Venton Jones' bill to offer HIV testing to anyone already seeking STD testing passed the House this week and moves to the ...

Of all the laws passed by the Texas Legislature, few have withstood the test of time like one that criminalizes "homosexual conduct." Despite a 2003 decision from the Supreme Court that found laws ...

Today was a special day for Texas state Rep. Venton Jones, D-Dallas. During the 89th legislative session, Jones was sworn in for his second term as House District 100. Jones said he is eager to ...

House GOP passes voucher bill that could limit Black students' access to private school education in Texas, widening ...

Two Republican lawmakers — including a self-identified Christian conservative — are throwing their support behind an effort ...

State Rep. Venton Jones has announced that on Monday, April 7, the House Committee on Public Health unanimously passed House Bill 50, the bill the Texas Democrat authored that would ensure HIV ...

Out Texas state Rep. Venton Jones (D) announced on Monday that the state’s House Committee of Public Health unanimously voted to pass a bill the Democratic lawmaker authored to ensure HIV ...

Dallas is at the center of an urgent public health crisis. The city has the highest rate of new HIV infections in Texas, ...

Rep. Venton Jones, D-Dallas, asked his partner, Gregory Scott Jr., to marry him shortly after lawmakers were sworn in Tuesday afternoon. Scott said yes. “In a time when our love and our very ...

State Rep. Venton Jones, a Democrat who became one of the first out Black gay men ever elected to the Texas Legislature in November 2022, proposed to his partner, Gregory Scott Jr., after Jones ...