The Texas Progressive Alliance sends warm thoughts to everyone in the Northeast digging themselves out from snow again as it brings you this week’s roundup.
Off the Kuff reports on opposition to the proposed high speed rail line.
Libby Shaw, writing for Texas Kaos and contributing to Daily Kos, is appalled by efforts to pass an open carry law in Texas. What should Texans fear the most? ISIS or Open Carry?
CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme is tired of Republicans using hurtful, hateful tactics to appease their racist base and cause harm to the people in the Valley.
Neil at All People Have Value wrote about the ongoing federal cover-up of a plot to kill members of Occupy Houston in 2011. Occupy Houston protestors were peaceful people. APHV is part of NeilAquino.com.
From WCNews at Eye on Williamson. The Texas GOP plans to give the wealthy in Texas a tax cut – no matter what. The cost will be high for everyone else, The Cost Of Tax Cuts.
Texas Leftist reports on the most significant changes to the Houston region’s public transit infrastructure since the creation of METRO. With System Reimagining now approved and the final route maps selected, transit in Texas’ largest city will never be the same again.
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is coming to Denton this weekend, and Houston next week, as part of the kickoff to her bid for the presidency of the US. PDidddie at Brains and Eggs has the details.
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And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs.
Lone Star Ma calls on doctors to do a better job explaining the need for vaccinations.
Texas Vox would like you to tell President Obama to veto the Keystone XL pipeline.
Jef Rouner and his five-year-old daughter encounter an open carry demonstration.
Purple City sees cultural undertones in the opposition to the proposed high speed rail line in Texas.
Texans Together reports on the State of Black Houston 2015.
Jeff Balke goes back to high school to explore when kids and faith collide.
The Great God Pan Is Dead laments the loss of two cultural icons.
Grits for Breakfast is encouraged by the possibility of grand jury reform.
Austin Contrarian demonstrates how street design can lead to major traffic problems.
(As Texas Mardi Gras celebrations fade into Ash Wednesday hangovers, this week’s featured photo is of the brilliant Sacred Heart Church in Galveston, Texas. Photo credit: Jeff Antonelli on Pinterest)
