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Great federal intervention needed to protect voting rights in Texas

by Gina Hinojosa | Apr 15, 2021 | Civil Rights, Misc, National, Politics and Governance, Texas | 0 |

Perhaps spooked by how record voter turnout in the 2020 election allowed Democrats to narrow or...

Same Day Voter Registration Could Increase Texas Voter Turnout

by Maggie Ambrose | Feb 11, 2021 | Misc, National, Texas | 0 |

Texas could become the latest state to enact same day voter registration. A bill filed by state...

Prop A Is Long Overdue

by Ardian Shaholli | Nov 2, 2020 | Misc, Op-ed, Texas | 0 |

Proposition A is Austin’s latest and most ambitious attempt at developing a robust mass...

Mayor Adler Responds to Surge in Texas Covid-19 Cases

by Taryn Woody | Jul 14, 2020 | Education Policy, Health & Social Policy, LBJ School, Misc, Politics and Governance, Texas, University of Texas at Austin | 0 |

On July 14, Mayor Steve Adler joined a virtual interview with Politico on the state of affairs in...

Austin City Council Stands in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter

by Ana Perez | Jun 21, 2020 | Civil Rights, Texas | 0 |

Following last week’s public outcry at the Austin City Council’s virtual hearing, councilmembers...

Austin City Council Approves Police Grant Despite Calls for Disinvestment

by Ana Perez | Jun 8, 2020 | Civil Rights, National, Politics and Governance, Texas | 0 |

Over the past weeks, the nation experienced an outpouring of indignation, anguish and unity in...

Why APD Should Embrace City Council’s Resolution to Prevent Cannabis Testing and Prosecution

by Ana Perez | Feb 18, 2020 | Civil Rights, Op-ed, Politics and Governance, Texas | 0 |

Texas opened the door to a host of problems around prosecuting possession of marijuana after legislation passed in the summer of 2019. Austin has its own response to how it think police should handle possession going forward, but not everyone agrees with the City Council’s progressive stance.

House Bill 10 Reports on Mental Health Parity

by Kevin Caudill | Apr 17, 2019 | Op-ed, Politics and Governance, Texas | 0 |

“Now that a precedent has been given national media attention, Texans have greater incentive to be more vigilant when it comes to their rights as patients.”

For Families or Politics? Drug Testing for Welfare Access

by Claire Burrus | Apr 10, 2019 | Health & Social Policy, Politics and Governance, Texas | 0 |

In the policy arena, legislators should address the wellbeing of children and families. This is where supporters of these bills fail to employ good policy.