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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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34: Ep.234 Better Together: Working in Community
This week we are coming to you from Houston featuring a conversation with Juan Cardoza-Oquendo, Director of Policy and Elections with Houston in Action, an organization that...
Courts & Ports Chats with Migration Research Professors and Students
Last week, I had the refreshing opportunity to meet with professors and students from Texas State University, UT-RGV, and George Washington University who have funding from the...
33: Ep.233 Invoking Justice: An Interfaith Service of Public Witness to Welcome the 88th Texas Legislature
This week we have a special episode for you, featuring the audio from Texas Impact’s Interfaith Service of Public Witness that took place on the steps of the Capitol this Tuesday...
The Texas Legislature is Set to Vote on Changes to the PUCT, ERCOT, and OPUC
On Tuesday, January 10th, the Texas Legislature began its 88th legislative session, gathering to pass a variety of laws and a two-year state budget. From January until May,...
New Year, New Ways to Thwart Human Rights
TLDR: Requiring asylum seekers to make an appointment from their country of origin to seek asylum contradicts the very essence of asylum laws. The Administration's new "parole"...
32: Ep.232 First Things First: Centering Religious Freedom in the 88th Legislature
Weekly Witness is back for our first episode of 2023, just in time for the start of the 88th Texas Legislature. Scott welcomes Texas Impact’s Advocacy Director Josh Houston back to the program to discuss a few of the hot topics leading into the session, namely religious freedom, and how they apply to the policy making process we are about to witness. Texas Impact kicks off every regular session with an event on the Texas Capitol steps. Be sure to listen for details about our interfaith service of public witness on January 10th and head to texasimpact.org/event/invoking-justice-an-interfaith-service-of-public-witness-to-welcome-the-88th-texas-legislature/ to find out more.
31: Ep. 231 2022 End of the Year Highlights
This year we released the 200th episode of Weekly Witness! We’ve got one final episode of Weekly Witness for this year, a “clip show” highlighting a few of the many fascinating conversations Scott has had with faith leaders during the course of our first 200 episodes. We hope you’ll listen to this episode—and don’t forget, all of our old episodes are available for download on your favorite podcast platform.
Border Update With Fabi: Migrants in Crisis
Ship supplies to nonprofits helping asylum seekers at the Texas-Mexico border: Angry Tias and Abuelas of the RGV U-HAUL /Cindy Candia Angry Tias and Abuelas Units 222 & 223...
If She Had Not Been Pregnant, Would She Have Died?
This week, as millions of Texans prepare to celebrate the birth of a healthy baby to an unwed teen mother of color, the Texas Department of State Health Services finally released...
Christian Nationalism
[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, in an Oct. 26 seminar at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., reiterated The Episcopal Church’s position that white...