In a closed-door, last-minute meeting, the Texas House Public Health Committee today voted to advance House Bill 1686 and its companion Senate Bill 14. Both bills would ban healthcare for transgender adolescents in Texas. […]
The Fifth Circuit last night temporarily blocked Judge Kacsmaryk’s ruling to halt FDA approval of mifepristone but left in parts of the ruling that severely impact access to the abortion medication. […]
The Texas State House Committee on Public Education yesterday held hearings for a series of bills that would use vouchers to divert tax dollars from neighborhood students in public schools to instead subsidize religious schools and exclusive private schools. […]
Gov. Abbott and his followers are obsessed with vouchers. This obsession has one indisputable result: These lawmakers are stealing from students—stealing the public funds earmarked just for them, stealing their access to free, quality education, and stealing their freedom to learn. […]
The Texas House of Representatives today approved an amendment to the state budget proposed by Rep. Abel Herrero that would prohibit the use of public funds for voucher programs. […]
