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The first congressional funding bump in a decade for the federal agency overseeing U.S. labor law came in at just $25 million.

VOTE! A Voter Registration Drive at Brick VOTE 2022! Join in Sunday October 2nd 12-8pm for a voter registration bash at Brick! Voter registration provided by Jolt Action, League of Women Voters, NextGen America, Texas Rising, Move Texas and more. Hosted by Wayne Holtz Performances by Andrea ‘Vocab’ Sanderson, poet laureate of San Antonio, The Foreign Arm, Honey Bunny and more. 20+ local artists and small businesses.

As the state’s first election after the passage of Senate Bill 1 looms, Texas voting rights advocates are dogged by uncertainty.

Rather than trying to win on policy, conservative lawmakers spent this year’s special...

While lawmakers took significant steps toward preventing another blackout, hardly any of the proposals passed during this legislative session will aid consumers in recovering from the February storm — but they’ll see higher utility bills.

While lawmakers took significant steps toward preventing another blackout, hardly any of the proposals passed during this legislative session will aid consumers in recovering from the February storm — but they’ll see higher utility bills.

Demographers estimate that Latinos account for more than half of Texas’ growth over the past decade, but Democratic lawmakers and organizers worry that a census undercount could result in less representation and federal dollars for the community. Last months initial release of state population counts brought Texas two additional U.S. House seats — one fewer than many experts had predicted — and suggested that a significant number of people were never counted. Legislative mapmakers are ...

Garcia: San Antonio organizer wants to lend a Jolt to Latino turnout FacebookTwitterEmail Jenn Longoria spent the pandemic-plagued year of 2020 on the front lines of U.S. presidential politics. At the beginning of the year, the San Antonio-based operative served as state director of Elizabeth Warren’s Texas primary campaign. In the summer and fall, she was deputy state director for Joe Biden’s general election team. At the end of the year, there was a lot for Longoria and her fellow Democra...

Preyor-Johnson: I no longer take voting for granted FacebookTwitterEmail Texans rally to protect the vote in Houston this month. The vote is sacred. In not voting, you cede your voice to others.Steve Gonzales /Staff photographer I voted when I was 18. I don’t remember who I voted for, only that it was a civic rite of passage, a coming-of-age life event. After that, I was inconsistent. It is something I regret. I now see that every time I didn’t vote, I sent the message that I didn’t care...

Tori Baltierra from the band Tiarra Girls joined NextGen America and Jolt Action activists on Thursday, April 5, dropping over 200,000 rose petals from the Texas Capitols rotunda in protest of SB 7; the petals symbolized the number of young voters of color in Texas who turn 18 every year. (Photo by Jana Birchum) The steady march of " House Bill 6 was approved by the House Elections Committee along party lines. The bill, authored by Elections Chair Rep. Briscoe Cain, R-Deer P...