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 Bobby Watson | Aug 4, 2023 | Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement, Legislative
News broke this week that another dead body was found in the buoys on the Texas border in Eagle Pass as a part of Gov. Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, a state response to “crack down” on cartel activity and illegal migration. The news comes as Texas is under fire for a...
by Joshua Houston | Jul 28, 2023 | Economic Justice, Education, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Legislative, Religious Freedom
What is a public school chaplain? Texas school children may soon find out. In 2023, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 763, which gives public school districts the option to hire religiously affiliated chaplains. However, the bill provides no definition, job...
by Bobby Watson | Jul 26, 2023 | Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement, Legislative
Though the regular legislative session has ended, advocacy for common-sense gun reform has not. On Monday, July 10th Texas Impact joined Change the Ref as well as other advocates and survivors of gun violence for a press conference at the Texas Capitol. Change the Ref...
by Bee Moorhead | Jun 23, 2023 | Latest Posts, Legislative
This week, the Texas Senate adopted rules for its upcoming impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton. The rules are laid out in Senate Resolution 35, which sets the trial date for September 5, the day after Labor Day. All of the debate about the rules took...
