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Houston Public MediaThe Texas Senate has passed a bill to ban local governments from adopting guaranteed income programs. The proposed law comes as Harris County’s program is blocked by a court challenge from the state attorney general.<a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/04/24/519650/houston-senators-bill-to-ban-guaranteed-income-programs-passes-texas-senate/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/04/24/519650/houston-senators-bill-to-ban-guaranteed-income-programs-passes-texas-senate/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Finances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Finances</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HarrisCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarrisCounty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Houston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Houston</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Local</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/2025TexasLegislature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2025TexasLegislature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HarrisCountyCommissionerRodneyEllis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarrisCountyCommissionerRodneyEllis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HarrisCountyGuaranteedIncomeProgram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarrisCountyGuaranteedIncomeProgram</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MollyCook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MollyCook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateSenatorPaulBettencourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StateSenatorPaulBettencourt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UpliftHarris20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UpliftHarris20</a>

Houston Public MediaMolly Cook expected to win election for Texas Senate District 15, permanently filling John Whitmire's vacancy.<a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2024/2024/11/05/504726/molly-cook-wins-election-for-senate-district-15-filling-john-whitmires-vacancy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2024/2024/11/05/504726/molly-cook-wins-election-for-senate-district-15-filling-john-whitmires-vacancy/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Election2024</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Elections</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/2024Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2024Election</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohnWhitmire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JohnWhitmire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MollyCook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MollyCook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasStateSenate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TexasStateSenate</a>

Houston Public MediaHouston area officials to speak at Texas Democratic Convention in El Paso<a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2024/06/07/490006/houston-area-officials-to-speak-at-texas-democratic-convention-in-el-paso/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2024/06/07/490006/houston-area-officials-to-speak-at-texas-democratic-convention-in-el-paso/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarolAlvarado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarolAlvarado</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinaHidalgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinaHidalgo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MollyCook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MollyCook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasDemocraticConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TexasDemocraticConvention</a>

Truth Sandwich 🇺🇸😱💀<a href="https://mastodon.online/@Susan_Larson_TN" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Susan_Larson_TN</a> I strongly oppose her; she's supported by David Hogg.<a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/MollyCook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MollyCook</a> <a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/JarvisJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JarvisJohnson</a> <a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/Houston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Houston</a> <a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/statesenator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#statesenator</a> <a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/runoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#runoff</a> <a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#election</a> <a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Women</a> <a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transgender</a> <a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a> <a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocraticParty</a> <a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/Allies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Allies</a> <a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://fedi.truth-sandwich.com/tags/Progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Progress</a>

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Why <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Houston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Houston</a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MollyCook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MollyCook</a> is ‘willing to die’ to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#change</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a>. Texas' newest and youngest <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/statesenator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#statesenator</a> stepped into her <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/role" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#role</a> just a week before her <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/runoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#runoff</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#election</a> against State Rep. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JarvisJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JarvisJohnson</a>. What went into her meteoric rise, and how far will she go? <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Women</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transgender</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocraticParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Allies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Allies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Progress</a> <a href="https://www.chron.com/politics/article/molly-cook-houston-texas-senator-19464266.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.chron.com/politics/article/molly-cook-houston-texas-senator-19464266.php</a>

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MollyCook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MollyCook</a> Just Became <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a>’ First <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Out" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Out</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a>+ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StateSenator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StateSenator</a>. Cook, a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nurse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nurse</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CommunityOrganizer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CommunityOrganizer</a>, has said that <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Texans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texans</a> are “in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/crosshairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crosshairs</a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hateful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hateful</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/policymaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#policymaking</a>.” <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Women</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transgender</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conservatives</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Extremism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Religion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hategroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hategroups</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepublicanParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bigotry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Violence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Discrimination</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transphobia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThePartyOfHate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EmptyThePews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmptyThePews</a> <a href="https://www.them.us/story/molly-cook-texas-first-out-lgbtq-state-senator" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.them.us/story/molly-cook-texas-first-out-lgbtq-state-senator</a>

Houston Public MediaVoters in Senate District 15 have elected ER nurse and political activist Molly Cook to fill the unexpired term of Houston Mayor John Whitmire.<a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2024/2024/05/05/486628/molly-cook-defeats-state-rep-jarvis-johnson-in-special-election-for-senate-district-15/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2024/2024/05/05/486628/molly-cook-defeats-state-rep-jarvis-johnson-in-special-election-for-senate-district-15/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Election2024</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Elections</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticPrimaryRunoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocraticPrimaryRunoffs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JosephTrahan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JosephTrahan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MollyCook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MollyCook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepJarvisJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepJarvisJohnson</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpecialElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpecialElection</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasGovernorGregAbbott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TexasGovernorGregAbbott</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasLegislature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TexasLegislature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasStateSenate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TexasStateSenate</a>

Houston Public MediaVoters in the district could wind up going to the polls up to four more times before Whitmire’s successor takes his or her seat in Austin.<a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2024/2024/03/07/480017/state-rep-jarvis-johnson-and-molly-cook-will-face-each-other-in-a-primary-runoff-for-senate-district-15/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2024/2024/03/07/480017/state-rep-jarvis-johnson-and-molly-cook-will-face-each-other-in-a-primary-runoff-for-senate-district-15/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Election2024</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Elections</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HarrisCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarrisCounty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HoustonMayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HoustonMayor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Local</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticPrimaryRunoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocraticPrimaryRunoffs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JosephLTrahan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JosephLTrahan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MollyCook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MollyCook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepJarvisJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepJarvisJohnson</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepresentativeGarnetColeman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepresentativeGarnetColeman</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpecialElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpecialElection</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasDemocraticPrimary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TexasDemocraticPrimary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasLegislature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TexasLegislature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasSenateDistrict15" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TexasSenateDistrict15</a>

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