Texas Appleseed

Deceptive solar panel sales are targeting older and Spanish-speaking Texans. Join us Tuesday, March 24 (1-2PM CST) for a free webinar on the problem and how advocates can take action before the April 12 public comment deadline. Register: ow.ly/zbZq50YwOLs

Texas Appleseed is working to make it fairer for Texans. Follow our work at texasappleseed.org/insurance

Home insurance rates shouldn’t be determined on credit history, and credit scores are low for many reasons – a medical crisis, a job loss, a divorce, or an expensive appliance repair.

“In Texas, some insurers charge people with poor credit up to 12 times as much as people with excellent credit for certain policies.” – Ann Baddour, @TexasAppleseed Fair Financial Services Director quoted in @nytimes article by @hclaire_brown and @rjnskl nytimes.com/interactive/20…

🎬 Join us for a free screening and conversation of Breaking Silence @ Hyperreal Film Club on March 26th at 7:30 pm. More details at bit.ly/hprl-breakings…

Learn more about this data transparency win for Texas consumers here: tdi.texas.gov/news/2026/tdi0…

It requires insurers to put in writing as to why they denied, cancelled or didn’t renew your policy. It gives you a chance to fix the issues with your home or car — and to keep them insurable.

Have you ever had a home or auto policy declined, cancelled, or not renewed without any explanation by an insurer in Texas? That now changes with HB 2067. The law is now in effect.

“People resorting to payday loans solve a problem today, but the loans make things worse in the future,” Baddour said. "These are loans that are set up for failure." Payday loans are predatory and disproportionately hurt communities of color. Texas needs to regulate them.

Texas is one of the few states that do not have caps on payday loans, so borrowers end up paying more than they borrow. A $200 loan taken out for just a few months can cost $1,000 or more to repay.

Houston residents are turning to costly payday loans to cover the rising costs of basic necessities — like food and rent. And they could find a bigger hit to their wallets in doing so. houstonchronicle.com/business/artic…

If you have dreams of going to law school and need help with LSAT prep, apply now! Round 1 closes soon for our Law School Access Program! Being a part of this program covers the full cost of your LSAT prep course. Deadline to apply is Feb. 13, 2026. bit.ly/LawSchoolAccess

See what working at Texas Appleseed means to us, and check out our tech predictions for the year 2056 in our new blog post → texasappleseed.org/blog/30-years-…

Do you want to go to law school? But you can’t afford the high costs of LSAT prep? Apply now for our Law School Access Program where the cost of your LSAT prep course is covered in full. Learn more about what the requirements are to apply ➡️ bit.ly/LawSchoolAccess

And on Friday, panels featuring @Stablecores’ Nick Elledge, @TexasAppleseed’s @BaddourAnn and @SidleyLaw’s David I Monteiro (with @SMULawSchool’s Mary Spector moderating), & Prof Kristen Adams, Prof. Sarah Jane Hughes and Prof. Bill Henning (moderated by Prof. Julie Rogers)

This week, the @SMULawSchool @SMUSTLR joins forces with the @DallasFed to host a 2-day conversation on digital payments. Featuring a keynote from FDIC Chairman Travis Hill, & a panel with @ChrisOdinet @propelforward & @JDSmeltzer on Thursday (with @Andrea_Tosato moderating) 1/2

Under the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, Texans can opt out of data collection  and exercise their data privacy rights. Texans deserve stronger data privacy protections, and not to have their financial wellbeing impaired by surveillance pricing.

Surveillance pricing tools like Eversight used by Instacart and other retailers use people’s data, like what products they purchase, their income, their background, and their zip code, to determine what price point consumers are willing to pay for goods. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Thank you Rob Giardinelli and @CuratedTexan for your incredible recap of our 2025 Good Apple Dinner! Our deepest thanks to everyone who made our Good Apple fundraising gala the most successful one to date. curatedtexan.com/2025/12/how-th…