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Texas lawmakers push to enforce election transparency law after newsrooms found school districts failed to comply

Texas lawmakers push to enforce election transpare...

5 months ago 184

Juvenile detention, imported shrimp, forever chemicals among hundreds of bills cut off by House deadline

Juvenile detention, imported shrimp, forever chemi...

5 months ago 184

Faculty and students blast Texas House panel for limiting testimony on bill that targets state universities

Faculty and students blast Texas House panel for l...

5 months ago 198

Bill requiring air conditioning in all Texas prisons wins preliminary House approval

Bill requiring air conditioning in all Texas priso...

5 months ago 174

Bill that would give the Texas Lottery “a two-year lease on life” gets Senate approval

Bill that would give the Texas Lottery “a two-year...

5 months ago 225

Texas Senate reveals $8 billion school funding plan as it seeks middle ground with House

Texas Senate reveals $8 billion school funding pla...

5 months ago 184

Abbott wants to stop allowing federal benefits in Texas to be spent on unhealthy, high-processed food

Abbott wants to stop allowing federal benefits in ...

5 months ago 189

Texas House bill allowing online voter registration got a public hearing — after missing deadline to become law

Texas House bill allowing online voter registratio...

5 months ago 164

Shipped to El Salvador: An Austin Immigration Lawyer on Her Teen Client’s Forced ‘Disappearance’

Shipped to El Salvador: An Austin Immigration Lawy...

5 months ago 180

As the Rio Grande runs dry, South Texas leaders look to new water supplies to sustain growth

As the Rio Grande runs dry, South Texas leaders lo...

5 months ago 281

Texas House could consider repealing ban on homosexual conduct

Texas House could consider repealing ban on homose...

5 months ago 155

The fastest-growing city in the U.S. is in Texas, and it’s not the one you’re thinking of

The fastest-growing city in the U.S. is in Texas, ...

5 months ago 178

Proposal to enhance Texas’ pioneering junk science law approved by Texas House

Proposal to enhance Texas’ pioneering junk science...

5 months ago 186

Bill to limit out-of-state donations to Texas candidates gets House approval

Bill to limit out-of-state donations to Texas cand...

5 months ago 148

Texas House bill on lawsuits shelved after critics label it harmful to free speech

Texas House bill on lawsuits shelved after critics...

5 months ago 174

Houston midwife accused of illegal abortions appeals clinic closures

Houston midwife accused of illegal abortions appea...

5 months ago 192

Business tax breaks closer to reality after Texas Senate approves compromise

Business tax breaks closer to reality after Texas ...

5 months ago 212

Clock is ticking for Texas lawmakers to settle differences on $8 billion public school funding package

Clock is ticking for Texas lawmakers to settle dif...

5 months ago 186

A Texas Writer Tackles a Subject ‘Beckoning in the Shadows His Entire Life’

A Texas Writer Tackles a Subject ‘Beckoning in the...

5 months ago 198

Texas bill seeking to keep toxic “forever chemicals” off farmland misses key deadline

Texas bill seeking to keep toxic “forever chemical...

5 months ago 178

An agency tasked with protecting immigrant children is becoming an enforcement arm, current and former staffers say

An agency tasked with protecting immigrant childre...

5 months ago 180

Pressing deadlines, unfinished business: Where the Legislature stands on abortion, water, property tax and more

Pressing deadlines, unfinished business: Where the...

5 months ago 187

Texas lawmakers debating DEI ban in K-12 schools ask: Do students benefit from teachers who look like them?

Texas lawmakers debating DEI ban in K-12 schools a...

5 months ago 214

Bill requiring Texas hospitals to report the citizenship status of patients killed in House

Bill requiring Texas hospitals to report the citiz...

5 months ago 225

ICE says it deported more than 500 people in the Houston area in one week

ICE says it deported more than 500 people in the H...

5 months ago 283

Bill to ban child marriages in Texas advances in the House

Bill to ban child marriages in Texas advances in t...

5 months ago 196

Texas Legislature approves bill to ease polling place requirements for countywide voting

Texas Legislature approves bill to ease polling pl...

5 months ago 179

TribCast: Can Texas make its housing more affordable?

TribCast: Can Texas make its housing more affordab...

5 months ago 194

After college students protested Israel-Hamas war, Texas Senate votes to restrict time, place and manner of future events

After college students protested Israel-Hamas war,...

5 months ago 104

Texas Already Gives Public Ed Dollars to Private Operators. Here’s How That Worked Out.

Texas Already Gives Public Ed Dollars to Private O...

5 months ago 331

It’s not just about vouchers and school funding. Here are the other Texas public education bills you should track.

It’s not just about vouchers and school funding. H...

5 months ago 267

“A gift to our mothers”: Moms could drive solo in car pool lanes under Texas House bill

“A gift to our mothers”: Moms could drive solo in ...

5 months ago 209

New Senate bill offers last-minute reprieve for troubled Texas Lottery

New Senate bill offers last-minute reprieve for tr...

5 months ago 100

Proposals to require judges to deny bail more often advance through House panel, signaling a broader agreement

Proposals to require judges to deny bail more ofte...

5 months ago 173

Texas House signals expanding state’s medical marijuana program

Texas House signals expanding state’s medical mari...

5 months ago 189

Harrison the Huckster

Harrison the Huckster

5 months ago 264

A Day in a Democracy

A Day in a Democracy

5 months ago 224

6 takeaways about Alex Fairly’s journey into Texas GOP politics

6 takeaways about Alex Fairly’s journey into Texas...

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Texas lawmakers propose abortion pill bill that can’t be challenged in state courts

Texas lawmakers propose abortion pill bill that ca...

5 months ago 164

Texas House votes to strictly define man and woman, excluding trans people from state records

Texas House votes to strictly define man and woman...

5 months ago 226

Texas allows certain children to get married. Lawmakers may close that loophole.

Texas allows certain children to get married. Lawm...

5 months ago 384

After a sometimes graphic debate, Texas House advances bill limiting kids’ access to sexually explicit books in libraries

After a sometimes graphic debate, Texas House adva...

5 months ago 388

Ken Paxton says Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle privacy suit

Ken Paxton says Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion...

5 months ago 228

They drove to the Capitol to testify on a bill and got a grueling lesson in Texas democracy

They drove to the Capitol to testify on a bill and...

5 months ago 199

Texas Democrats cancel planned vote to condemn Rep. Henry Cuellar

Texas Democrats cancel planned vote to condemn Rep...

5 months ago 162

Texas attorney general wins $60 million judgment in pollution lawsuit

Texas attorney general wins $60 million judgment i...

5 months ago 197

John Cornyn says tax and spending bill must reimburse Texas $11 billion for border security

John Cornyn says tax and spending bill must reimbu...

5 months ago 216

Texas lawmakers want to spend millions on Child ID kits. Experts say there’s no evidence they work.

Texas lawmakers want to spend millions on Child ID...

5 months ago 195

Texas lawmakers want to lower homeowners' insurance costs, but have few options

Texas lawmakers want to lower homeowners' insuranc...

5 months ago 173

After immigration crackdown, international students in Texas self-censor to protect their education

After immigration crackdown, international student...

5 months ago 188