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Taylor Goldenstein
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Austin bureau reporter @HoustonChron. 2014 Visiting Fellow @Harvard's @niemanfdn. Formerly @statesman @latimes @ChicagoTribune @TB_Times. Signal: 5122002910
Aug 19 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
State @RepPennyMShaw, of Houston, & 4 other Democrats are about to shred their permission slips they signed yest that allowed a DPS officer to trail each of them 24/7. They’ll join Rep. @NicoleCollier95 in spending the night in the House chamber tn.

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houstonchronicle.com/politics/artic…Image “I thought about it, and I might have done the wrong thing on day one when my back was against the wall, but I am correcting course,” Morales Shaw said about signing the permission slip Monday.

“This has no legal basis … This is a waste of your taxpayer dollars.”
Aug 12 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Sen. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, leads press conference following symbolic Democratic walkout in Senate to protest redistricting vote.

“Our options here to push back to fight in the Senate are pretty limited, so we’re using every tool we have to demonstrate our opposition.” Image Sen. Nathan Johnson (@NathanForTexas), of Dallas, says his Democrats colleagues aren’t “abdicating their responsibility” by fleeing the state.

“There’s only one party here that has actually abdicated their responsibility here, and that’s the Republican Party.”
Aug 26, 2024 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
HAPPENING NOW: Members of @LULAC are speaking out about Texas AG Paxton’s voter fraud raids, again calling for a federal investigation into the tactics
#txlege houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…

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Image LULAC National President Roman Palomares (center) talking about Lidia Martinez, 87 (pictured in pink). She’s been a member of LULAC for 35 yrs and spends her time helping veterans and seniors register to vote. She was one of the people whose homes were raided Aug. 20. Image
Sep 5, 2023 • 43 tweets • 9 min read
Good morning, Texas! It’s Impeachment Trial Day No. 1!

If you need a good overview of what AG Ken Paxton is accused of, check out this timeline @MorrisReports and I made: It’s a packed house here at the Capitol! The line for public entry is looping around the upper rotunda. #tximpeachment #txlege Image
May 27, 2023 • 35 tweets • 7 min read
The Texas House will soon take a vote on whether to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton. The gallery is full. The debate is capped at four hours, evenly divided by opponents and proponents. #txlege Image House General Investigating Committee Chair and state Rep. Andrew Murr, R-Junction, is introducing the resolution containing the articles of impeachment now.

The 20 articles are being read aloud to members.
Mar 27, 2023 • 60 tweets • 39 min read
OK, we're getting started on #HB1686. State Rep. @TomOliverson laying out his bill now.

"There is meaningful evidence that children are physically and emotionally being harmed" by hormone therapy and puberty blockers, he says. @TomOliverson The bill does not criminalize parents, who are in a difficult position, Oliverson says.
Mar 27, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Texas House public health com'te chair @StephanieKlick announces she'll cut off testimony tonight at MIDNIGHT on #HB1686, which wld ban gender-affirming care for minors, to allow members their rest. Senate passed same bill out of com'te last wk: houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas… #txlege @StephanieKlick I believe Chair Klick said something about leaving the portal open for written comments until 5 p.m. on Friday, but I may have misheard. Waiting to hear from her staff for clarity.
Mar 16, 2023 • 83 tweets • 103 min read
Sen. @DonnaCampbellTX, R-New Braunfels, now laying out #SB14, which would ban gender-affirming care for minors. Says it's all about "child protection."

"Sometimes we must work hard against something in order to fight for something," she says. #txlege @DonnaCampbellTX Sen. Jose @Menendez4Texas, D-San Antonio, asks why Campbell, who is a physician herself, wants to get in between patients and doctors.

She says this is a situation where the system can't regulate itself + the gov't needs to step in.
Jul 11, 2022 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
“Now more than ever it’s going to be important for us to be sharing our stories,” said Emma Hernández, spokesperson for We Testify (@AbortionStories).

Five Texas volunteers w/ the group shared w/ @caylajharris + I how their abortions changed their lives.🧵houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas… Emma Hernández's hands shook as she stared at a text from her mom saying she planned to protest at an abortion clinic.

"Make that decision with the knowledge that your daughter ... had an abortion there.”

The moment inspired her to share more widely:
houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…
Aug 26, 2021 • 10 tweets • 7 min read
The Texas House is set to take up the GOP priority elections bill #SB1 this morning.

Background on the bill: houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas… #txlege We're skipping the first item on the agenda and heading straight into elections bill >>
Apr 22, 2021 • 14 tweets • 7 min read
Long day ahead. More than 200 amendments to get through as the Texas House debates the biennial budget.

One by Rep. Jay Dean, R-Longview, was just adopted that authorizes @TCOLE to conduct a $121K study on police officer salaries in Texas + the U.S. by Nov 1, 2022. #txlege Amdnmt by Rep. @jessicafortexas (D) that caps amount @TXAG can pay for outside legal expenses at $500/hr just passed 73-64.

Gonzalez said it was in response to Google lawsuit in which most senior attorneys could make up to $3,780/hr, per @TexasTribune. texastribune.org/2021/01/05/tex…
Feb 26, 2021 • 49 tweets • 7 min read
Here we go again, folks. The joint hearing of the House State Affairs and Energy Resources committees is starting back up now. Watch along here: tlchouse.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.ph… On today's first panel is Railroad Commission of Texas Chairman Christi Craddick, who says she lost power for four days personally.

Some jokes at the onset about having to testify in front of her dad, longtime Rep. Tom Craddick.
Feb 25, 2021 • 172 tweets • 28 min read
The joint hearing of the State Affairs and Energy Resources committees is starting now. Watch it here: tlchouse.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.ph… #txlege State Rep. Chris Paddie, chair of State Affairs committee, says the deadline for submitting electronic comments to the House has been extended to March 1 at noon. This story has been updated. Trying to confirm the Senate's deadline. houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…
Jul 16, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Texas @GovAbbott on @FOX26Houston, as the state hits yet another record of deaths in a day (129): "It seems like I get this question about a thousand times a day, and there seem to be rumors out there about a looming shutdown.

Let me tell you: There is no shutdown coming.” Abbott tells @FOX26Houston: "The last step that would ever be taken is to lock Texans back down.

There are other measures that could possibly be taken before then."