Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat | Inside Climate News
Labor advocates and some elected officials in Texas, like Walle, are continuing to fight for heat protections for workers. It’s an uphill battle.
(Rep. Armando Walle) introduced a bill for worker heat protections in the state’s 2025 legislative session, proposing basic interventions, backed by research, such as mandated heat safety training, paid rest breaks, shaded rest areas and access to drinking water. The bill didn’t even get a hearing, let alone reach the floor for a vote.
“Those people are on my mind all the time,” he said. “Every year I file these bills and I will continue to fight for these workers.”
Texas hoped $100 million would help more families pay for child care. Here’s why it didn’t. | Houston Chronicle
State Rep. Armando Walle, D-Houston, worked hand-in-hand with the Texas Workforce Commission, which manages the scholarship funds. Walle was frustrated when he read the analysis by Texans Care for Children.
“My intention in expending all this political capital was to help more families,” Walle said. “This is a learning experience. We had never put this kind of money into child care before.”
Even the highway gods want better transit in Texas (Editorial) | Houston Chronicle
Our translation: TxDOT should design new highways with two-way bus and high-occupancy vehicle lanes. Imagine buses that zoom past traffic jams that reliably get you to downtown Dallas in under 3 and a half hours.
Lawmakers should also consider bills that would give TxDOT flexibility in how it spends funds currently limited to highway projects — like those proposed by Sen. Molly Cook and Rep. Armando Walle.
