By: Jeff Rasansky, Rasansky Law Firm The 85th Texas Legislature has finally concluded, and there are 1,252 new Texas laws on the books. While many of these new laws will affect only a few Texans, some of them will have a big impact on many. We wanted to give our readers a peek…

By: Marcelo Rochabrun, ProPublica Marco Guajardo starts a new job today that, he said, will provide him with health insurance for the first time. Matias Zubko is set to close on a new house on Wednesday. Roberto Angulo is hoping for a promotion at the electrical company that employs him as…

by Neena Satija and Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune Aug. 31, 2017 HOUSTON — Six-year-old Karla Rogers lingered on the sidewalk outside her apartment in the hot sun on Thursday, refusing to go any farther. Her friend had told her there were snakes inside. Five days earlier, her father had…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Sept. 1, 2017 Continuing a dramatic reversal on voting rights under President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Justice is asking a federal appeals court to allow Texas to enforce a photo voter identification law that a lower court found discriminatory. In a filing…

New America Media, News Report, Anna Challet The 2020 Census is off to a rocky start, with crucial preparations already delayed or falling to the wayside, largely a result of inadequate funding from Congress. Some of the nation’s oldest civil rights organizations, while fearing the worst, say there’s still time for…

by Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Sept. 1, 2017 Former U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, has decided not to try again to reclaim his old seat in Congress. “Know that my public service is not done, but that for the present, I have decided to forego another run in the…

by Morgan Smith, The Texas Tribune Sept. 1, 2017 As Texas reels from the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey, hundreds of new state laws will go into effect Friday, including a statewide ban on texting while driving. By the time the 2017 Legislature gaveled out in May, they had sent…

(Press Release) By rescinding DACA, President Trump would remove protections given to nearly 800,000 immigrants who were brought to this country as children. The DACA program is immensely popular, even among Trump’s own voters, and rescinding it will have damaging impacts on the economy by cutting our nation’s workforce and drastically reducing…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Aug. 31, 2017 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office said Thursday that Paxton was sticking with a Tuesday deadline for President Trump to rescind a popular Obama-era program or face a lawsuit. Meanwhile, a White House spokesperson said that despite rumors to the contrary, the…

By: Suzanne Potter, Public News Service – AZ PHOENIX — Just a few days before Labor Day, the Trump administration has announced two policies that consumer advocates say hurt the average worker and favor Wall Street and big business. On Wednesday, the Labor Department announced it is delaying by 18…