Many people don't know that the Congresswoman was born in Queens, NY, and graduated from Yale University with honors in the first graduating class including females.

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has undoubtedly worked hard in American politics for the past four decades, dedicating most of her life to government work.

House Bill 3186 will go into effect on Jan. 1.

On Saturday, the LGBTQ+ community came together to host a Pride Bingo Night event to raise money for transgender youth. For most of the evening, the event was positive and peaceful until protesters showed up.

Under current state law, possessing two to four ounces of marijuana could send you to jail for up to a year and cost you $4000. House Bill 218 would remove criminal penalties for possession of up to one ounce of marijuana or cannabis concentrate.

The GOP voting restrictions push that left the Texas House scrambling to round up absent Democrats also shut down work in the Texas Senate Wednesday evening as state Sen. Carol Alvarado launched into a filibuster against the GOP’s priority voting bill.

State Rep. Gene Wu of Houston will temporarily avoid civil arrest if law enforcement tracks down Texas House Democrats that are still absent from the chamber.

Houston area political leaders weighed in Tuesday on Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives leaving the state for Washington D.C., in an attempt to block a quorum needed to vote on a Republican-backed bill on election reform.