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Jon Taylor@ProfJonTaylor
May 20
The Impact Of SNAP Cuts In Texas -- @JessicaMCoggins @TexasSignal texassignal.com/the-impact-o…

The Impact Of SNAP Cuts In Texas

With HR 1, Congress has forced some of the biggest cuts to SNAP in the program’s history. And the impacts are just starting to be felt in Texas, which has the second highest rate of food insecurity...

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Jon Taylor@ProfJonTaylor
May 6
The First Graduates Without The Texas Dream Act -- @Herrgrossmannz @TexasSignal texassignal.com/the-first-gr…

The First Graduates Without The Texas Dream Act

For 24 years, undocumented students paid in-state tuition at Texas public universities. Then last summer, in the span of a few hours, the Texas Dream Act ended.

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Jon Taylor@ProfJonTaylor
May 2
Voting Rights And Texas -- @JessicaMCoggins @TexasSignal texassignal.com/voting-right…

Voting Rights And Texas

While the Supreme Court’s decision did not fully strike down a pivotal section of the Voting Rights Act, Justice Elena Kagan (in a dissent) wrote that this ruling now left it “all but a dead letter.”

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Jon Taylor@ProfJonTaylor
23 Dec 2025
The New Laws Of Texas -- @jamesfortexas @TexasSignal texassignal.com/the-new-laws…

The New Laws Of Texas

Many of these new laws represent a mix of hot button issues, like restricting access to reproductive health and bathroom use based on sex and not gender identity, reforming the state’s education...

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Jon Taylor@ProfJonTaylor
19 Dec 2025
An Economic Reality Check In Texas -- @JessicaMCoggins @TexasSignal texassignal.com/an-economic-…

An Economic Reality Check In Texas

The president claimed that Texans will begin feeling the impacts of his economic policies next year, a cold comfort for the millions experiencing the pinch now

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Jon Taylor@ProfJonTaylor
10 Dec 2025
Immigrants Without A Criminal Record Increasingly Targeted -- @Herrgrossmannz @TexasSignal texassignal.com/immigrants-w…

Immigrants Without A Criminal Record Increasingly Targeted

The immigration crackdown is happening and increasing by the day, shocking communities everywhere including Texas

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Kyle Griffin
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4 Dec 2025
Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT REVIVES REDRAWN PRO-REPUBLICAN TEXAS VOTING MAP INTENDED TO HELP TRUMP'S PARTY KEEP CONTROL OF CONGRESS
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26 Nov 2025
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Jon Taylor@ProfJonTaylor
26 Nov 2025
Hunger And The Lone Star State -- @JessicaMCoggins @TexasSignal texassignal.com/hunger-and-t…
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Jon Taylor@ProfJonTaylor
26 Nov 2025
Hunger And The Lone Star State -- @JessicaMCoggins @TexasSignal texassignal.com/hunger-and-t…

Hunger And The Lone Star State

For millions of Texans this year, hunger and food insecurity are top of mind instead of what’s on the Thanksgiving table

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Jon Taylor@ProfJonTaylor
26 Nov 2025
What It Means When Texas Counties Partner With ICE -- @Herrgrossmannz @TexasSignal texassignal.com/what-it-mean…

What It Means When Texas Counties Partner With ICE

Local partnerships with ICE, a relic from a nineties immigration bill, have turbocharged in Texas

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After promising a swift appeal, Texas is asking the Supreme Court to rule on the new congressional maps:
Bayliss Wagner
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18 Nov 2025
Just now: Texas AG @KenPaxtonTX has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court after a district court struck down Texas' congressional redistricting map. #txlege storage.courtlistener.com/re…
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Jon Taylor@ProfJonTaylor
18 Nov 2025
Texas Congressional Maps Blocked -- @JessicaMCoggins @TexasSignal texassignal.com/texas-congre…

Texas Congressional Maps Blocked

The ruling, authored by Trump-appointed Judge Jeffrey Brown is a sharp rebuke for Texas Republicans in the state house and senate

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INBOX: Governor Abbott officially sets a date for the runoff election for Congressional District 18 in Harris County for January 31 to fill the unexpired term of Sylvester Turner, who passed away in March.
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Jon Taylor@ProfJonTaylor
12 Nov 2025
Immigration Policies Take A Toll On The Texas Economy -- @Herrgrossmannz @TexasSignal texassignal.com/immigration-…

Immigration Policies Take A Toll On The Texas Economy

Almost a quarter of ICE arrests have occurred in Texas, inflicting widespread reverberations on the state's economy

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Michael Li 李之樸@mcpli
7 Nov 2025
Candidate filing for the 2026 midterm opens tomorrow (Sat. 11/8) in Texas - and we’re still waiting to hear from the 3-judge panel on requests by Black and Latino voters to block the new Texas congressional map.
Michael Li 李之樸@mcpli
3 Nov 2025
Also this week on the redistricting front, a possible ruling in the Texas case on requests to block the new congressional map. Candidate filing for the 2026 midterms begins this Saturday 11/8. #txlege
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Jon Taylor@ProfJonTaylor
4 Nov 2025
Election 2025: What To Watch -- @jamesfortexas @TexasSignal texassignal.com/election-202…

Election 2025: What To Watch

Here’s a roundup of some of the hottest, most bizarre, and interesting races in the lone star state taking place today

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Jon Taylor@ProfJonTaylor
31 Oct 2025
The Many Fronts Of The Abortion War -- @JessicaMCoggins @TexasSignal texassignal.com/the-many-fro…

The Many Fronts Of The Abortion War

The Texas bill targeting abortion medication is just one layer in a multi-pronged approach to restricting abortion

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James M. Russell@jamesfortexas
16 Oct 2025
Bread and Puppet Theatre is bringing its road show to Texas. They'll be at FW's Hip Pocket Theatre on Friday. I talked to people from both about the importance of puppetry and protest for @TexasSignal. texassignal.com/radical-poli…

Radical Political Puppeteers Come To Texas

The famed and revolutionary Bread and Puppet Theater, famous for their puppetry, is making stops in Houston, San Antonio, Austin, and Fort Worth this week

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TODAY: State Representative and civil rights and union lawyer @GinaHinojosaTX officially launches her campaign for Texas Governor:
Gina Hinojosa
@GinaHinojosaTX
15 Oct 2025
I’m running for governor. For over a decade, Greg Abbott has made it easier for billionaires to profit while hardworking Texans struggle to afford groceries, housing, and healthcare. But together, we can make Texas work for Texans again. Join us: ginafortexas.com
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Jon Taylor@ProfJonTaylor
15 Oct 2025
A Complicated Trajectory For DACA In Texas -- @JessicaMCoggins @TexasSignal texassignal.com/a-complicate…

A Complicated Trajectory For DACA In Texas

How DACA looks in the future will be decided soon in a Texas courthouse, and the consequences for many Texans could be huge

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