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Texas needs more progressive women candidates on 2022 statewide ticket

Note: The following text is from a joint press release sent by Progress Texas and Annie’s List on Sept. 23, 2021. As candidates announce their intention to run for statewide office in Texas’ 2022 midterm election, so far most have been men and we’ve seen only a few women declare. With filing for...

September 13, 2012

New Report Lays Out 10 Ways To Rebuild the Middle Class

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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

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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

Justice

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

Health Care

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

Health Care

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

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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)

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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

Accountability

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

Accountability

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...