State Issues

• TARA Mid-Year Report

  June 30, 2022: The pandemic did not deter the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans. We continued our fight for improvements in the lives of Texas retirees. We added two important chapters: West Fort Worth and San Antonio. TARA holds monthly meetings in all the m...Read more >

• Looking for Action?

  June 27, 2022: Tired of waiting around passively for the next disaster? Ready to take things in hand? Our middle names  in TARA are "ACTION!" TActionRAction! June 30, 4PM: National webinar "Organizing on Facebook." Free registration here July 6, 12:30PM: D...Read more >

• Vote “Yes” on May 7

  April 09, 2022: Texas seniors and other eligibles are already getting their mail-in ballots! Different parts of the state will get different candidates and issues, but all ballots will include two propositions designed to lower property taxes for seniors. The Tex...Read more >

• Voting Lessons Learned in Primaries: What’s Next?

  March 21, 2022: Texas Alliance for Retired Americans experts will lead a webinar at 6PM on Thursday, March 24. Please join us: Topic: Voting Rights Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://aflcio.zoom.us/j/83659570879 Or Telephone: 816 423...Read more >

• What Happened on March 1? What’s Next?

  March 14, 2022: How Many Tried and Failed? In the March 1 election, around 27,000 Texans had trouble voting by mail. Newspersons said they were “rejected,” but around 9,000 of them were eventually able to get their ballots to count. That leaves about 18,000 Tex...Read more >

• You Are Not Beaten on Vote-By-Mail

  February 20, 2022: Just because the first deadline for vote-by-mail applications has passed, you can still win this key battle against the voter suppressors! There's plenty of time to apply to VBM in the runoff! And there are months between now and the deadline for the...Read more >

• Tips for Your Mail-In Ballot

  February 15, 2022: The voter suppressors made it harder to mail in ballots. Here are tips from Kenneth Williams, the President of the Dallas Chapter of TARA: There are a number of key items to remember when you are completing your mail in ballot: 1. You have to i...Read more >

• More Info on Vote-By-Mail

  February 01, 2022: Even though certain politicians have tried to make it harder to vote by mail, it remains the simplest and easiest way for senior and disabled Texans to practice their freedoms. Frequently Asked Questions Dallas TARA President Kenneth Williams prepa...Read more >

• TARA Convention, January 19, 2022

  January 10, 2022:   Call to Order..................................................... Gene Lantz, TARA President Introduction....................... Tony Padilla, IAM TARA  E-Board Member    and former TARA President Building Retiree Power:  ...........Read more >

• Our Vote Is Our Voice

  December 29, 2021: We Will Not Be Silenced! Texans over 65 and certain others should apply to vote by mail early in 2022. One application can make voting easy in every election throughout the year! The easy way is to go to http://register2vote.org. The web site ask...Read more >