Every Texan agrees wholeheartedly with House Bill 2021’s goal of increasing legislative oversight and decision-making power over significant infusions of federal aid that Texas receives when the Legislature is not
Every Texan understands that HB 2 is a complex effort to bring the Texas state budget into balance for the remainder of the 2020-2021 biennium and to free up General
After Speaker of the House Dade Phelan’s press conference earlier today, Every Texan Associate Director Anne Dunkelberg issued the following response: The Speaker and House have elevated important and exciting bills that can
Texas PACE — a coalition led by Every Texan and Young Invincibles — supports Senate Bill 1019 relating to disaggregated higher education data. Texas student debt is in crisis, and
Every Texan supports HB 4139 relating to the Office for Health Equity. The COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately burdening Black and Hispanic Texans and has magnified long-standing health inequities for communities
Our state budget is a moral document that should reflect the needs of Texans from all backgrounds and help every Texan thrive. Unfortunately, the Texas Senate budget for 2022-2023, which
Bills heard in House and Senate committees this week would make preexisting condition discrimination legal once again for certain types of health coverage. Votes taken on these bills may be
Currently Texas state law prevents local communities from prohibiting discrimination based on source of income, implementing inclusionary zoning, and putting in place rent controls. HB 886 removes state preemption of
HB 3924/SB 1973 would make preexisting condition discrimination legal once again for a certain type of health coverage. Nearly 9-in-10 Texans (88%) think health plans should be required to cover
HB 3923 by Representative Oliverson seeks to align state law regarding association health plans – those offered by business or professional associations to their members — with federal rules finalized
