request about the...
January 17, 2012
Medicaid is Off the Table: Dewhurst Worried About Fraud While Swindling Texas Out of Billions
Take action right now. Tell your Texas legislator we need their public support to expand Medicaid! Yesterday, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst and Senator Jane Nelson (R-Flower Mound) discussed the importance of new proposed legislation regarding...
January 17, 2012
Progress Texas Releases ALEC Exposed in Texas
Over the last few months, we have blogged about ALEC and their influence on the Texas Legislature . Today, our work has culminated in the first of a series of reports detailing the influence of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) on Texas...
January 13, 2012
Who Will Republicans Choose When It Comes to the Nation's Courts?
While President Obama was wrestling Richard Cordray's nomination from the graveyard of filibustered nominees, Senate Republicans continued to choose Wall Street over Main Street -- this time blocking judges from hearing the people's claims in courtrooms...
December 13, 2011
TX Organizations Call on U.S. AG Holder for Strong Enforcement of Voting Rights
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will be in Austin today to give a speech at the LBJ Presidential Library. Progress Texas is proud to have joined with leading Texas civil rights, voter rights and fair redistricting organizations including MALDEF, ACLU of...
December 5, 2011
The Bomb Buried In Health Care Reform
Health care is about to change dramatically in this country. This past Saturday Forbes published an article " The Bomb Buried In Obamacare Explodes Today-Hallelujah! " that details how new regulations under the Affordable Health Care Act will have a "long...