Texas Issues

• Retirees Are Meeting

  April 21, 2016: In Texas, retirees are meeting everywhere. In almost any church, there is a group of predominantly retirees meeting. Drop by the Dairy Queen or McDonald's in small Texas towns during mornings, and you'll find retirees meeting over coffee. The Texas A...Read more >

• Retiree Politics Comes to a Head on November 8

  April 20, 2016: [caption id="attachment_1527" align="alignleft" width="300"] Retiree politics surged forward when we overcame poll tax suppression[/caption] We've fought hard for our democracy in Texas retiree politics. Voter suppression isn't something new. We'v...Read more >

• Texas Issues: Should We Be All Things to All People?

  April 20, 2016: Texas issues: Why We Aren’t “All Things to All People.” When the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans began to rack up some modest success, people started asking us to take on more issues. When an organization only has a few people, nobody c...Read more >

• Vote By Mail Throughout 2016

  January 19, 2016: Voting in 2016 is the best way to stand up for the right to retire. Texas seniors over 65 and disabled Texans are eligible for easy and effective voting-by-mail. One application form can cover all elections for the entire year! Forms are now ava...Read more >

• Gov. Abbott Puts A Fox to Watch Pension Henhouse!

  December 04, 2015: Retirees across Texas are protesting Governor Abbott's appointment of Josh McGee to the Texas Pension Review Board. McGee has a long record of advocating taking away "defined benefit" pensions from public employees. He is a Vice President of the Lau...Read more >

• TARA Joins TOP to EXPAND MEDICAID

  October 23, 2015: MEDICAID EXPANSION IN TEXAS On October 22, TARA members joined Dallas Texas Organizing Project members at a rally and press conference to EXPAND MEDICAID! Below are the remarks of Field Organizer Judy Bryant which she made at the event. The Texa...Read more >

• El Paso Retirees Form Organizing Committee

  August 23, 2015: The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans continues its commitment to organizing all Texans. Glenn Scott, President of the Austin Chapter of the Texas Alliance, took some of her vacation time to round up old and new friends in El Paso to form an organ...Read more >

• Austin Retirees Accept City Proclamation — On to El Paso!

  August 08, 2015: The City of Austin proclaimed their recognition of the 50th anniversary of Medicare along with the Austin Chapter of the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans. The birthday was July 30th. Austin retirees held a giant celebration of their own and atten...Read more >

• Fort Worth Activists Build the Seniors’ Movement

  June 15, 2015: Also tomorrow, Tuesday the 16th, airline employees have invited us to rally for fair wages with them at 11AM at DFW International Airport. Terminal B Upper Level High B Gates 30-49 Curbside. Wednesday, June 17th, is the monthly planning meeting of t...Read more >

• Teacher’s Retirement at Risk

  April 28, 2015: The President of the Texas Federation of Teachers, Linda Bridges, has warned teacher retirees about HB 2506 in the Texas House Pension Committee. She writes, "This is a bill Texas AFT will strongly oppose. A defined contribution plan is a bad idea.�...Read more >