The Senate voted along party lines Saturday night to overcome a Republican filibuster and bring to the floor a bill that would overhaul the nation’s health-care system. (more…)
Below is a statement from Texas Democratic Party Chairman Boyd Richie regarding his afternoon meeting with Democratic Gubernatorial candidates and regarding Tom Schieffer’s announcement of his intention to no longer seek the Gubernatorial nomination: (more…)
The first great Texas Democratic leader, Sam Houston, set a standard for public service that defines the difference between today’s Texas Democrats and Republicans. (more…)
State Farm Insurance must repay $310 million in premiums and back interest to Texas customers for overcharging them on homeowner policies through August last year, the state’s insurance commissioner ruled in a long-running case. (more…)
In 2005 and 2006, Texas Ranger Roger Burzynski sent federal and state officials detailed reports of sexual abuse at a Texas Youth Commission (TYC) facility in West Texas, but Republican leaders failed to act, prompting state legislators to take action to approve legislation to address the scandal. (more…)
En 2005 y 2006, Texas Ranger Roger Burzynski mandó a oficiales federales y estatales reportes detallados de abuso sexual en un complejo de la región oeste de Texas de la Comisión Juvenil de Texas, pero los líderes Republicanos no actuaron. En Febrero del 2007, después de que los legisladores se enteraran de abuso por los reportajes de la prensa, el representante estatal Jim McReynolds le hizo una pregunta al Asistente del Procurador General de la oficina de Abbott que jamás ha sido contestada: “¿Leíste el reporte de los Rangers?” preguntó el Rep. Jim McReynolds, D-Lufkin. “¿Si lo has leído has llamado al procurador del distrito? ¿El procurador general responde así a todos esos casos?” (Fuente: Austin American-Statesman)
Texas Republicans’ embrace of pay-to-play politics has led to years of neglect for our Child Protective Services (CPS) system. Since 2004, 1,227 children in Texas have died of abuse or neglect – approximately 200 each year. Of those children, forty-two percent were visited and had cases with Texas Child Protective Services – a number that has not changed in the five years since Governor Rick Perry and the Republican-controlled Legislature made drastic cuts to Texas’ CPS budget. (Source: Dallas Morning News) (more…)
El estado de Texas tiene la obligación de apoyar y asistir a los Tejanos necesitados, incluyendo a los que buscan cuidado por discapacidad de desarrollo en nuestras escuelas estatales. Desafortunadamente, Rick Perry y los partidistas nombrados por el en el Departamento de Servicios para Adultos Mayores y Personas Discapacitadas (DADS) fueron seriamente negligentes en su responsabilidades de proteger a los residentes de las escuelas estatales y como consecuencia los empleados abusaron de los residentes hasta el punto de organizar peleas entre ellos para su propio entretenimiento. (more…)
The state of Texas has an obligation to support and help Texans who are most in need, including those seeking care for developmental disabilities at our Texas state schools. Unfortunately, Rick Perry and his partisan appointees at the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) severely neglected their responsibility to protect those who live at these state schools, to the point that employees used residents to participate in staged “fight clubs” for their own twisted amusement. (more…)
En su campaña de 2006, el Procurador General de Texas Republicano Greg Abbott, fue líder de una búsqueda partidista de “fraude electoral” que le costó a los Tejanos $1.4 millones y no fue nada más que un intento de usar su autoridad que intentaba suprimir el voto. (more…)