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Civic Engagement
Paving the Way for Religious Freedom in the 88th Legislative Session
In a press conference on February 7, Representative Salman Bhojani of House District 92 announced his new Religious Freedom Agenda, a package of bills that expands religious protections in Texas, with a focus on optional state holidays, state exam test dates, and...
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, legislators will gather at the Capitol to vote on, amend, and "kill" legislation regarding...
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 Christian nationalism is a gross perversion of Christianity, and that Christians must...
Climate Justice
TCEQ Releases Climate Emissions Inventory, Mitigation Plan
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality recently released its Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Priority Action Plan for the State of Texas (PAP). The plan was developed as part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grants...
Challenges and Successes in Texas Energy and Climate News
When it comes to energy and climate news from West Texas, it is the best of times and the worst of times. Let’s start with the worst. On Tuesday afternoon, wildfires in the northern Texas Panhandle spread out of control, growing from 100,000 acres earlier in the day...
Weather and Climate Disasters Threaten Church Property Insurance
Austin-based news station KXAN reported this week that dozens of United Methodist churches in Texas have found themselves struggling to find property insurance this year. Without property insurance, churches, many of whom have large and sprawling facilities, are...
Economic Justice
44: How Did We Get Here? Unpacking the Origins of the Vaccines Controversy
This week we welcome Terri Burke, Executive Director of the Immunization Partnership, to talk about the importance of vaccinations–one of the 10 major advances in public health of the 20th century–and the history behind the vaccine opposition movement, which is...
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 might be about an experience that made you angry, afraid, or even physically hurt. The...
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 their 2022 biennial report from the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review...
Human Rights
Texas Impact Statement on Abortion Exceptions Rule
Read the final ruleFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 21, 2024 Contact Bee Moorhead: bee@texasimpact.org TEXAS IMPACT RESPONDS TO TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD’S ABORTION EXCEPTION RULE Bee Moorhead, head of Texas Impact, the state’s oldest and largest interfaith advocacy network,...
Dismantling Barriers Created by Our Own Immigration Laws
President Biden: “New Actions to Keep Families Together” President Biden announced two directives for the Department of Homeland Security that will keep American families together as they apply for permanent lawful status and streamline the waiver process for work...
“God Doesn’t Ask for a Passport Before He Showers You with Grace”
President Biden: Proclamation and Rule on “Securing the Border” Last week, President Biden announced his proclamation on “Securing the Border” that went into effect on June 5, 2024. Many news outlets reported it as “shutting down the border” although that is not...