by Bobby Watson | Mar 24, 2023 | Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement
On Tuesday March 22, Texas Impact brought 4 members of its Ending Gun Violence Issue team to attend the House Select Committee for Community Safety’s first reading of bills. The committee read through 14 bills. Texas Impact brought its members, several of whom are...
by Bobby Watson | Mar 24, 2023 | Latest Posts
On Wednesday March 24 the Senate Border Security committee met to lay out their first round of bills. The senate committee was created last special session in order to address the crisis at the border and oversee Operation Lone Star, the governor led military...
by Bobby Watson | Mar 9, 2023 | Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement
This year Texas Impact is engaging the state legislature through a variety of means including our Issue Teams; teams focused on working on advancing policy goals for a specific issue. Currently we have teams for Reproductive Rights, LGBTQ+ Rights and Ending Gun...
by Bobby Watson | Dec 8, 2022 | Latest Posts
This past November Judge Emmet G. Sullivan found the enforcement of Title 42 is in violation of several laws and announced the policy’s termination by Dec. 21st of this year. Title 42 was found to lack proper justification from the Center for Disease Control and...
by Bobby Watson | Nov 14, 2022 | Latest Posts
After a busy week in Sharm El Sheikh, I’ve seen, heard and learned a lot. I feel that I am taking home a better understanding of climate change in general and the process of COP. In this blog post instead of taking you through a play by play of my recent activities at...
