Week of March 15, 2021 Top Priority: Voting Rights Support Ballot Tracking: HB 1382 by Bucy A top priority issue for Texas Impact, HB1382 would create an electronic tracking system so a voter would be able to track the status of their application to vote by mail, as...
A new report by Texas Impact shows that the federal agency charged with sheltering unaccompanied migrant children has a practice of placing children in facilities with histories of child abuse. Read the...
March 1, 2021 Tell Lawmakers Texans Need Clean, Affordable, Reliable Power In response to the February power crisis, committees in both the Texas House and Senate held hearings last week. The hearings lasted for two days, and featured presentations from energy...
Tell Lawmakers to Make a Resilience Plan for Texas Texas was unprepared for an extreme weather event, and as a result large parts of the state lost power and water. Friends, neighbors, and faith communities have stepped in to assist as they are able, and Texans have...
The Texas Constitution prohibits the Legislature from passing legislation in the first 60 days of a legislative session. However, the exception to that rule is if the Governor has named a specific subject matter to be an “emergency item.” In the State of the State...
