Austin, TX – Today, Governor Abbott signed into law House Bill 12 authored by State Representative Toni Rose (110-D). The legislation extends postpartum Medicaid...
AUSTIN – For the first time in the history of the state of Texas, an economic development bill, CSHB5 (Committee Substitute House Bill 5), that prioritizes...
S.B. 840: Addressing Violence Against Healthcare Workers Senator West’s S.B. 840, also known as the Jacqueline “Jackie” Pokuaa and Katie “Annette” Flowers Act, stands...
By Site Editor, Chicago Defender Attorney General Kwame Raoul today, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 33 attorneys general, asked the Supreme Court...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Representatives Justin Pearson (D-Memphis), Justin Jones (D-Nashville), and Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville) took to the Tennessee House floor to stand in solidarity...
Today, Florida’s Republican supermajority-controlled legislature sent an extreme and dangerous new abortion ban to Governor DeSantis’s desk for signature.
By Terrance Turner, Forward Times Contributing WriterForward Times U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee is running for mayor of Houston. The congresswoman told parishioners at...