TARA is one of the most important organizations in Texas. Our organized retiree activists strengthen other organizations and the entire progressive political effort. As we are chartered under section 501c4 of the tax code, we can and do endorse and boost candidates and politica... Read more
The Austin Chapter had an expert on age discrimination for their July 20, 2023 meeting. UNDERSTANDING AGE DISCRIMINATION Equal Employment Opportunity Commission The EEOC has jurisdiction over federal and private sector discrimination claims. The Texas Civil Rights Co... Read more
The long legal fight for Texas retiree voting rights, like the wheels of justice, grinds slowly on. At a short on-line conference with lawyers on June 21, 2023, Organizer Judy Bryant and President Gene Lantz were told that we may finally go to trial on September 11 in federal cou... Read more
The Dallas TARA Chapter will picnic at 12:30PM on May 3rd in Kidd Springs Park. Everybody invited! We usually find open tables in the 1000 block of Sylvan Avenue where it and Kidd Springs Drive both dead end into the park. Judy and Barbara need RSVP’s from you right away so the... Read more
The Dallas TARA Chapter will picnic at noon on May 3rd in Kidd Springs Park. Everybody invited! We usually find open tables in the 1000 block of Sylvan Avenue where it and Kidd Springs Drive both dead end into the park. Judy and Barbara need RSVP’s from you right away so they w... Read more
The Dallas TARA Chapter will picnic at noon on May 3rd in Kidd Springs Park. We usually find open tables in the 1000 block of Sylvan Avenue where it and Kidd Springs Drive both dead end into the park. Judy and Barbara need RSVP’s from you right away so they will know how much t... Read more
On March 8, Brother Eric Hartman of our Austin Chapter identified these Texas bills as especially dangerous for seniors: SB 2 by Hughes, allowing prosecution of innocent voting mistakes as felonies. SB 220 by Bettencourt/HB 549 by Swanson, establishing state election poli... Read more
Retiree activists need to take advantage of every opportunity to influence our legislators. Here is a schedule for two important Texas lobby days from the President of our Austin Chapter: Texas AFT Lege Advocacy Day Monday March 13 at the Capitol 10:00Â... Read more
When we die, some of us leave our survivors with only good memories. Others leave them with major expenses and a myriad of legal and financial problems. Can the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans help? I recently announced on KNON radio that six states, not including Texas, ... Read more