This Week @ the Legislature: Attacking Abortion Access

Click below for contact information of committee members. Tuesday, April 14 House State Affairs Committee Wednesday, April 15 House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee Even after passing the most restrictive laws in the country, anti-abortion zealots in the Texas Legislature are back at it, trying to pass laws further squeezing access. They won’t stop until […]

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This Week @ the Texas Legislature: Attacking Muslim Americans

Click below for contact information of committee members. Tuesday, April 14 Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee For the second time this year, the House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence committee will hear bills targeting Muslim Americans with thinly veiled discriminatory legislation: HB 899 by state Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Frisco, would bar application of foreign laws and […]

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This Week @ the Texas Legislature: Vouchers on Senate Floor

Call your senator TODAY in opposition to this reckless raid on funding for neighborhood public schools. Click here to find the name and phone number for your senator. Big moves behind the scenes tell us the Senate could take up a massive private school voucher bill this week. It’s critical that you call your senator […]

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LAWMAKERS, BUSINESS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES LEADERS WARN LEGISLATURE AGAINST BILLS PROMOTING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LGBT TEXANS

Joint press release from Texas Freedom Network, Equality Texas, ACLU of Texas LAWMAKERS, BUSINESS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES LEADERS WARN LEGISLATURE AGAINST BILLS PROMOTING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LGBT TEXANS Press Conference Highlights Mounting Concerns about Bills That Would Spark Reactions Similar to Backlash in Indiana, Arkansas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 7, 2015 Texas lawmakers and the head […]

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