FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 9, 2023 Contact Bee Moorhead Texas Impact, the oldest and largest interfaith advocacy group in the state, today issued the following statement urging lawmakers to reject any legislation creating a program diverting taxpayer dollars to...
Make sure your legislators know you oppose vouchers! Even if you’re sure your legislator is with you on the issue, they still need to know that you are with them and will have their back when they are taking the tough votes. Fill out the form below, and...
In a webinar with White House staff this week, officials from the Biden administration presented an overview of what programs will be affected in the event the federal government, and in particular the US House of Representatives, is unable to reach an agreement on...
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...
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...
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...
