Texas state agency employees and people working in the legislative and executive branches now have access to paid parental leave benefits. SB 222, effective September
This is Part 2 of a blog series examining the 2022 Census data and providing insight into Texas’ uninsured rate. Read Part 1 here. Policy
New U.S. Census estimates from mid-September show slight improvements in the number of uninsured Texans from 2021 to 2022. Seventeen percent of Texans (an estimated
The state budget is the only bill the Legislature must pass each session. Every two years, legislators decide how to allocate our tax dollars to
Every Texan’s Chief of Legislative Affairs, Luis Figueroa, testifies against HB 4 in the 3rd Texas Special Legislative Session. Learn more about Texas’s harmful border
All Texans are worth affordable, comprehensive health coverage, no matter how much money we make or where we’re from. Yet because of our state leaders’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMDQhwJeSrU View the full testimony as a PDF here During Governor Abbott’s eight years in office, he has called for (and this committee has approved)
Every Texan’s Director of Economic Opportunity, Jaime Puente, testifies in strong opposition to HB 6 which would give another $1.5 billion to construction of a border
Update on Spending Caps & Available Funds Earlier this year, Texas budget watchers marveled at the unusually large $32.7 billion carryover balance available to the
This blog was co-authored by Kaitlan Wong and Jonathan Malagon. View our data brief on LGBTQ+ Texans here. All Texans – regardless of gender or
Every Texan’s Chief of Legislative Affairs, Luis Figueroa, joins the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) to outline the harmful implications of HB 4 in the
Proposition 3 Will Maintain Texas’ Extreme Wealth Inequality We all benefit when everyday Texans, regardless of where we live or what we look like, have
