by Scott Atnip | Sep 12, 2025 | Disaster Responses and Resilience, Latest Posts, Legislative, Weekly Witness
This week we are talking with friend of Texas Impact, Cyrus Reed, Legislative and Conservation Director with the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club. There has been a lot of talk about flooding following the July 4 floods, but spoiler–folks were actually talking...
by Scott Atnip | Aug 29, 2025 | Health, Latest Posts, Legislative, Race & Gender, Religious Freedom, Reproductive Health Policy, Weekly Witness
As we prepare to head into the Labor Day weekend, many of us thought the second special session would be over, but the work will continue after the long weekend. The Legislature has already passed racially discriminatory redistricting but is still working to finalize...
by Scott Atnip | Aug 15, 2025 | Latest Posts, Reproductive Health Policy, Weekly Witness
The second called session of the 89th Texas Legislature is on and reproductive rights are back on the call. Once again bills have been filed to ban medications that induce abortions—but what is flying under the radar in the Senate version of the bill is a provision...
by Scott Atnip | Aug 8, 2025 | Civic Engagement, Legislative, Weekly Witness
The Texas Legislature is midway through the third week of Special Session No.1 and activity has slowed to a halt in the House as Texas House Democrats have left the state to oppose the congressional redistricting plan. Texas Impact’s Bee Moorhead joins the...
by Scott Atnip | Aug 1, 2025 | Climate Justice, Disaster Responses and Resilience, Legislative, Texas Climate & Energy, Weekly Witness
The Texas Legislature is nearing the end of the second week of the special session, but in this episode, we want to focus on the Thursday July 31 hearing in Kerrville, TX that focused on the July 4 flooding in Central Texas. Our listeners will remember seeing the...
by Scott Atnip | Jul 25, 2025 | Civic Engagement, Legislative, Weekly Witness
The Texas Legislature is back in Austin for a special session to consider a number of issues the governor has identified, chief among them congressional redistricting. Texas Impact does not take a position on the partisan makeup of those districts, but does believe...
