Anti-Abortion Bill Dies After Senate Filibuster
*UPDATE* This afternoon, Gov. Rick Perry called a second special session to take up abortion- related legislation once again Related: Filibuster by Democratic Senator Kills the Anti-Abortion Bill Live...
View ArticleStand With Texas Women at San Antonio’s Sunset Station
Since Senator Wendy Davis’ filibuster of the anti-abortion bill at the Texas State Capitol in Austin almost 3 weeks ago, the Stand with Texas Women campaign has morphed into a household topic...
View ArticleSigns Point to Davis Run for Texas Governor, Formal Announcement Next Week
Update: Sen. Wendy Davis plans to make her formal campaign announcement in Haltom City, Texas (north of Ft. Worth) on Thursday, October 3 at the Wiley G. Thomas Coliseum, the same spot where she...
View ArticleAre You Going to Vote Today?
Yee Haw! It’s Constitutional Amendment Day in Texas! The hell is that, you ask? Well, since Texas adopted our State Constitution back in 1876, we’ve gone to the polls to consider more than 600...
View ArticleIn Lt Gov Bid, Van de Putte Emphasizes Women’s Rights and Working-Class Families
“Texas deserves better. And that, my friends, is why mama ain’t happy,” said state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte (D-San Antonio) as she launched her official bid to run for Texas Lieutenant Governor....
View ArticleState Sen. Wendy Davis Outraises Greg Abbott in Texas Gov Race
In the battle to replace outgoing Texas governor Rick Perry, totals show state Sen. Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth) has outraised her GOP opponent Attorney General Greg Abbott during the last six months of...
View ArticleNext Possible Governor of Texas Opposes Making Equal Pay Suits Easier
Republican candidate for governor and Attorney General, Greg Abbott, says he’d veto a bill that would make it easier for women to fight for equal pay. Abbott initially dodged the question—generating...
View ArticleSan Antonian, Annie’s List Director Dies In Car Crash
San Antonio native and head of Annie’s List, Grace Ann Garcia, died in a car crash Monday in Waxahachie, reported the political organization she led. “It is with a tremendous sense of loss that we...
View ArticleWendy Davis to Visit San Antonio Tomorrow
Democratic candidate for Texas governor Wendy Davis will make a stop in San Antonio on Friday as part of her Texans Deserve to Know tour, a seven-city trip around Texas to address her Republican...
View ArticleWendy Davis releases attack ad
Texas Sen. Wendy Davis released her first TV advertisement today and it attacks Attorney General Greg Abbott for ruling on the side of a corporation instead of a rape victim back when Abbott was on the...
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