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Using the Public Utility Commission of Texas Sunset Review to Safeguard Texans’ Health and Wellbeing
The upcoming 2022-2023 Sunset review of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, offers a unique opportunity for Texas lawmakers to advance public health in the Lone Star State.
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Put Your Faith Into Immediate Action: Submit Your Unique Comment Opposing the Asylum Transit Ban
Submit your comment here: https://immigrationjustice.quorum.us/campaign/44910/ TLDR: The Biden administration’s proposed asylum transit ban and contemplation of the use of family...
Issue Briefs: All In One Place
Texas Impact's issue briefs for the 88th legislative session are now all available online in one convenient location. Go here to read or download issue briefs. To order print...
Action Alert Week of March 13, 2023
Just like the famous movie quote that says, “there’s no crying in baseball,” there is no Spring Break in the Texas Legislature. In fact, Spring Break is often the week that...
Advocacy Communication: How You Say It
This week, we’re celebrating some great communication on the issue of reducing gun violence: at a meeting on March 4, Mission Presbytery adopted a resolution calling on...
41: Ep. 241 “Remarkable Common Ground”: Faith Communities Call for Policies to Reduce Gun Violence
This week we are joined by Reverend Rob Mueller, pastor of Divine Redeemer Presbyterian Church in San Antonio, and one of the clergy leaders of Texas Impact’s Ending Gun Violence issues team. We discuss the work Rob is doing to engage his…
Mission Presbytery Commissioner Resolution on Gun Violence
This year Texas Impact is engaging the state legislature through a variety of means including our Issue Teams; teams focused on working on advancing policy goals for a specific...
Action Alert Week of March 6, 2023
The month of March marks the beginning of “committee season” in a Texas legislative session. The first week is often a “warm up” week, and committees in both chambers have...
Tell Your Reproductive Rights Story.
Every person has a story. Your story is what you tell someone about an experience you had. It might be short or long; it might be about an experience that made you happy...or it...
40: Ep. 240 Faith Over Fear
This week Scott talked with Jamila English, Legislative Director for the Texas Chapter of Emgage, a foundation with the goal of educating and mobilizing Muslim American voters in support of policies that enable their communities to thrive and…
Are You in the Loop?
This week marked the start of the “Action Alert” season: if you did NOT receive an Action Alert email on Monday and you want to be in that loop, please visit this page and adjust...