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Brief bipartisan abortion consensus in Texas Senate frays over bill to ban pills
Texas senators united to pass an abortion bill this week. But that newly minted abortion coalition didn’t last long. One day ...
Texas Senate passes sweeping bill targeting out-of-state abortion pill providers
The sweeping proposal — considered the most wide-ranging abortion pill crackdown in the country — passed from the state ...
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Texas House backs Landgraf’s push to protect property tax exemptions for homeowners
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Texas Senate passes bill to increase penalty for assaulting utility workers in aftermath of Hurricane Beryl
Sen. Carol Alvarado (D-Houston) authored Senate Bill 482, which would increase the penalty for assaulting a utility worker to ...
Texas House Bill 4 proposes new standardized test. Lawmakers, superintendents are hopeful.
During a marathon House Committee on Public Education hearing that began Tuesday morning, superintendents from across Texas ...
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Vouchers passed the Texas Legislature. What about school funding?
The Republican author of the spending plan, Brad Buckley, responded by saying his bill is the largest investment in public ...
Has Texas Banned Political Memes? What We Know
One Texas Republican said the legislation could give "people up to a year in jail for failing to attach a disclosure to a cartoon." ...
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Pres. Trump praises Texas for 'ultimate school choice' bill
President Donald Trump praised Texas leaders for passing school choice legislation during a National Day of Prayer event on ...
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Texas lawmakers consider a bill that would increase state control over public universities
Lawmakers are also considering bills about higher education. The Texas Senate passed SB 37, which would increase the state’s ...