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The House budget contains a provision preventing public money to be spent on private schools — but will it stay that way?
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Senate Bill 8, which would give parents state funds to pay for private schools, was approved by Texas Senators on Thursday.
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The bill now heads to the Texas House for consideration. Research shows the discontinuation of gender-affirming care can lead to physical and mental challenges.
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If Senate Bill 14 were to become law, gender-affirming care practices for people under 18 years old would be banned in the state of Texas. This is the second proposal targeting transgender people to receive full approval from the Texas Senate this week.
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More than 380 supporters and opponents signed up Wednesday to testify on the proposal, which would allow parents to use state funds to send their children to private schools.
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The Texas legislature heard public testimony for the first time Thursday on a bill addressing gender-affirming care in the state.
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Draft city ordinances would allow people to sue librarians over “obscene” material.
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The Texas Legislature is required to approve changes to political boundaries during the first regular session after census data is released. But the coronavirus pandemic led lawmakers to pass their latest maps in the offseason.
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At a senate committee hearing in Marshall, Texas Republican lawmakers accused investment firms of pulling back on fossil fuels, running afoul of a 2021 law that prohibits the state from contracting with or investing in companies that “boycott” oil, natural gas and coal companies.
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As Texas defends against accusations that its new political maps are discriminatory, it’s laying the groundwork to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out longstanding Voting Rights Act protections.
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Some regions of the state have seen below freezing temperatures over the last few days, leaving some Texans worried the electrical grid could fail, as it did last February.
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The third special legislative session has wrapped up. Here’s a look at the lawmakers who’ve announced they won’t return to their seats in the 88th legislature.