Texas Senate advances amendments regarding relationship between parents, children, and educators
Texas voters may decide two constitutional amendments regarding the relationship between parents, children, and educators come November.
The Texas Senate recently approved Senate Joint Resolutions 29 (SJR 29) and 70 (SJR 70), described by proponents as parental rights amendments, which are now pending before the House. If approved, they will appear on the November ballot.
Local elections tomorrow throughout Texas
On May 6, voters in cities and counties across the Lonestar State will make their way to the polls to decide a raft of local elections and ballot measures.
We’re covering municipal elections in seven cities and three counties on May 6. Six of those cities are holding mayoral elections. We’re also covering general elections in 58 school districts, including some of the largest in the state, and 47 ballot measures in seven counties.
San Antonio voters to decide measure on abortion, marijuana, policing
Voters in San Antonio will decide on a charter amendment regarding abortion, marijuana, and police actions on May 6.
If approved, Proposition A would:
- Prohibit local police from enforcing criminal abortion laws;
- Decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana;
- Ban the use of no-knock warrants and chokeholds;
- Direct local police to issue citations instead of arrests for certain other misdemeanors; and,
- Establish a city justice director appointed by the mayor and city council.
How 2023’s recall efforts stack up to previous years
With four full months down in 2023, we have identified 149 recall efforts nationwide. This year is already outpacing the total number of recall efforts we identified at the mid-year points in 2019 and 2020. But our current year-to-date total is still lower than where things stood halfway through 2021 and 2022, the two most-active years for recalls in more than a decade.