Texas Governor, Greg Abbott signed legislation on this past Tuesday outlining how state schools can teach students about race and racism and forbidding schools from teaching that individuals bear responsibilities for actions committed by people in the past because of their race. Follow The Russ Parr Show on Twitter and Instagram and On Facebook Too! The bill that […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lawmakers in gun-loving Texas have quietly gone around the National Rifle Association by slipping language into a massive spending bill that would fund a $1 million public safety campaign on gun storage. The last-minute move late Sunday sets up a political test rarely seen in Texas for Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Harvey’s devastation is testing two Texas leaders whose personal styles are as divergent as their politics. Houston Democratic Mayor Sylvester Turner is a former longtime state lawmaker who made a career of impassioned defenses of liberal legislation that had no hope of passing the GOP-controlled Legislature. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott sets […]
