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Restoring responsibility. Protecting families.
Austin, TX
Joined December 2008
See what you accomplished at the Texas Legislature this session! #txlege #insurance #safety #accountability
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Insurance companies need to open their books. More oversight is required to stop them from price gouging us. #txlege #insurance @ConsumerFed
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consumerfed.org
Homeowners across America are seeing higher homeowners insurance premiums every year. The first step to solve this problem is an honest look at accurate data. But for years, insurance companies...
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When it comes to floods in Texas -- seconds matter. These resources can help you prepare and recover. #txlege #texasflood #texasflooding #flood #safety
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"'[D]o what you can to harden your home against that risk... Be proactive, as a consumer, to shop the market,' said Wendell." @DianaNBC5 @NBCDFW #txlege #insurance #consumer #texasinsurance
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nbcdfw.com
Insurance companies are nonrenewing some policies in Texas due to hail risks. Learn how to protect your home.
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"A new wrongful death lawsuit blames Hope Trans for a deadly June 28 I-20 pileup, citing whistleblower accounts first reported by WFAA that the company falsified driver logs and backdated shipping records." #txlege #safety @wfaa @tanyaeiserer
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wfaa.com
The lawsuit says "calculated and reckless practices" directly led to the crash that killed five people in late June.
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"If Congress doesn’t act to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program by Sept. 30, it will lapse, leaving thousands of Texans vulnerable during hurricane season, which goes through November." #txlege @megankimble @HoustonChron
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houstonchronicle.com
There are 606,000 residential policies in Texas under the National Flood Insurance Program. Roughly half of those are in Harris County.
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"A Bastrop County judge sentenced the concrete pump truck driver involved in the deadly 2024 Hays Consolidated Independent School District school bus crash." #txlege #safety @KXAN_News @SamCStark
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kxan.com
A Bastrop County judge sentenced the concrete truck driver involved in the deadly 2024 Hays Consolidated Independent School District school bus crash.
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"The report found that a homeowner with good credit living in a high-disaster risk area will pay less than a homeowner with poor credit living in a low-risk area." #txlege @megankimble @matt_zdun @ConsumerFed
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houstonchronicle.com
Texans with low credit scores are paying almost $3,000 more for home insurance on average each year than those with high scores.
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"In Harris County, for example, a homeowner with average credit — defined as a FICO score of 740 — will pay 28% more than someone with excellent credit, defined as a score of 820." #txlege @megankimble @matt_zdun @ConsumerFed
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houstonchronicle.com
Texans with low credit scores are paying almost $3,000 more for home insurance on average each year than those with high scores.
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"The findings, published in August by the Consumer Federation of America and the Climate and Community Institute, show even small variations in credit scores make a difference." @megankimble @ConsumerFed #txlege #creditreports
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houstonchronicle.com
Texans with low credit scores are paying almost $3,000 more for home insurance on average each year than those with high scores.
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Episode 7: In the seventh and final episode of our #7A series, we discuss the importance of serving on a jury and how this constitutional right must be protected for future generations of Americans. https://t.co/mM8oN3ABej
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Episode 6: The right to trial by jury opens our nation's courthouse doors to you and me. However, in the sixth episode of our #7A series, we discuss how this vital right is threatened by corporations insisting on arbitration as a way to resolve disputes. https://t.co/ZzV4cU3HEO
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Episode 5: In the fifth episode of #7A, we discuss how tort "reform” has changed the civil justice system, reducing the ability of victims to bring cases or limiting the damages they may receive from a jury. https://t.co/9xWz69JGuU
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Episode 4: In the fourth episode of the #7A series, we discuss how juries' decisions help to protect us. https://t.co/pykLvHPhjj
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Episode 3: In the third episode of the #7A series, we discuss how juries place power in the people to enforce the rules and protect communities. https://t.co/8dnFbztjCA
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Episode 2: In the second episode of the #7A series, we discuss how the Magna Carta laid the foundation for a judgment by your equals and why the fathers of the Declaration of Independence believed this right to be paramount. https://t.co/YAw9jFd3uJ
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Episode 1: This series describes how the Seventh Amendment guarantees our rights and forms the foundation of "liberty and justice for all" in this country. Please share this video with your friends and family. https://t.co/vI8kfy1YCl
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At Texas Watch, we fight every day for our constitutional right to trial by jury, enshrined in the 7th Amendment. It protects all of our other rights and is essential for justice. #txlege Below is our video series on the #7thAmendment.
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On this Constitution Day, we give thanks for our Seventh Amendment right to trial by jury. It protects all of our other rights. #txlege #ConstitutionDay
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Enshrined in the Constitution is our Seventh Amendment right to trial by jury, which is fundamental to the rule of law and self-government in the United States. #txlege #ConstitutionDay
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"About 86% of U.S. drivers would be reluctant to share the road with a driverless semi, a survey by Advocates for Highway & Auto Safety found." #txlege #safety @dallasnews
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dallasnews.com
Autonomous vehicle companies will have to contend with a new Texas law next spring, but it’s a far cry from what some watchdog groups have demanded.
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