
Texas House signals expanding state’s medical marijuana program
| May 13, 2025
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House Bill 46 would increase the number of health conditions eligible and would offer smokeable products under the state’s medical marijuana program.

Texas House votes to strictly define man and woman, excluding trans people from state records
| May 12, 2025
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If it becomes law, the bill would define sex based on reproductive organs and require state documents and policies to comply with that framework.

VIDEO: LGBTQ+ Texans condemn anti-trans bills as ‘insidious attack’
by Matt Hennie
| 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.

Texas women face prosecution for abortions if new bill becomes law
| May 8, 2025
The Texas Senate has passed a new anti-abortion bill which would open the door to women being criminally prosecuted for obtaining an abortion — even in a different state.

VIDEO: ‘Dark day for Texas’ as Greg Abbott signs $1 billion school voucher law
by Matt Hennie
| 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.



