Texas removes thousands of children from Medicaid each month due to red tape, records show
Yesenia Alvarado holds her daughter, Medicaid patient Melanie Almaraz, 2, while waiting to see Dr....
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Dan Patrick threatens to use “nuclear option” to skirt Senate tradition and bring property tax bill to the floor
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Senate Parliamentarian Karina Davis on on the Senate floor on Jan. 9,...
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For many Texas teachers, health insurance premiums are huge — but so are the hospital bills
Liz and Jeremiah Peña are educators in Birdville ISD in Haltom City and last year they estimated...
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Thousands of disadvantaged Texas children dropped from Medicaid
According to a report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, an estimated...
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Follow the Freshmen: How First-Term Legislators are Using Facebook
With midterm elections in the rearview mirror and the 86th Legislative Session nearing its end, are legislators prioritizing communication with their constituents via social media?
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Abbott grants Secretary of State 49% pay raise
The day after David Whitley took office as Texas Secretary of State on Dec. 17, 2018, he received...
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Texas House Passes Bill to Address Rape Kit Backlog
Pictured: Rep. Victoria Neave laying out HB 8 AUSTIN, TX – On Wednesday, the Texas House...
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A Texas sales tax increase would hit poor people the hardest
From left: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Gov. Greg Abbott and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen want to raise...
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Senate’s property tax reform plan gets Senate vote after 2 months of no movement
Pictured: Sen. Kel Seliger holding the Senate Rules book during debate on SB 2 After two months of...
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Is Texas leading on disaster preparedness? Yes and no, experts say
Debris covered a street corner in Rockport in December, more than three months after Hurricane...
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Texans’ Civil Rights in Jeopardy
An effort to deter voter fraud, the Texas Senate voted 19 to 12 in favor of anti-voter bill SB 9....
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Property tax reform proposals stall — for now — as top Texas lawmakers scramble for votes
Gov. Greg Abbott visits the Texas Senate chamber on Tuesday. Juan Figueroa/The Texas Tribune...
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$248 Billion Budget Passes Out of Senate
AUSTIN, TX – The Texas Senate resoundingly passed a $248 billion budget Tuesday after nearly...
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Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick and Dennis Bonnen propose raising the Texas sales tax in order to lower property taxes
Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen at a joint press conference...
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