by Bee Moorhead | Aug 31, 2023 | Climate Justice, Creation Care, Health, Latest Posts, Legislative, Texas Climate & Energy
This year, Texas is celebrating the 100th anniversary of our system of State Parks. To mark the centennial, Texans statewide will have the opportunity to vote on November 7th to support a Constitutional Amendment (Proposition 14) to create the Centennial Parks...
by Bee Moorhead | Aug 31, 2023 | Latest Posts, Legislative
This weekend is a kind of “new year” celebration for Texas government: September 1 of every odd-numbered year marks the start of a new biennial budget cycle and many laws passed in the year’s earlier regular legislative session go into effect on September 1. But some...
by Bee Moorhead | Aug 22, 2023 | Education, Faith Leader Statements, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Legislative, Religious Freedom
MEDIA CONTACTSManisha Sunil, West End Strategy Team / msunil@westendstrategy.com; 202-417-0171Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, BJC / guthrie@bjconline.org; 713-614-4946Joshua Houston, Texas Impact / josh@texasimpact.org; 979-487-1188 AUSTIN—More than 100 Texas chaplains...
by Bee Moorhead | Aug 11, 2023 | Asylum, Faith Leader Statements, Global Climate Policy, Human Migration, Human Rights, Issues, Latest Posts
This week, the three ELCA Lutheran bishops of Texas issued a joint letter to Governor Abbott urging him to end Operation Lone Star. The letter was coordinated by the ELCA AMMPARO Program and Texas Impact. Read the letter...
