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2021 Press Releases
08.31.2021 Texas Freedom Network Statement on the Final Passage of Anti-Voter Senate Bill 1
06.25.2021 Texas Takes Step Forward on Teaching About Climate Change
05.31.2021 Texas GOP’s Cruel Legislative Session Stumbles to a Close
05.30.2021 Texas Freedom Network Statement on the Defeat of Senate Bill 7
05.28.2021 Censorship Bill Derailed in Texas House on Point of Order
05.26.2021 Anti-Trans Bill Halted: Texas Freedom Network Releases Statement on Senate Bill 29’s Fate in Texas Legislature
05.19.2021 Texas Governor’s Signing of SB 8’s Six-Week Abortion Ban Shows Contempt for Private Health Care Decisions
04.28.2021 Texas Rising Action Releases Statement on New Census Data Allocating Two Additional Congressional Districts to Texas
04.20.2021 Activists Move to Stop Anti-Transgender Bills in Texas Legislature
04.14.2021 TFN President Warns Against New Wave of Discriminatory Religious Exemptions Bills
04.12.2021 TFN, Clergy Call Out Cruel Texas Legislative Assault on Transgender Youth and Their Families
04.08.2021 Statewide Youth Organizing Group Gathers for First-Ever Advocacy Week
04.08.2021 Texas House Committee Advances Sweeping Voter Suppression Bill Targeting Texans of Color
04.07.2021 Texas Freedom Network Statement on Anti-Abortion Bills
04.01.2021 Republican Legislators Race Ahead on Voter Suppression Effort in Texas
03.26.2021 With SB29, Dan Patrick’s Senate Is Pushing Discrimination Yet Again
03.25.2021 TFN to Texas Lawmakers: Suppress the Virus, Not the Vote
03.19.2021 Leading Youth Mobilizing Organizations Joined by Community Leaders to Rally for Action in Aftermath of Winter Storm Devastation
03.17.2021 As Texas GOP Tries to Limit Voting, Turnout Analysis Reveals Continuing Surge of Young, More Diverse Texas Voters in November Election
03.15.2021 Misplaced Priorities: Texas Senate Committee Turns Attention from Unresolved COVID and Power Crises to Abortion Bans
03.11.2021 Comprehensive Nondiscrimination Bills Are an Important Step Toward Equality for All in Texas
02.25.2021 Failure of Leadership Left Texas Families in the Dark
01.12.2021 Texas Rising Statement on the Start of the 87th Legislature
01.12.2021 Texas Freedom Network Statement on Opening of the 87th Legislature
01.06.2021 The Road to Sedition: Ted Cruz, Ken Paxton Must Resign Now
2020 Press Releases
11.18.2020 Texas SBOE Fails Students on LGBTQ-Inclusion, Climate Change
10.27.2020 Extensive Texas Rising Action GOTV Efforts Focus Heavily on Young Voters of Color
10.08.2020 National Report Card: Texas Among the States Failing Students on Climate Change
09.11.2020 Texas State Board of Education Rejects Teaching Students About Respect for LGBT People
09.08.2020 Advocates Call on Texas State Board of Education to Address Sex Education, Climate Change in New Curriculum Standards
09.01.2020 Kathy Miller to Step Down After 16 Years as Texas Freedom Network President
08.20.2020 Texas Rising Launches Big Campaign to Turn Out Progressive Young Voters
07.15.2020 Lani Popp’s Victory in GOP Runoff for Texas SBOE Seat Isn’t a Win for Texas Kids
06.29.2020 Public Hearing: It’s Time to Teach the Truth on Sex Education in Texas
06.29.2020 Just Texas Press Statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s June Medical Services v. Russo Decision on Louisiana’s Anti-Abortion Law
06.18.2020 Texas Rising Leaders Express Relief over Supreme Court’s DACA Ruling
06.15.2020: Texas Freedom Network Statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision that Civil Rights Law Protects LGBT People from Employment Discrimination
05.19.2020: Admission about Payoffs to Roe Plaintiff Exposes More Lies Fueling the Anti-Abortion Political Machine
04.17.2020 Approval of African American Studies Course Is a Big Step Forward for Texas
03.31.2020 TFN President: Ken Paxton Cynically Embraces Guns While Barring Essential Health Care
03.31.2020 Court Order Blocking Dallas Paid Sick Ordinance Is Especially Appalling During a Pandemic
03.23.2020 Texas AG Paxton Misuses Health Crisis to Push Anti-Abortion Agenda
02.17.2020 TFN Marks 25 years as a Progressive Champion in Texas
02.11.2020 Texas Rising Action Press Release: Young RGV Activists Protest Sen. Lucio’s Record at Brownsville Office
02.06.2020 Texas Rising Action Press Release: It’s Time for the Valley to Move on from Sen. Lucio
02.04.2020 Texas Rising Action Issues First-Ever Congressional Endorsement, Backs Cisneros in District 28 Democratic Primary
01.31.2020 African American Studies Moves Closer to Adoption as State’s Second Ethnic Studies Course
01.15.2020 Texas AG Ken Paxton Wants to Block Public Employees from Making Personal Paycheck Decisions He Doesn’t Like
2019 Press Releases
12.11.2019 Faith Leaders Speak Out Against Abortion Bans
11.13.2019 It’s Time for African American Studies in Texas Public Schools
11.08.2019 Heidi Group Scam Highlights the Dangers of Playing Politics with Women’s Health Care
10.29.2019 Austin Sex Education Curriculum Will Help All Students, Regardless of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity
10.02.2019 Joint Press Release: Faith Leaders in McAllen: ‘Bless this Clinic’
09.19.2019 State, National Orgs to Texas: Teach the Truth on Sex Education
09.05.2019 TFN Statement on Rep. Krause’s Call for a Special Session that Includes Anti-Abortion Legislation
06.26.2019 Texas Health Curriculum Standards Overhaul Veers Off Course Out of the Gate
05.20.2019 Texas House Vote for SB1978: Lawmakers Are Trying to Score Anti-LGBTQ Political Points
05.15.2019 TFN Statement: SB1978 Is Really about Promoting Anti-LGBT Sentiment, Unworthy of Trust
05.15.2019 House Must Stop Effort to Suppress the Vote in Texas
05.13.2019 Ghost Hearing: Lt. Governor No Longer Even Pretends to Care What Texans Think about Discrimination
05.09.2019 Senate-Passed Bill Would Force Texas Women to Carry Nonviable Pregnancy to Term
04.15.2019 Senate Bill 9 Is An Attempt to Intimidate Voters, Keep Turnout Low in Texas
04.12.2019 Setting the Record Straight on Chairman Leach’s Anti-abortion Extremism
04.04.2019 Texas Rising Leaders Call on Lawmakers to Protect Voting Rights, Remove Obstacles to Casting a Ballot
04.02.2019 Texas Freedom Network Statement on Senate Passage of SB17
03.26.2019 New Polling: Majority of Texans Oppose Discrimination Against LGBT People
03.25.2019 Lt. Gov. Patrick Is Turning Another Legislative Session into a Fight Over Discrimination
03.18.2019 Time for Legislature to Stand for Equality for All Texans
03.12.2019 New Study Makes Clear that Texas Abortion Restrictions Blocked Access, Delayed Care Until Later in Pregnancy
03.12.2019 TFN President Condemns Texas Attorney General’s Request for Federal Discrimination Exemption
03.11.2019 Texans Oppose Using Religion as a License to Discriminate
02.28.2019 From Bad to Worse: SB15 Hurts Working Families, Opens Door to Discrimination against LGBT Workers
02.26.2019 TFN President Praises Austin School District Vote for Evidence-Based, Inclusive Sex Education
02.20.2019 Faith Leaders to Texas Lawmakers: Religious Freedom Isn’t a License to Discriminate
01.11.2019 State Preservation Board Vote to Remove Confederate Plaque Is a Positive Step Toward Historical Accuracy, Healing Divisions
01.10.2019 #TakeItDown: State Board Must Remove Offensive, Historically Inaccurate Confederate Plaque
01.08.2019 TFN to Legislature: Focus on Building a 21st-Century Texas, Not Bathrooms and Other Manufactured Controversies
2018 Press Releases
11.15.2018 Texas Curriculum Standards Revision an Exercise in Politicians Masquerading as Historians
11.12.2018 Scholars from Across the Country Call on Texas SBOE to Correct Historical Distortions
11.07.2018 Huge Spike in Turnout Among Texans Under 30 Signals Coming Sea Change in State’s Electoral Politics
11.06.2018 TFN President Kathy Miller Statement on Election Results: Rise of Young Voters in Texas
09.25.2018 ‘Texas Rising’ Pushes to Raise Voter Turnout Among Texans Ages 18-29
09.13.2018 Texas SBOE Puts Politics Ahead of Truth in Curriculum Standards
09.11.2018 Time for the Texas State Board of Education to Teach the Truth
06.04.2018 TFN Statement: Supreme Court’s Colorado Cakeshop Ruling Does Not Grant Businesses a Right to Use Religion to Discriminate
04.27.2018 Texas HHSC Report on Family Planning Programs Leaves Out a Lot
04.11.2018 TFN President: SBOE Vote to Create State Elective Course in Mexican American Studies an Important Step Forward for Texas
02.28.2018 TFN Calls for Investigation of State Contract Renewal for Anti-Abortion Group
02.22.2018 Report: It’s Time to Take Politics Out of Texas Classrooms
02.01.2018 TFN Statement on Speaker Straus’ Call for Investigating Texas HHSC Contracting
01.18.2018 New Trump Religious-Refusal Policy Makes a Mockery of Religious Freedom, Endangers Vulnerable People
2017 Press Releases
12.05.2017 TFN Statement on Monday’s Supreme Court Decision on Same-Sex Marriage Benefits Case in Texas
11.08.2017 TFN Statement on SBOE Rejection of Mexican American Studies Textbook
11.06.2017 Texas Rising, Wendy Davis Take ‘Lies into Laws’ Campaign to University Campuses
10.31.2017 Texas Clergy Sign on to Supreme Court Brief Supporting Equality in Key LGBT Discrimination Case
09.07.2017 TFN Statement on President Trump’s Federal Judge Nominations
08.16.2017 TFN Statement on the End of the Texas Legislative Special Session
07.25.2017 Texas Senate’s Preliminary Approval of Special Session Bills Makes Texas Appear Cruel to Its Most Vulnerable Residents
06.30.2017 TFN Statement on Texas Supreme Court’s Ruling on Benefits for Same-Sex Spouses of Public Employees
06.23.2017 California Ban on Travel Highlights Risks of Discrimination Obsession at the Texas Capitol
06.15.2017 Texas Freedom Network Statement on Gov. Abbott Signing Discriminatory Adoption/Foster Care Bill
06.06.2017 Texas Freedom Network Statement on the Legislative Special Session Announcement
05.29.2017 TFN Statement on the End of the Texas Legislative Session
05.28.2017 Texas Freedom Network Statement on Passage of SB801
05.21.2017 TFN Statement on Texas Senate Passage of Private School Voucher Scheme
05.21.2017 Texas Senate’s Preliminary Approval of HB3859 Puts Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination a Step Closer to Law
05.21.2017 TFN President on House Passage of ‘Bathroom’ Amendment: There Is No Moral Middle Ground on Discrimination
05.19.2017 TFN Statement on Senate Passage of HB1291: Making the Textbook Wars Worse
05.19.2017 TFN Statement on Texas House’s Preliminary Approval of SB8: Putting Lies Ahead of Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care
05.11.2017 Major Statewide Advertising, Public Education Campaign Targets Lies Behind Anti-Abortion Laws in Texas
05.09.2017 TFN President Condemns Texas House Vote for Child Welfare Services Bill that Protects a Sweeping Right to Discriminate Against LGBT Texans
05.09.2017 Report: Texas Worst in the Nation in Scientifically Unfounded Anti-abortion Restrictions
04.21.2017 TFN Hails Removal of Anti-Evolution Requirements From Texas Public School Science Standards
04.19.2017 Texas Freedom Network Statement on Texas State Board of Education Preliminary Vote on Science Standards
04.18.2017 TFN President: It’s Time for the Texas State Board of Education to Listen to Teachers
04.12.2017 TFN President: Politicians Are Misusing Faith, Misleading on Claims about Safety to Scapegoat and Hurt LGBT Texans
04.10.2017 Equality, Civil Liberties Groups Denounce Shameful Deal Pitting Rights of Transgender Texans against Planned Parenthood Funding
03.30.2017 TFN Statement on Texas Senate Passage of SB 3 Private School Voucher Bill
03.30.2017 TFN President: SB 522 Allows County Clerks to Discriminate Against Virtually Anyone
03.29.2017 Avalanche of Proposed Religious Refusals Bills Would Allow the Use of Religion to Justify Discrimination
03.07.2017 TFN President: Politicians Are Using the Transgender Discrimination Bill to Sow Hate and Division in Texas
02.23.2017 Young Texans Bring Progressive Agenda of LGBTQ Equality, Reproductive and Voting Rights to Elected Officials in Austin
02.15.2017 TFN Statement: Proposed Bills Radically Redefine ‘Religious Freedom’ to Mean Using Religion to Discriminate
02.14.2017 New TFN Education Fund Study: Texas Is Failing on Sex Education
02.01.2017 TFN President Calls Out TX State Board of Education for Once Again Overruling Teachers
01.24.2017 Texas Freedom Network Statement on Private School Vouchers
01.19.2017 Broad Coalition of Policy Experts, Advocates Warn of Consequences of Anti-LGBT Discrimination Bills in Texas
01.05.2017 TFN President: Texas Transgender Bill is About Discrimination and Political Grandstanding
2016 Press Releases
11.16.2016 Evolution Deniers Once Again Making a Mess of Science Standards
11.04.2016 TFN President Calls for Investigation into Whether Texas SBOE Member is Violating the State’s Open Records Law
09.16.2016 TFN President Calls Out Education Board Members for Pressuring Science Curriculum Writers
08.01.2016 Texans to Jane Nelson: Stop Ignoring the Facts on Women’s Health
07.18.2016 Grassroots, Civil Rights, Education Groups Announce Coalition Opposed to Offensive Mexican American Heritage Textbook Proposed for Texas Schools
06.27.2016 Texas Freedom Network Statement on the Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision Today
05.26.2016 TFN Responds to Paxton Lawsuit Against Obama Administration Transgender Student Directive
05.24.2016 Texas Freedom Network Statement on Texas GOP Runoff Race for State Board of Education
04.21.2016 TFN Education Fund Launches Statewide Ad Campaign Pushing Back Against Political Attacks on State Health Researchers
04.08.2016 Ken Paxton, Obsessed with Defending Discrimination, Is Politicizing the Texas Attorney General’s Office
03.11.2016 Appointment of Political Activist to Key Spot in Texas AG’s Office Threatens Religious Liberty
03.02.2016 Activists Call on Supreme Court to Stop Politicians from Restricting Access to Safe, Legal Abortion
02.17.2016 Religious, Civil Liberties Groups Tell Texas Senators: Discrimination Doesn’t Protect Religious Freedom
2015 Press Releases
12.04.2015 Texas Attorney General Slaps Down SBOE Power Grab
11.20.2015 Texas Education Board Rejects Qualifications for Textbook Reviewers
11.18.2015 Texas SBOE Refuses to Tighten Process for Ensuring Accuracy in Textbooks
11.04.2015 Defeat of Houston Equality Ordinance Damages Texas
10.27.2015 TFN Student Activists Join Oct. 29 Voter Turnxout Event
10.20.2015 Civil Liberties Groups Warn Against ‘Religious Refusal’ Laws
10.05.2015 TFN President Responds to News About New Texas Textbook Controversy Over Slavery, Migration
07.31.2015 New Reproductive Justice Health & Justice ‘Artivism’ Project Launches in Texas
06.18.2015 TFN President Expresses Disappointment in Abbott’s SBOE Chair Choice
06.01.2015 Extremists Undermined Chances for Real Progress in Texas Legislative Session
05.28.2015 TFN Hails One-Year Anniversary of Houston Anti-Discrimination Measure
05.07.2015 Texas House to Take Up Indiana-Style Bill Subverting Potential Supreme Court Ruling on Marriage
04.29.2015 Civil Liberties Groups Raise the Alarm on Anti-LGBT Bills in Texas
04.22.2015 Texas Freedom Network Press Statement on House Committee Passage of HB 4105
04.20.2015 TFN President Condemns Texas Senate Passage on Second Reading of Voucher Bill
03.26.2015 Voucher Bills Represent Reckless Efforts to Cut Funding to Neighborhood Public Schools
03.25.2015 House Bill 1745 Represents a Legislative Temper Tantrum by Lawmakers Opposed to Freedom to Marry
03.18.2015 Advocates Push for Birth Control Access for Young Parents
03.10.2015 Faith Leaders Launch Campaign to Support Reproductive Justice
03.10.2015 TFN President Applauds Lawmaker’s Decision to ‘Reconsider Entirely’ Proposed HJR 55
02.26.2015 Texans Demand Access to Reproductive Health Care
02.17.2015 Faith Leaders Call for Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Texans
02.12.2015 Trust. Respect. Access.
01.07.2015 At Fifth Circuit Hearing, Groups United in Fight Against HB 2
2014 Press Releases
11.21.2014 Texas State Board of Education Adopts Textbooks with Changes No One Has Vetted
11.18.2014 TFN Statement on Texas Textbook Adoption Public Hearing
10.28.2014 TFN President Condemns Hateful Mailer in North Texas Senate Race
10.20.2014 Publishers Make Some Corrections, But Problems Remain in Texas Textbook Adoption
10.10.2014 Texas Freedom Network Honors Strong Women Making History at 19th Annual Gala
09.15.2014 Proposed Texas Textbooks Distort Climate Change Facts
09.10.2014 Scholar Reviews Highlight Problems in Proposed Texas Social Studies Textbooks
07.15.2014 SBOE Politics as Usual: Textbook Review Once Again Corrupted by Lack of Expertise
06.30.2014 Supreme Court’s Birth Control Decision Redefines Religious Freedom
04.11.2014 Texas Freedom Network Statement on SBOE’s Action on Ethnic Studies Courses for Public Schools
02.26.2014 Austin Pastor, TFN Board Member Praises Ruling for Marriage Equality in Texas
01.31.2014 New State Board of Education Textbook Adoption Rules Are a Modest Step in the Right Direction
2013 Press Releases
11.22.2013 Texas Textbook Adoption Is a Major Victory for Science Education
11.20.2013 TFN, Science Advocates to Texas SBOE: Don’t Ignore Experts on Science Textbooks
10.16.2013 Publishers Resist Pressure to Undermine Evolution Coverage in Proposed Texas Science Textbooks
09.09.2013 Texas Reviewers Pressure Publishers on Evolution, Climate Change
08.13.2013 Scholars Give Proposed Biology Textbooks Thumbs Up on Evolution Coverage
07.09.2013 Petition Calls on Gov. Perry to Add Sex Education to Call for Special Session
06.04.2013 TFN President Criticizes Sen. Patrick for Harassing School Districts and Teachers Over CSCOPE
05.27.2013 Culture Wars Took a Back Seat to Solving Real Problems in 2013 Legislative Session
05.20.2013 CSCOPE Surrender Throws Hundreds of School Districts Under the Bus
05.15.2013 TFN Statement on Texas House Endorsement of Discrimination
04.19.2013 TFN President: SBOE Resolution Sends Strong Message Against Private School Vouchers
04.18.2013 SBOE Review of CSCOPE Curriculum System Already Raising Red Flags
04.17.2013 HB 285 Promotes Academic Fraud, Not Academic Freedom
03.14.2013 TFN President Calls on Texas Attorney General to Decline Award from Extremist Leader’s Group
03.12.2013 TFN President Criticizes Senate Committee Passage of Reckless Anti-Sex Education Bill Today
03.04.2013 Texas Clergy Support Broad Access to Birth Control
02.11.2013 SBOE Chair’s Science Comments at Hearing Highlight Concerns over Her Appointment
02.05.2013 Texas SBOE Chair: Texts Should Teach ‘Other Side’ on Evolution
01.16.2013 Failure to Implement 2007 Legislation Undermines Study of the Bible in Texas Public Schools
2012 Press Releases
12.19.2012 TFN President: Tax Credit Vouchers Are a Racket That Benefits Corporations But Not Kids
11.07.2012 New Faces Must Take Texas State Board of Education in a New Direction
10.03.2012 TFN to Honor Biotech Entrepreneur, Youth Leaders at 17th Annual Celebration
10.01.2012 TFN Endorses 11 in Texas State Board of Education Elections
08.24.2012 TFN President Tells Senate Education Committee to Stop Wasting Time on Voucher Schemes
08.09.2012 TFN Commends Thomas Nelson Publishing for Pulling David Barton’s Distorted Book on Thomas Jefferson
05.30.2012 Statement from TFN President Kathy Miller on State Board of Education Primary Results
04.02.2012 Fundraisers for Texas SBOE Incumbent’s Campaign Raise Questions
01.10.2012 Pulitzer-Winning Columnist Leonard Pitts to Speak in Houston on January 25
01.10.2012 January 25 Symposium Explores Religion in the 2012 Elections
2011 Press Releases
12.08.2011 State Approval of Christian-Themed License Plate Disrespectful of Christianity, Religious Freedom
11.21.2011 Encouraging Shift on Sex Education in Texas Schools
11.07.2011 TFN President: New Report Confirms Texas SBOE’s Failure on Curriculum Standards
10.05.2011 TFN Honors Senator, Austin Activists at 16th Annual Gala
09.20.2011 David Barton Tries to Suppress Free Speech
09.09.2011 TFNEF Analysis: New Law Could Bring Sea Change to Textbook Adoptions in Texas
08.18.2011 TFN President: Gov. Perry’s Claims About Teaching Creationism in Texas Incorrect, Irresponsible
08.15.2011 TFN President Applauds Final Version of Publisher’s Science Materials
08.04.2011 Thousands Send Message to Gov. Perry: Stop Using Faith as a Political Weapon to Divide Americans
07.22.2011 TFN President Kathy Miller: Texas Kids, Sound Science Education Triumph in SBOE Vote
07.21.2011 Education Advocates Stand Up for Sound Science in Texas
07.19.2011 TFN President Expresses Concerns About Continuing Problems at State Board of Education
07.01.2011 Gov. Perry Puts Politics Ahead of Education by Appointing Cargill As SBOE Chair
05.19.2011 Ms. Foundation Honors TFN President
05.13.2011 Creationists Target Science Instructional Materials in Texas
05.04.2011 National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy: Time to Stop Ignoring the Problem in Texas
04.25.2011 Proposed Instructional Materials Put Science Education, Public Schools at Risk in Texas
04.13.2011 Time to Put College and Workforce Readiness Ahead of Politics in Curriculum Standards
03.11.2011 TFN President Kathy Miller: New Leadership Needed on State Board of Education
01.20.2011 Creationist Group Pushes Anti-Evolution Materials in Texas Science Classes
01.04.2011 TFN Statement on Texas House Speaker’s Race
2010 Press Releases
09.24.2010 TFN President Condemns Board’s Passage of Anti-Islam Resolution
09.20.2010 Clergy Condemn Proposed Anti-Islam Resolution
09.13.2010 TFN Education Fund Releases Voter Guide
08.10.2010 TFN Joins National Groups Opposing Politicization of Curriculum Standards in Texas
05.21.2010 Texas Ed Board Guts Instruction on Key Constitutional Protection for Religious Freedom
05.21.2010 Texas Ed Board Member Uses Prayer to Make a Political Point
05.20.2010 Poll: Big Majority of Texas Voters See Church-State Separation as Important, Want Teachers and Scholars to Set Curriculum Standards
05.19.2010 Lawmakers, Civil Rights Leaders, Parents Call on SBOE to Send Curriculum Standards Back to Experts
05.14.2010 Proposed New Changes to Social Studies Standards Rewrite History, Promote Fringe Political Arguments
05.12.2010 Clergy Call on SBOE to Promote Religious Freedom
04.26.2010 New Dunbar Comments Highlight Extremism on Texas State Board of Education
03.19.2010 SBOE Chair Lowe’s Explanation for Dropping Jefferson from Standard Doesn’t Hold Water
03.12.2010 TFN President: Curriculum Process Is Seriously Broken, Dominated by Politics and Incompetence
03.11.2010 Texas SBOE Rejects Religious Freedom in Social Studies Curriculum
03.03.2010 TFN President: Voters on Tuesday Rejected ‘Culture War’ Battles on Education Board
01.13.2010 SBOE Pushes Politics in Social Studies Standards
2009 Press Releases
12.09.2009 TFN Statement on Dunbar Decision Not to Seek Re-election to SBOE Seat
10.14.2009 TFN President Calls on Legislature to Investigate SBOE Ethics Concerns
07.10.2009 Texas Freedom Network Statement on Appointment of Gail Lowe as SBOE Chair
05.28.2009 TFN Statement on the Senate’s Rejection of Don McLeroy’s Confirmation as SBOE Chairman
05.20.2009 TFN Statement on Senate Committee Approval of McLeroy’s Nomination as SBOE Chair
05.06.2009 TFN President Strongly Condemns House Rejection of SBOE Sunset Bill
04.27.2009 Texas Freedom Network Statement on House Passage of Permanent School Fund Measures
04.17.2009 House Reaffirms Strong Opposition to Vouchers in Texas with Overwhelming Vote
04.01.2009 Putting Chains on Stem Cell Research Would Hurt Texas Families and Economy
03.31.2009 TFN President Calls for Passage of Sex Ed Reform Bills
03.27.2009 TFN President: Texas State Board of Education Adopts Flawed Science Standards
03.19.2009 Parents, Clergy, Scientists Call for Sound Science Standards as Lawmakers Consider Major Reforms for Texas Ed Board
03.18.2009 TFN President Condemns Shocking Book Endorsement by SBOE Chairman
03.16.2009 TFN President Calls on Lawmakers to Reject Anti-Science Legislation
02.24.2009 New Study: Texas Failing Families, Teens on Sexuality Education
02.13.2009 Statement from TFN President Kathy Miller on Evolution Poll
01.23.2009 SBOE Vote Against ‘Strengths and Weaknesses’ Language Represents Major Victory for Science Education
2008 Press Releases
12.04.2008 SBOE Chair Should Remove Dunbar from Instruction Committee
09.23.2008 TFN Applauds Pro-Science Draft Curriculum Standards
08.28.2008 Texas Freedom Network Statement on AG Ruling on Public School Bible Classes
08.11.2008 TEA Dropout Recovery Voucher Scheme Is Political Payback for James Leininger
07.18.2008 SBOE Throws School Districts Under the Bus
07.09.2008 Texas Attorney General Can’t Certify Bible Courses Will Be Constitutional
05.27.2008 ‘Dropout Recovery Program’ Could Lead to Private School Voucher Scheme in Texas
05.21.2008 Adult Stem Cells Are Only Part of Groundbreaking Medical Research Needing Support
04.23.2008 TFN Statement on Public Hearing about the Institute for Creation Research
04.21.2008 University Faculty: No Certification for Group’s Creation ‘Science’ Master’s Degree
03.27.2008 SBOE Must Comply with the Law on Bible Class Standards
03.26.2008 TFN Urges Rejection of Reading Lists in New Language Arts Standards
03.11.2008 Council Leaves the Door Open to Voucher Schemes
03.05.2008 Odessa Lawsuit Agreement Confirms TFN Warnings about Deeply Flawed Bible Course
02.12.2008 Board Chairman Recklessly Throws Away Two Years of Work, Taxpayer Dollars on Curriculum Revision
02.07.2008 Far-Right Groups See Major Funding Increases Since 1998
02.05.2008 Texas Clergy Promote Sound Science in Public Schools
01.10.2008 TFN Asks IRS to Investigate Foundation Linked to Texas Restoration Project
2007 Press Releases
11.16.2007 TFN Calls on Attorney General to Enforce Textbook Law
08.07.2007 Recorded Lecture Reveals New Texas Education Board Chair’s Hostility To Science, Religious Tolerance
07.17.2007 Texas Freedom Network Statement on McLeroy as SBOE Chair
05.28.2007 Texas Freedom Network Statements on End of 80th Regular Session of Texas Legislature
05.23.2007 Texas Freedom Network Statement on Senate Passage of Bible Class Bill
05.16.2007 Odessa Bible Class Lawsuit a Result of Reckless Decisions by Local Officials
05.08.2007 House Passage of Committee’s Bible Class Bill Is a Victory for Religious Freedom in Texas
04.30.2007 TFN Statement on House Bill 3678
04.19.2007 Texas Freedom Network Applauds House Committee Action on Bible Class Bill
04.16.2007 TFN Condemns Irresponsible Vote for Ban on Stem Cell Research Funding
04.12.2007 TFN Launches Statewide Petition Campaign Supporting Stem Cell Research
04.03.2007 Proposed Bill on Bible Classes Could Endanger Religious Freedom, Put Schools in Legal Jeopardy
03.29.2007 Proposed Massive Pilot Voucher Program Takes Aim at Urban School Districts
03.29.2007 House Vote Slams Door Shut on Voucher Schemes
03.28.2007 Autism Voucher Scheme Would Undermine Special Education Efforts in Texas Public Schools
03.13.2007 Special Education Initiatives, Not Vouchers, Are Real Solution for Students with Disabilities
03.07.2007 TFN Statement: Bill Protects Stem Cell Research, Gives Hope to Patients and Families
02.28.2007 Vouchers Are Not the Solution for Families of Children with Autism
02.14.2007 Chisum Launches Attack On Evolution
02.12.2007 Proposed Bill Favors Deeply Flawed Bible Curriculum in Texas Public Schools
02.09.2007 Rep. Chisum Contradicts Himself on Gay Foster Families
02.07.2007 TFN President Responds to Pro-Voucher Propaganda Event
01.09.2007 Challenge to Speaker Sent a Message: Put the People’s Interests above Special Interests
2006 Press Releases
10.17.2006 Texas Faith-Based Initiative Is Political Shell Game
10.13.2006 Voucher Schemes are Expensive, Ineffective and Unaccountable
09.18.2006 Texas AG Keeps Limits on SBOE Textbook Authority
09.13.2006 Clergy, Parents Voice Concerns About Public School Bible Classes
08.28.2006 FreePac Successor Bares Fangs for 2006 Campaign
06.29.2006 Clergy to Politicians: ‘Respect Our Faith’
05.02.2006 Task Force Betrays Spirit of National Day of Prayer
03.14.2006 TFN Joins Education Advocates In Backing Censorship Curbs
03.02.2006 TFN Asks for Investigation into Leininger PACs
02.28.2006 Leininger Raises the Stakes
02.13.2006 Voucher-Obsessed Leininger Moves to Close Sale on Legislature
01.31.2006 SBOE Attempts End Run Around Legislature
2005 Press Releases
12.21.2005 Is Odessa the Next Dover?
10.12.2005 TFN Calls for Investigation of Group Backing Marriage Amendment
09.28.2005 Texas Lawmakers Ponder the ‘Culture War’ at Sept. 30 Event
08.24.2005 Time for Governor to Come Clean
08.01.2005 Turning Public Schools into Sunday Schools
07.20.2005 Statement on End of First Special Session
06.23.2005 Lawmakers Get Failing Grade on Public Schools
06.17.2005 No More Distractions: Lawmakers Must Stay Focused on the Real Goal
05.30.2005 Lawmakers Wasted Time on Distractions Instead of Focusing on Priorities
05.27.2005 Conference Committee Rejects Witch Hunts in Child Protective Services Bill
05.24.2005 Voucher Defeat a Triumph for Texas Families and Neighborhood Public Schools
05.21.2005 TFN Statement on Senate Passage of H.J.R. 6
05.18.2005 House Committee Votes to Hold Texas Kids, Texas Education Agency Hostage to Vouchers
05.09.2005 Senate Rejects Vouchers in TEA Reauthorization Bill
04.29.2005 SBOE, Publisher Still Censoring Health Textbooks
04.28.2005 San Antonio Parents, Teachers Warn Legislators about Failures of Edgewood Voucher Program
04.25.2005 Marriage Amendment an Unnecessary Diversion
04.25.2005 Textbook Bills Open Door to Censorship By SBOE
04.20.2005 H.B. 2479 Returns Texas to Days of Dangerous, Unregulated Faith-Based Programs
04.19.2005 House Bill Gives State Board Of Education a Free Hand To Censor Textbooks
04.18.2005 Bill Could Privatize Schools in Every Senate District
04.12.2005 Senate Education Bill Calls For Unprecedented Privatization of Texas Schools
04.11.2005 House Joins SBOE In Blocking Responsible Health Education
04.05.2005 House Voucher Bills Drain Millions of Dollars from Public Schools
03.22.2005 House Bill 1445: A Voucher Bill in Disguise
03.15.2005 TFN Celebrates 10 Years Standing Up For Mainstream Values With New Web Site, ‘Open House’
03.09.2005 Local Clergy, Religious Groups Call For CHIP Funding
03.08.2005 House Bill 2 Is about Privatization, Not Reform
03.01.2005 House Bill 2: It’s About More Than Money
02.28.2005 Senate Should Reject Miller Appointment as SBOE Chair
2004 Press Releases
12.08.2004 Texas Freedom Network Names Kathy Miller As New President
11.05.2004 State Board Approves Flawed Health Textbooks
11.01.2004 Thousands Of Texans Join Campaign For Responsible Health Textbooks
09.22.2004 Samantha Smoot to Step Down as Texas Freedom Network President
09.07.2004 Texas Poll: 90% of Texans Support Sex Education
07.28.2004 From Bad to Worse: Publishers Make Reckless Changes to Proposed New Health Textbooks
07.14.2004 Experts, Organizations Call for Responsible Health Textbooks in Texas High Schools
07.07.2004 Organizations Launch Campaign to Fight Assault on Responsible Health Education in Textbook Adoption
06.18.2004 State Review Panels Give OK to Failing Health Textbooks in Texas Adoption
04.30.2004 Public Education Advocates Oppose New Voucher Proposal
04.20.2004 Texas Freedom Network Applauds Bipartisan Efforts on School Finance
04.13.2004 Vouchers, ‘Home Rule’ Are Not the Solution to School Funding Crisis
01.29.2004 TEA Commissioner Shirley Neeley Flip-Flops on Vouchers
2003 Press Releases
11.03.2003 Mainstream Texans Gather in Dallas to Proclaim Faith and Science Not in Conflict
10.29.2003 Publishers Resist Political Pressure to Alter Biology Textbooks
08.20.2003 Business Leaders, Clergy, Scientists Say No to Censorship
05.14.2003 Committee Substituted Voucher Bill Sneaks Through Committee at Closed Meeting on House Floor
04.28.2003 Groups Decry “Home-Rule” Bill That Eliminates Class Size, Curriculum, All Education Standards
04.23.2003 Texas House Votes Down Dangerous ‘Virtual’ Schools Bill; Senate Approves Similar Measure
04.03.2003 Voucher Bill Sneaks Through Committee at Closed Meeting on House Floor
01.28.2003 Bush Faith-Based Plan Undermines Safety and Science
2002 Press Releases
12.12.2002 Bush Faith-Based Action Follows Disastrous Texas Model
11.15.2002 SBOE Adopts Social Studies Textbooks after Religious Right Revamp
10.28.2002 Publishers Make Creationist, Anti-Muslim Changes to Pass Religious Right Litmus Test
10.10.2002 Faith-Based Initiative Reaps Bitter Fruit in Texas
03.08.2002 Controversial Religious Right Group, Free Pac, Has Cozy Relationship with Candidates Across State
01.23.2002 White House Sends Top Gun to Defend Faith-Based Initiative in Dallas