by Bobby Watson | Apr 2, 2023 | Action Alerts, Latest Posts, Legislative
Download the PDF The Texas House will take up the budget bill — HB 1 — on Maundy Thursday. With 150 members, the House often takes well past midnight to pass the budget. With an all-nighter looming, and hundreds of pre-filed amendments being vetted, House committees...
by Bee Moorhead | Mar 31, 2023 | Latest Posts, Legislative
This week, people of faith joined with thousands of Texans from across the state to oppose legislation that would prohibit health care professionals from delivering gender-affirming care to Texans under 18. In partnership with Texas Impact, members of the Austin...
by Kat Karbach | Mar 31, 2023 | Latest Posts, Race & Gender, Religious Freedom
In response to the Texas Legislature’s attack on trans Texans, Texas Impact mobilized faith leaders from across the state to oppose harmful legislation that would prohibit health professionals from providing gender-affirming care to individuals under 18. On Monday,...
by Bobby Watson | Mar 31, 2023 | Asylum, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts
This past week there was the first round of real debate heard in the Senate Committee for Border Security. In the hearing, which was held on the morning of Thursday, March 30th, only two new bills were laid out by the committee: Senate Bill (SB) 1484 by Creighton and...
by Isa Peterson | Mar 30, 2023 | Climate Justice, Creation Care, Latest Posts, Texas Climate & Energy
This March, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE), a nonprofit promoting responsible and equitable energy choices, published its fifth annual Energy Efficiency in the Southeast report. After years of historic underinvestment in energy efficiency, new federal...
by Bee Moorhead | Mar 26, 2023 | Action Alerts, Latest Posts, Legislative
Download the PDF This week is going to be a very bad week for LGBTQ equality. The news cycle will be consumed with anti-LGBTQ bills practically all week. In this action alert, we have prioritized the worst of the worst: ending gender affirming care — currently the...
