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The Texas Legislature closed out the special session Tuesday night amid a stalemate on property tax reform, leaving unfinished Gov. Greg Abbott's top…
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From Texas Standard: One issue that's been top priority during the special legislative session is school finance. On Thursday, nearly 1,500 school...
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A bill that would require physicians and health care facilities to report more details on abortion complications to the state — and would fine those that…
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Despite it serving, in part, as the reason lawmakers are back in Austin for legislative overtime, the Texas Legislature could very well gavel out next…
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The Texas House tentatively approved two bills Thursday that will keep several state agencies from closing, including the Texas Medical Board. If the…
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Two months ago, Texas lawmakers quietly did something rare in this statehouse: They sent Gov. Greg Abbott a bill designed to make voting easier for…
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From Texas Standard : Rhetoric from lawmakers on both sides of the abortion debate raged on at the state Capitol on Tuesday over a Republican bill that...
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Texas women would have to pay a separate health insurance premium to get coverage for non-emergency abortions — what an opponent dubbed "rape insurance" —…
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Joe Straus had their first meeting in months on Monday. "The Speaker and I had a substantive meeting today where we…
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The Texas House on Friday passed a package of bills that would put $1.8 billion into public schools and help out struggling small, rural school…
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The rules of a special legislative session are pretty simple: The governor rules. Only the governor can call a special session , and only the governor...
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From Texas Standard: Members of the House and Senate are scrambling to plug a $212 million hole in the teacher retirement system, which provides health...