Young people are organizing in high schools across the country, Connecticut residents will see lower health care costs, and several states made strides for LGBTQ equality.

Voting and registration rules crafted by Republicans in recent years also could prove to be a big obstacle in 2020.

Virginia became the 38th state to approve the Equal Rights Amendment the same week New Jersey’s governor signed legislation to protect health care and three states saw voting rights victories.

Gov. Greg Abbott’s refusal to resettle any additional refugees in his state is ‘incomprehensible,’ the Houston Chronicle wrote.

Private land-owners are ready to take the Trump administration to court over the matter.

Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley wants the state to pay her $10,000 and allow her to continue discriminating against same-sex couples.

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) removed two of his own appointees from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for voting to sanction a judge who refused to perform same-sex marriages.

The group We Build the Wall said last month it was ready to begin construction on private land near the Rio Grande.

Texas state Rep. Rick Miller claimed his primary opponents are only running because they are Asians.

The Trump administration is rolling back an Obama-era meant to protect people from dangerous chemicals.

The Heidi Group, an anti-abortion organization in Texas, was given millions of taxpayer dollars to provide family planning services, but instead it spent the money on things like gift cards.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said he was ‘proud to have stood up for fiscal sanity’ since becoming a congressman, despite openly supporting the deficit-busting tax legislation.

The NRA has spent more than $65,000 to support the Texas Republican.

Republican Dennis Bonnen announced he would leave the Texas House of Representatives after dozens of his colleagues urged him to ‘move on.’

The hurricane has been classified as one of the worst storms in U.S. history.

The Republican ‘Texodus’ could help Democrats expand their House majority in 2020 by flipping several Texas seats.

Rep. Mac Thornberry joins a stampede of Republican members choosing retirement over running again in 2020.

Reps. Brian Babin, Dan Crenshaw, Pete Olson, and Randy Weber all voted against a bipartisan temporary funding bill as Tropical Storm Imelda causes massive flooding across southeast Texas.

Austin will fund access to abortion after the state passed a law banning taxpayer dollars from going to abortion providers.

The Texas Republican also still won’t acknowledge that a background check might have stopped the mass shooting in Odessa.

Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is celebrating young, relatively new Republican members of Congress racing to the exits.

Rep. Bill Flores joins the so-called ‘Texodus’ of Texas Republicans refusing to run for reelection next year.

Texas Republicans are allowing more guns, including in churches and foster homes, despite the mass shooting in El Paso.

Gov. Greg Abbott is getting called out for using ‘white supremacist rhetoric’ in a letter designed to raise money for his campaign.

If Democrats turn Texas blue, the state’s 38 electoral votes could be enough to oust Trump from the White House.

Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) wants Trump to stay away from her city while they deal with the aftermath of a tragic mass shooting.

Rep. Kenny Marchant is also the seventh House Republican to announce his retirement in the past two weeks.

And don’t miss a heartwarming story of the city of Las Cruces embracing asylum-seekers with open arms.

Rep. Mike Conaway is the second Republican from Texas to announce his retirement in the last week.

Republican Rep. Chip Roy faces a challenge from Democrat Wendy Davis, a woman’s health hero with national name recognition.