This Bill Could Give Texas Students Time Off for Period Pain
| May 23, 2025
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A new Texas proposal could allow students to take up to 10 excused absences per year for menstrual disorders like endometriosis or PCOS.
James Talarico Scolds Greg Abbott for His ‘Betrayal’ of Public Schools
| May 21, 2025
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Betrayal with the stroke of a pen.
VIDEO: LGBTQ+ Texans condemn anti-trans bills as ‘insidious attack’
| May 9, 2025
Ahead of an expected vote in the Texas House, LGBTQ+ advocates denounced two bills targeting transgender Texans — part of an onslaught of more than 200 anti-LGBTQ+ bills filed this session.
VIDEO: ‘Dark day for Texas’ as Greg Abbott signs $1 billion school voucher law
| May 5, 2025
Gov. Greg Abbott signed his school voucher bill into law on May 3, celebrating with hundreds of supporters on the lawn of the Texas Governor’s Mansion.
VIDEO: May Day rally in Austin denounces Trump, celebrates workers
| May 2, 2025
With a raucous march from the Texas Capitol to Austin City Hall, hundreds of people rallied against the Trump administration on May Day.
VIDEO: Greg Abbott’s bromance with Elon Musk just became law in Texas
| April 25, 2025
Rallying against an “administrative state” in a state he’s led for 10 years, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill that seeks to recalibrate state government and slash regulations by, ironically, creating a new Texas agency.