Legislation that would categorize gender-affirming care for trans children as “child abuse” was discussed in a Texas Senate committee hearing Monday, drawing a sharp rebuke from an El Pasoan parent. “I’m not an abuser, I’m ...
A controversial bill designed to redistrict and reduce the courts of appeals in Texas has been withdrawn after it drew sharp criticism during a public hearing in Austin last week. Senate Bill 11, filed by ...
An El Paso rabbi’s campaign to make people aware of the importance of charity was on display Wednesday in the Texas House of Representatives. Plastic yellow arks — charity boxes provided by the Chabad Lubavitch ...
An effort to redistrict and reduce courts of appeals in Texas could have major implications for El Pasoans. Texas currently has 14 courts of appeals throughout the state, including the 8th Court of Appeals that ...
The Texas Legislature on Monday will begin an every-10-year redistricting process that could diminish El Paso’s representation in the state House of Representatives. Census estimates through 2019 show that El Paso’s population has stagnated since ...
By David C. Stout This week, our lawmakers in Austin gaveled in another legislative session, a 140-day event certain to be even more unpredictable because of the pandemic. However, counties and cities across Texas can ...
Public education funding will be one of the major issues Texas lawmakers tackle during the 2021 legislative session, which starts Tuesday. The state faces a nearly $1 billion shortfall for the current two-year budget, which ...
State Rep. Joe Moody, D-El Paso, filed paperwork on Election Day seeking to be Texas’ next speaker of the House of Representatives. If he is selected by House colleagues, Moody would be the first Latino ...
By Joe Moody There isn’t an El Pasoan anywhere who can’t tell you where they were and how they felt on Aug. 3, 2019, after the massacre at the Cielo Vista Walmart. I was at ...
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By Eddie Rodriguez Before the COVID-19 pandemic brought our nation to a halt, Texas was on the verge of making transformative changes to our public education system. State lawmakers had just passed school funding reform, ...