When your home state is prominent in the headlines, it’s usually not a good thing.
Tell me about it: I live in Texas.
Texas’s current notoriety derives from its recent passage of three bad laws: Senate Bill 1, Senate Bill 8 and House Bill 1927. Collectively, they mean: less voting, less reproductive freedom and more guns.
These laws reflect unfavorably on Texas, but in defense of my state – my family moved here in the 1840s – do note that similar laws have been proposed and implemented in many other states, as well. And while this law-making mischief is mostly homegrown, Texans don’t hold a monopoly on legislative malfeasance.
* SB 1: This is another of those election laws that many red states are trying to implement based on the persistent lie that the 2020 election was stolen. Among other provisions, it puts an end to drive-thru or 24-hour voting.