The Texas Legislature is spending the next few months grappling with a massive budget and considering thousands of pieces of legislation. Technically, their only job is to balance our state’s multi-billion-dollar budget. (Considering thousands of pieces of legislation is “extra.”) And despite a surplus this year, many battles will be waged in Austin about where and ...

Every other year when the Texas Legislature is in session, the issues we care about are examined under a unique legislative lens. We begin to track bills as they are filed; we focus on legislation we will be opposing or supporting; and we share our findings with coalitions, advocates, and supporters. One of the most important ...

The Texas Legislature is spending the next few months grappling with a massive budget and considering thousands of pieces of legislation. Technically, their only job is to balance our state’s multi-billion-dollar budget. (Considering thousands of pieces of legislation is “extra.”) And despite a surplus this year, many battles will be waged in Austin about where and ...

Every other year when the Texas Legislature is in session, the issues we care about are examined under a unique legislative lens. We begin to track bills as they are filed; we focus on legislation we will be opposing or supporting; and we share our findings with coalitions, advocates, and supporters. One of the most important ...

TST’s 2016 Statewide Summit August 3-4. Issues you care about. Action Alert Join us Aug. 3-4, 2016 at TST’s Statewide Summit Dive into… Tobacco -Jennifer Cofer, MD Anderson Cancer Center, will draw on personal experience to teach coalitions how to fight for sustainable funding. -Dr. Phil Gardiner, University of California Office of the President, will speak about the triangulum between tobacco, ...

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