Opinion: Change starts in the comments—Meet Ricky Longoria, author of ‘Texas Tea’
| November 5, 2025
Welcome to Texas Tea, a monthly column by a 24-year-old political activist, Ricky Longoria. Ricky views what's happening in Texas from a unique lens.
Gone in a flash: Iconic Houston crosswalk officially painted over
| October 24, 2025
Gov. Greg Abbott announced the state would withhold road funding from cities that don’t remove, what he called, “political ideologies” from city streets. The rainbow crosswalk, at the intersection of Westheimer Road and Taft Street, was painted over on the morning of Oct. 20.
Houstonians showed up to protest the removal, and four were arrested by the Houston Police Department for blocking the roadways.
Dallas church paints rainbow steps amid Greg Abbott’s attack on rainbow crosswalks
| October 24, 2025
A church in the Oak Lawn neighborhood of Dallas is taking a stand against Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s culture wars.
On Tuesday, Oak Lawn United Methodist Church began painting its steps in rainbow colors in response to Abbott’s order for cities to remove rainbow crosswalks on roads or risk losing state and federal funding.
Read more at the link in our bio.
Gov. Greg Abbott would have you rat out your family
| October 1, 2025
Gov. Greg Abbott put a bounty on your reproductive rights on Sept. 12 under the name HB 7. The law goes into effect on December 4th.
What you need to know about THC bans in Texas
| September 19, 2025
Changes are coming to the T💨C industry in Texas.
Although lawmakers failed to pass a blanket ban on consumable h3mp products, Gov. Greg Abbott recently issued an executive order mandating state agencies develop a ban on sales to minors and regulate the products similar to alcohol.
Vape pens containing T💨C are now banned in retailers as well.