State Issues

• We’re Ready

  December 22, 2021: Texas candidates who would like retiree recommendations may answer our on-line questionnaire at https://forms.gle/cjgURiszgFpZMcaB7 . [caption id="attachment_3020" align="aligncenter" width="474"] Our new chapter[/caption] The December 22 Execu...Read more >

• Win With TARA!

  December 04, 2021: Texas retirees are gathering strength for a mighty challenge in 2022. We need maximum resources in the form of members and dollars. Possible donors are being contacted, and every Texan who supports the right to retire is being asked to coordinate eff...Read more >

• Retirees Reach Out

  November 05, 2021: In early November, we received great news that the Build Back Better legislation in Congress would include lowering drug prices. Since negotiations first began, our issues have been pulled in by progressives and pushed out by reactionaries several ti...Read more >

• Start Now! Why Wait?

  October 31, 2021: Texas retirees do not have to be convinced of the importance of the 2022 mid-term elections.  We're already working by registering voters. On an earlier post, we outlined the basics on voter registration.  But we continue talking about it an...Read more >

• TARA Continues Fight for Voter Rights

  September 24, 2021: On September 7, 2021, Texas Alliance for Retired Americans and allied advocacy groups sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and other state officials to block SB 1, which would impose severe new restrictions on the voting rights of Texans, effec...Read more >

• KHN: Over Half of States Have Rolled Back Public Health Powers in Pandemic

  September 17, 2021: Republican legislators in more than half of U.S. states, spurred on by voters angry about lockdowns and mask mandates, are taking away the powers state and local officials use to protect the public against infectious diseases. People celebrate...Read more >