Advocacy

Jessica Lemann, who coordinates Austin area outreach for AARP Texas, regularly presents to AARP chapters and at meetings of community groups. Her presentations are usually well-received, but even she didn’t expect the chain of events that would be spurred by one of her presentations for South Austin chapter #2426.

By Rafael Ayuso

Statement from Joe Sanchez, AARP Texas Associate State Director for Advocacy, on the Senate Committee on Business and Commerce's passage of Senate Bill 1247:

A statewide survey released today by AARP finds that nearly three out of every four Texans (73 percent) strongly or somewhat support the State of Texas increasing the wages of long-term care workers who provide key services in nursing homes and community care settings.

By Hayley Hervieux, AARP Texas

The eighty-third session of the Texas Legislature kicks off tomorrow morning. What will we be working on? Here are the details of what we expect to focus on this session.

AARP Texas and KWEX Univision 41 held a historic, all-Spanish language debate on September 25 between incumbent Francisco “Quico” Canseco (R-San Antonio) and State Representative Pete Gallego (D-Alpine) before a packed house at Palo Alto College in San Antonio.

Quality-of-care issues drag Texas' ranking down to No. 28 overall

Statement by Ollie Besteiro, AARP Texas president, on April 3 passage of HB 1 by Texas House of Representatives:

As Black History Month winds down, we at AARP Texas would like to take a moment to reflect on the significant progress that has been made in our country. We salute all the civil rights pioneers of yesteryear -– African-Americans, Hispanics, women and others -- and the people who are still working to make positive progress toward creating a more equal and just society.