Voting Rights

• TARA In Legal Fight for Voting Rights

  June 21, 2023: 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 ...Read more >

• May Is Older Americans Month. Make ’em Notice!

  April 27, 2023: 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 RSVPâ...Read more >

• May Is Older Americans Month. Make ’em Notice!

  April 27, 2023: 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...Read more >

• May Is Older Americans Month. Make ’em Notice!

  April 27, 2023: 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 awa...Read more >

• Legislation to Look (out) For

  March 08, 2023: 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, es...Read more >

• See Your Texas Legislators

  March 01, 2023: 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 Capit...Read more >

• Get Ahead!

  January 03, 2023: In 2023, we'll be fighting major battles to defend and extend retiree rights. The U.S. Congress is already in session, and the Texas Legislature starts January 10. Both of them have big challenges and opportunities for retirees. In many areas, local ...Read more >

• Forward in 2023!

  December 21, 2022: Retiree volunteers did fabulous jobs in 2022 and are ready, more than ever before, for the next challenges. Our most recent Board meeting tried to anticipate what some of them will be. Campaign for Pensions with Cola Working families no longer have...Read more >

• Texas Retiree Election Results

  November 11, 2022: Election results show that voters have stood up against all anti-democratic attacks. Big money, gerrymandering, lackluster office holders, and the worst voter suppression since Jim Crow did not succeed in breaking our faith in democracy. TARA activis...Read more >

• Texas Retiree Endorsements

  November 01, 2022: The Alliance for Retired Americans carefully screens candidates on important retiree issues. If they pass our inspection, we endorse them and help get them elected. Congressional Candidates endorsed by National Alliance for Retired Americans: Eliza...Read more >