Texas governor falsely claims vaccine mandates will shut down businesses
A Department of Labor rule will require unvaccinated workers at large businesses to get tested regularly for the coronavirus.
By Josh Israel - September 16, 2021A Department of Labor rule will require unvaccinated workers at large businesses to get tested regularly for the coronavirus.
By Josh Israel - September 16, 2021As it assails mandates, Fox News requires daily screenings of its employees who don’t provide evidence of vaccination.
By Oliver Willis - September 10, 2021Ohio’s three biggest cities are all experiencing problems with homicides, but resources were used to deploy law enforcement to Texas.
By Oliver Willis - September 09, 2021‘It is likely that we’ll see the numbers of maternal death growing as a result of the extremely restrictive abortion climate,’ said the lead author of a recent study.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - September 08, 2021Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott claimed pregnant people have six weeks to get an abortion under the ban — which is categorically false.
By Emily Singer - September 08, 2021Democrats spent months protesting what they say are efforts to weaken minority turnout and preserve the GOP’s eroding dominance.
By Associated Press - September 07, 2021Fifty-five companies and business associations signed a letter opposing anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in Texas this year.
By Casey Quinlan - August 26, 2021More than two-thirds of American adults want schools to implement the COVID-19 safety measure.
By Josh Israel - August 17, 2021The civil arrest warrants seek to compel 52 House Democrats back to the state Capitol.
By Emily Singer - August 11, 2021COVID-19 — and Republican lawmakers — have made access to care even more precarious.
By Lisa Needham - August 10, 2021The Missouri Republican wants to block efforts to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus even while children remain the most vulnerable.
By Emily Singer - August 10, 2021Florida and Texas have banned schools and businesses from requiring that people wear masks or be vaccinated.
By Emily Singer - August 09, 2021A progressive activist secretly recorded Republican state lawmakers saying their voter suppression bill is meant to keep Democrats from winning elections.
By Emily Singer - August 09, 2021It will start on Aug. 7, as soon as the current session ends.
By Emily Singer - August 05, 2021New polling shows Republican messaging against vaccination requirements is not finding popular support.
By Emily Singer - July 30, 2021Gov. Greg Abbott has constructed a chain-link fence in Del Rio, Texas, to stop migrants.
By Oliver Willis - July 20, 2021Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told a talk show host he has ‘another solution.’
By Casey Quinlan - July 20, 2021The Texas Legislature is considering bills banning trans student athletes from sports teams.
By Casey Quinlan - July 13, 2021Dozens of Democratic state representatives left Texas for Washington, D.C., in an effort to both block a GOP voter suppression bill, as well as convince Congress to pass voting rights legislation.
By Emily Singer - July 13, 2021Democrats are also protesting Republican attacks on transgender kids and other right-wing legislation.
By Emily Singer - July 12, 2021From ‘election integrity’ to ‘critical race theory’ to targeting transgender students, Gov. Greg Abbott’s special session agenda is red meat for the GOP base.
By Emily Singer - July 07, 2021Experts and advocates say Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s move to shut down shelters could seriously disrupt the program for unaccompanied migrant children.
By Associated Press - June 08, 2021‘This is a transparent and troubling ploy to politicize a humanitarian crisis,’ said the head of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service.
By Associated Press - June 03, 2021Gov. Greg Abbott has begun punishing and taunting Democrats while he settles on when he will order them back to work.
By Associated Press - June 02, 2021Republicans tried to cut back on Sunday voting hours, which would impact voter events organized by Black churches.
By Emily Singer - June 02, 2021The new Texas law prohibits state officials from being the ones to enforce the ban on abortion.
By Associated Press - May 19, 2021The new fabrication follows GOP claims the president was going to cancel the Fourth of July.
By Josh Israel - April 26, 2021Experts warn that designating cartels as foreign terrorist organizations is complicated and comes with a host of unintended consequences.
By Amy Lieu - April 20, 2021Greg Abbott said he didn’t need to speak out against sexual abuse in immigrant detention centers during the Trump administration because they weren’t his concern then.
By Amy Lieu - April 12, 2021Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is the latest Republican to back voter suppression tactics without any proof that voter fraud took place.
By Emily Singer - March 16, 2021