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Ep. 437 Passing Period: Moving Bills Before the Bell Rings

Ep. 437 Passing Period: Moving Bills Before the Bell Rings

With 11 days remaining before the Texas Legislature adjourns Sine Die and the congressional passage of one of the worst bills in modern history, Texas Impact’s Executive Director Bee Moorhead joins the program to talk about it all, with conversation about health...
Ep. 432 The Beloved Community—in Case We Forgot…

Ep. 432 The Beloved Community—in Case We Forgot…

We jumped right in this week because most of the Texas Impact staff stayed up late Wednesday night to watch SB 2, the Texas Senate’s school voucher bill, be brought before the House. There were some great and no-so-great conversations between legislators about...
Ep. 430 From Bad to Worse: Looming Medicaid Cuts in Congress

Ep. 430 From Bad to Worse: Looming Medicaid Cuts in Congress

This week, we turn our eyes to DC for a fight that will impact this legislative session and sessions to come as Congress is considering hundreds of billions of dollars of cuts to Medicaid. These cuts would be devastating—not just to the Texans who rely on that...
Ep. 427 State of Play: Vouchers in Focus

Ep. 427 State of Play: Vouchers in Focus

Y’all, it is getting wild over at the Texas Capitol, and Texans of faith are in the midst of all of it with thousands of phone calls going in every week, members of Texas Impact’s issue teams staying up until all hours of the night giving testimony, and the Texas...
Ep. 424 This is Not Done: The Fight to Stop School Vouchers

Ep. 424 This is Not Done: The Fight to Stop School Vouchers

This week we are excited to bring you content from Texas Impact’s Public School Defenders’ Lobby Day. We are joined by State Representative Gina Hinojosa, House District 49, while walking back to the Capitol after she addressed the Public School defenders to discuss...