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• Vote by Mail All Year!

  January 02, 2021: Vote By Mail — Apply Now! Texas seniors over 65 and certain others are empowered to vote safely by mail. Even better, we only have to ask once for an application that applies to every election in a given year. So, apply now and vote by mail all y...Read more >

• TARA Sticks It Out

  December 20, 2020: Texas retiree activists will continue putting the "move" in "movement" during 2021. Our January 9 fund raiser must undergird another year of battling for retiree rights. We are currently asking for large and small donations to be sent to Treasurer Te...Read more >

• Strengthen Our Movement!

  November 30, 2020: The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans continues to defend our rights even as a hostile government, malevolent corporate managers, and a raging pandemic try to weaken us. To grow stronger, we'll hold a statewide fund raiser on January 9. We must co...Read more >

• Oppose Voter Suppression

  October 03, 2020: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 3, 2020 Contact: Lisa Cutler - 202/674-2052 or lcutler@retiredamericans.org Texas Alliance for Retired Americans Sues State of Texas  Says Abbott Proclamation Limiting Ballot Return Locations Creates Undue Burde...Read more >

• Victory and Further Battle

  September 27, 2020: The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans joined a successful lawsuit to restore straight ticket voting! I believe our plaintiff in the suit was Reverend Harmon Dent of Beaumont. [caption id="attachment_1990" align="aligncenter" width="1874"] Rever...Read more >

• Get the Facts

  June 02, 2020: People are calling the present time "post-truth" because the statements coming from Washington DC are often at odds with the facts. Truth concerning American retirees is available on our national website, http://retiredamericans.org. Carefully pre...Read more >

• Vote By Mail — Apply Now!

  April 19, 2020: Vote By Mail -- Apply Now! Texas voters  should be able to  safely vote from home. It's been legal for all voters twice so far this year, but the Texas Attorney General has kept pressure on the courts to make it illegal. Seniors over 65 and ce...Read more >

• Cough-In Better Than Coffins

  April 04, 2020: MEDIA ADVISORY April 1, 2020 Contact: Judy Bryant, 214-729-0063 or Judy4tara@aol.com Jan Lance, 512-627-6081 or mjanlance@gmail.com Texas Retirees Launch “Cough-In” Campaign  in Response to Lieutenant Governor Patrick  Virtual W...Read more >

• Thanks to Those Helping Out

  April 04, 2020: Texas Alliance for Retired Americans Published by Judy Bryant · April 2 at 5:16 AM ·  TARA says a special Thanks to the following partners who supported our week long Cough In Campaign to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick! We apprecia...Read more >

• KHN: Federal Judge Rules Medicare Patients Can Challenge ‘Observation Care’ Status

  March 30, 2020: By Susan Jaffe Hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries who have been denied coverage for nursing home stays because their time in the hospital was changed from “inpatient” to “observation care” can now appeal to Medicare for reimbu...Read more >