POLITICS
Beto on the 2026 Ballot?: ‘I Want to Make Sure Whatever I Do Is Helpful’
| May 23, 2025
Will Beto run again?
This Bill Could Give Texas Students Time Off for Period Pain
| May 23, 2025
EDUCATION | EXCO-Player | HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | old texas | TEXAS | TEXAS HOUSE | TEXAS LEGISLATURE | women's health | youtube
A new Texas proposal could allow students to take up to 10 excused absences per year for menstrual disorders like endometriosis or PCOS.
Texas Republicans help pass Trump budget bill cutting healthcare, food stamps
| May 22, 2025
Texas lawmakers played key roles in passing President Trump’s budget bill, which funds tax cuts for the wealthy by cutting Medicaid and food stamps.
James Talarico Scolds Greg Abbott for His ‘Betrayal’ of Public Schools
| May 21, 2025
EDUCATION | EXCO-Player | old texas | politics | public education | public schools | TEXAS | TEXAS POLITICS | youtube
Betrayal with the stroke of a pen.
‘Teens Have First Amendment Rights’: Ex Librarian Opposes Texas Bill Limiting Library Access
| May 20, 2025
Republican lawmakers want to censor public libraries in Texas.
Parents, librarians, and freedom of speech advocates, including former public school librarian Carolyn Foote, voiced their concerns during a Senate committee hearing on April 28.
‘Neither work nor home’: Dairy Queens as community hubs in rural Texas
| May 20, 2025
To be sure, the view of Dairy Queen as a community's social hub doesn't ring true as much as it did decades ago, even in rural Texas.
New bill would trap women who want or need abortions in Texas
| May 16, 2025
ABORTION | DFW | DFW Lead Story | Repro Rights | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story | TEXAS LEGISLATURE | TEXAS POLITICS
A bill passed in the Texas Senate allows women and their loved ones who help them get abortions — here or in another state — to be jailed and sued.
Op-Ed: A third of parents putting career plans on hold due to cost of childcare — even in Texas
| May 14, 2025
We treat childcare as a personal problem that deserves private suffering, instead of political action. I spent years thinking that it was my fault. As another mom said to me: “It feels like I’m the one doing something wrong.”
Texas House signals expanding state’s medical marijuana program
| May 13, 2025
bills | ECONOMY | equity | HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | inclusion | lawmakers | laws | marijuana | politcal | political | politics | state legislature | TEXAS | TEXAS ECONOMY | TEXAS HOUSE | TEXAS LEGISLATURE | TEXAS POLITICS | weed
House Bill 46 would increase the number of health conditions eligible and would offer smokeable products under the state’s medical marijuana program.
Average Texas mortgage debt increased to $239,783 in 2024
| May 12, 2025
Nationally, median home prices over the past five years have increased by nearly 50%, 30-year mortgage rates have nearly doubled, and the number of homes available for purchase have fallen by a third.
Texas House votes to strictly define man and woman, excluding trans people from state records
| May 12, 2025
bills | censorship | CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | CIVIL RIGHTS | dei | diversity | EQUALITY | equity | HEALTHCARE | lawmakers | laws | LGBTQ | politcal | political | politics | state legislature | TEXAS | TEXAS LEGISLATURE | TEXAS POLITICS | women's health
If it becomes law, the bill would define sex based on reproductive organs and require state documents and policies to comply with that framework.