Big Three Anounce Agreement on Budget, Property Tax and School Finance Reform Legislation
AUSTIN, TX – Texas lawmakers agreed on how to overhaul school finance and property tax reform with less than a week left in session. However, details were scant and the text of the legislation, HB
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Texas medical marijuana expansion gains steam in Senate, even after prior stonewalling
Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, is sponsoring a medical marijuana bill.Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune Even as the Senate stonewalls a handful of bills aimed at lessening criminal penalties for
Texas Senate passes bill to kill program that critics say can trap poor people in a cycle of debt
The controversial Driver Responsibility Program causes some people to have their driver’s licenses suspended. Cooper Neill for The Texas Tribune Texas may finally kill the widely unpopular Driver Responsibility Program, which
Watch Senate Bill 9 hearing in Texas House panel over voting rights and access
Rachel Zein for The Texas Tribune A Texas House panel is taking up legislation Wednesday that would make it a felony for Texans who vote when they’re ineligible — even
“People were giving us lip service”: Texas cities’ legislative efforts have struggled this year
Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune The interest group representing Texas cities used to be one of the most powerful legislative forces at the Capitol. This session, it has become the
Gymnasts who survived abuse by Larry Nassar urge Texas lawmakers not to water down reform
From left: Jordan Schwikert, Alyssa Baumann and Tasha Schwikert, three gymnasts who say they were abused by Larry Nassar, testify on HB 3809 during the Senate State Affairs Committee on
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Texas House approves property tax reform bill, setting up negotiations with the Senate
Under Speaker Dennis Bonnen, the Texas House has now passed all three of state leaders’ highest-priority bills for 2019. Miguel Gutierrez Jr. / The Texas
Monica’s Law Passes House Floor
On November 29, 2015, Monica Deming was shot and murdered in her Odessa home by her ex-boyfriend, Brandon Leyva, who then killed himself. In the
Texas House Advances Rural Broadband Bills
The Texas House of Representatives has voted to advance two bills that aim to rectify the technological chasm in rural communities. The bills came as
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