Opinion

Listening to the howls from Democrats and the applause from Republicans, one would think President Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2021 budget is a radical assault on the welfare state. The truth is the budget contains some minor spending cuts, most of which are not even real cuts. Instead they are reductions in the “projected rate of growth.” This is equivalent of saying you are sticking to your diet because you ate five chocolate chip cookies when you wanted to eat ten.

AUSTIN — Requirements in House Bill 3, the sweeping school finance law passed by the Texas Legislature in 2019, require the state to plan for long-term workforce development.

gressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) took a histori step and voted in favor o H.J.Res.79 to remove the arbitrary deadline for the Equa Rights Amendment (ERA and put the country closer to ratification. The ERA will enshrine women’s equality in th Constitution by prohibiting discrimination on the basis o sex and ensuring women and of the law. H.J.Res.79 is cosponsor