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Toplines & Key Points: Republican lawmakers used the last legislative session to double-down on their gerrymandered maps, packing and cracking Texas to the point of being unrecognizable. To maintain power and excuse blatantly discriminatory maps, Texas Republicans are using terms like “race...

September 1, 2021

666 laws take effect on Sept. 1 - here are the most evil ones

Abortion Access

TX Legislature

As of Wednesday, Sept. 1, 666 new laws passed during the 87th Texas Legislature go into effect. Three of the most harmful of these laws include Senate Bill 8 (six-week abortion ban), House Bill 1927 (permitless carry), and House Bill 3979 (anti-education...

September 1, 2021

Texans are fighting back against the six-week abortion ban

Abortion Access

Progress Texas Advocacy Manager Diana Gómez joins FOX 7 to discuss the six-week abortion ban and how Texas activists and organizations are fighting back.

August 31, 2021

Texans are fighting back against the six-week abortion ban

Abortion Access

Health Care

Progress Texas Advocacy Manager Diana Gómez joins FOX 7 to discuss the latest abortion ban and how Texas activists and organizations are fighting back.

August 26, 2021

Progress Texas Podcast: Our Bodies, Our Votes, Our Rights

This week Planned Parenthood Texas Votes Executive Director Dyana Limon-Mercado joins the team to explore how the six-week abortion ban going into effect on September 1st will impact Texans and how Texas Democrats are shaping the future of voting rights...

August 26, 2021

Three factors impacting the Democratic race for Governor

Elections

Toplines and Key Points: Beto O’Rourke has said he is thinking about running, but while other candidates have flirted with the idea - they are hesitant to announce decisions until he announces his. Since 2009, Democrats have always declared in October or...

August 25, 2021

Texas should permanently move its March primary to April

Elections

Originally published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Toplines and Key Points: Our early primary date means candidate filing takes place a year before an election and during the holiday season Moving the primary back serves to slightly shorten the election...

August 25, 2021

We Are Having Successes Against COVID, Thanks To Texas’ Local Leaders

Health Care

When Harris County started giving $100 cash cards to folks who got vaccinated, the vaccination rate rose six times its previous rate. Other cities, school districts and counties are providing similar incentives, and they are working just as well. The...

August 24, 2021

As Dan Patrick blames Black Texans for COVID surge, the real culprit is his own party

Accountability

Health Care

TX Legislature

Toplines and Key Points: Last week, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick blamed Black Texans for the spread of COVID-19, despite white Texans having the largest group of unvaccinated people. Since the start of the pandemic, Patrick and Gov. Abbott have scapegoated people...

August 24, 2021

Texas Democrats shape national voting rights battle

Elections

Progress Texas Senior Strategist Glenn W. Smith joins the BBC to discuss how Texas Democrats' quorum breaks and work in Washington DC are shaping the narrative around voting rights.

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