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Poll: Most Americans Don’t Agree With Abortion Bans

Jessica Montoya Coggins - January 26, 2023 0

This week a new poll from NPR and Ipsos shows that most Americans oppose outright bans on abortion, like the kind found in Texas. The Signal spoke with Mallory Newall, the Vice President of Public Affairs for Ipsos about that and other results from the...

climate change

Passing the Ike Dike: A Step Closer to Preventing Environmental Catastrophe

Michael VerMeulen - June 17, 2022 0

The 2022 hurricane season is officially upon us, with Texans once more preparing themselves for the worst. As hurricanes increase in force due to the effects of climate change, so do the intense flooding and winds that accompany the storms become an ev...

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This is the ‘Endgame,’ Warn Abortion Funds

Fernando Ramirez - June 17, 2022 0

With a Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade expected in the next few weeks, nowhere else is the urgency and anger felt more than with abortion funds, groups that provide financial support for those seeking abortions. In Texas, these aborti...

Gun violence

‘We Need to Ban Assault Weapons’ Says Joe Biden in Speech About Gun Violence

Fernando Ramirez - June 3, 2022 0

In a major speech Thursday evening, President Joe Biden called on assault weapons to be banned following the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. “We need to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines,” Biden said in his speech where he also support...

Gun violence

The Foolishness of the One-Door Policy

Michael VerMeulen - May 27, 2022 0

In the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting, Republicans are attempting to discredit and deflect attention away from common sense gun reform by proposing increasingly bizarre proposals. Given that the oft-mentioned idea of more “good guys w...

Policy

Denton Becomes First Texas City to Pass Resolution Supporting Medicare for All

Fernando Ramirez - May 23, 2022 0

Denton recently became the first city in Texas and the 100th nationally to pass a resolution in favor of Medicare for All. The local resolution does not change any laws and instead aims to drum up support for the single payer healthcare system.&nbsp...

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Texas Food Banks Feel Sigh of Relief as Public Health Emergency Benefits Continue

Fernando Ramirez - May 18, 2022 0

The U.S. Health and Human Services quietly extended the public health emergency declaration beyond July 16, giving no required 60-day notice this week that it would come to an end. It means the public health emergency will continue to last for at le...

Policy

Congressional Lawmakers Want an Investigation into Operation Lone Star

Fernando Ramirez - May 10, 2022 0

Nine Congressional Texas Democrats penned a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen this week, urging the treasurer to investigate where the funding for Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star Star is coming from. Operation Lone Star is an im...

Policy

Does Every Child in Texas Deserve Access to a Free Public Education? Greg Abbott Doesn’t Think So

Jessica Montoya Coggins - May 5, 2022 0

In an interview on Wednesday with a rightwing talk show host, Greg Abbott was asked why the state of Texas must educate all children, including the undocumented. The Texas Governor responded by saying the state could be looking into “resurrecting” the ...

Policy

How to access abortion in a post-Roe world

Kennedy Sessions - May 3, 2022 0

Monday night, a draft opinion leaked by POLITICO showed the Supreme Court of the United States is set to overturn Roe v. Wade. Conservative Justice Samuel Alito writes: “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled.The Constitution makes no re...

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FBI searching Biden home in Rehoboth, Delaware, in classified documents probe

U.S. Secret Service agents are seen in front of Joe Biden's Rehoboth Beach, Del., home on Jan. 12, 2021. The FBI is conducting a planned search of President Joe Biden's Rehoboth Beach, Delaware home as part of its investigation into the potential misha...

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President Biden’s physical delayed due to travel schedule, White House says

Patrick Hauf - February 1, 2023 0

President Biden will receive a physical examination on Feb. 16 after weeks of delays that a spokesperson attributed to a "busy and evolving travel schedule in recent weeks."Biden, the oldest president in history, is expected to announce his bid for re-...

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Manchin, Cruz introduce bipartisan bill barring Biden admin from selling US oil reserves to China

Thomas Catenacci - February 1, 2023 0

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., joined Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Wednesday in introducing bipartisan legislation that would prohibit the federal government from selling American emergency oil reserves to China.The legislation — which, in addition t...

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DOJ searching Biden Delaware beach home amid classified document investigation

Chris Pandolfo - February 1, 2023 0

FBI agents were sent to President Biden's vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Wednesday to conduct a search for additional classified documents, the president's attorney Bob Bauer said."Today, with the President’s full support and cooperation...

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Private payroll growth slowed to 106,000 in January as weather hit hiring, ADP says

Jeff Cox - February 1, 2023 0

Job creation in the private sector plunged in January as weather-related issues sent workers to the sidelines, payroll processing firm ADP reported Wednesday.Companies added just 106,000 new workers for the month, down from an upwardly revised 253,000 ...

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