Gus Bova
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Kansas-Texas transplant. Editor-in-Chief, Texas Observer. Tips: [email protected], or DM for Signal.
(To be clear, a serious primary where progressive vs moderate positions are tested may sound nice, but in Texas the Dem ideological divides are often kinda phony and the whole thing ends up a waste of time & $ basically. Also, Texas primaries are in March!)
November 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
(To be clear, a serious primary where progressive vs moderate positions are tested may sound nice, but in Texas the Dem ideological divides are often kinda phony and the whole thing ends up a waste of time & $ basically. Also, Texas primaries are in March!)
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October 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Lawsuit: www.texaspolicy.com/wp-content/u...
3. TPPF is also going after the city's ability to apply wage and employment requirements *in its own contracts*.
A concern that critics of the bill and other bills like it raised for years but that was usually waved off by GOP proponents:
A concern that critics of the bill and other bills like it raised for years but that was usually waved off by GOP proponents:
October 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
3. TPPF is also going after the city's ability to apply wage and employment requirements *in its own contracts*.
A concern that critics of the bill and other bills like it raised for years but that was usually waved off by GOP proponents:
A concern that critics of the bill and other bills like it raised for years but that was usually waved off by GOP proponents:
2. The "death star" bill carved out existing payday lending ordinances.
And yet... (TPPF lawsuit targets this Dallas ordinance on left; law carveout is on right)
And yet... (TPPF lawsuit targets this Dallas ordinance on left; law carveout is on right)
October 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
2. The "death star" bill carved out existing payday lending ordinances.
And yet... (TPPF lawsuit targets this Dallas ordinance on left; law carveout is on right)
And yet... (TPPF lawsuit targets this Dallas ordinance on left; law carveout is on right)