Faith leaders from across Texas gathered Tuesday at the state Capitol, urging legislators to lift the state’s ban on gay marriage and pass laws forbidding discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Eva Hershaw
Eva Hershaw was a legislative reporter covering agricultural, environmental and general policy for The Texas Tribune in 2015. In the two years before arriving at the Tribune, she worked as a freelance journalist for VICE News, The Christian Science Monitor, The Atlantic online, and Al Jazeera America in Mexico and Brazil. Born in Idaho and raised in eastern Washington State, she holds graduate degrees in journalism and Latin American studies from the University of Texas.
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Medical Marijuana Advocates Say Proposal Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Medical marijuana advocates say that a proposal to allow epilepsy patients to use medicinal oils that contain a therapeutic component found in marijuana wouldn’t do enough to help patients like Alexis Bortell, 9.
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Families Urge Support for Texting-While-Driving Ban
More than 30 families who have lost someone to distracted driving gathered Tuesday at the state Capitol to rally support for legislation that would ban texting while driving in Texas.
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Campbell to U.N.: Don’t Mess With the Alamo
One state lawmaker wants the world to remember this about the Alamo: It belongs to Texas. A legislative proposal by state Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, would ban any foreign entity from owning, controlling or managing the Alamo complex.
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Drought Summit Offers Help to Organic Farmers
Small and organic farmers being sapped by the drought often don’t qualify for, or know about, government programs that might help them out. A gathering Thursday aimed to help them get over those stumbling blocks.
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Cecilia Abbott, George P. Bush Headline Anti-Abortion Rally
Texas’ new first lady, Cecilia Abbott, and land commissioner, George P. Bush, headlined an anti-abortion rally at the state Capitol on Saturday. A nearby counter rally drew a smaller crowd.
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Commissioner Gets Cupcake Policy Wrong, Combs Says
When Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller granted amnesty to cupcakes on Monday, he pointed out that state rules that once banned such treats from classrooms were repealed last summer. But cupcakes have been allowed for a decade.
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Agriculture Commissioner Grants Amnesty to Cupcakes in First Official Act
In his first official act as Agriculture Commissioner, Sid Miller granted full amnesty to cupcakes. Miller was seeking to reassure Texas parents that it’s legal to bring cupcakes and other treats to school — and that he’ll protect that right.
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Texas Poised to Cut Some Specialty License Plates
If fans of Dr Pepper and the Fort Worth Zoo don’t get it in gear, their chance to buy specialty license plates might soon be gone. The Houston Rockets are hanging by a thread.