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By Tim Morstad, AARP Texas
At a press conference yesterday with State Representative Sylvester Turner (Houston) and other advocacy groups including Texas Legal Services Center and Texas ROSE, AARP helped get out the word about new help for low-income Texans struggling with their electricity bills.
By Ollie Besteiro
By Bob Jackson, AARP Texas state director
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.
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