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TEA Decision for In-person Testing Tied to Lucrative Contracts?
In early December of 2020 the Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced that, while the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test would...
Follow the Freshmen: A Look at Who’s New to the Legislature
First in an occasional series
The 87th session of the Texas Legislature welcomed 21 new members last month, with 17 members sworn into the Texas...
Gov. Abbott’s State of the State Address Today
Governor Greg Abbott is scheduled to deliver his one hour long State of the State address Monday, February 1st at 7pm CT.
Gov. Abbot...
New Program For Vaccination Emerges, One County Says “Make Every Dose Count”
On Wednesday, Governor Greg Abbott’s office announced the launch of the State Mobile Vaccine Pilot Program to speed up the COVID-19 vaccination efforts in...
Who Will Phelan Choose to Chair Key Texas House Committees?
Updated February 2, 2020:
A high ranking House staffer mentioned at a meeting of school officials that there will be a new public education...
Redistricting Committee Meets to Discuss North Texas
The Senate Redistricting Committee convened to discuss redistricting issues for North Texas on Wednesday morning. Dr. Potter, Texas' Demographer, testified again today to discuss...
Abbott Says Vaccine Roll Out In Rural Areas Is Thriving, However Many Counties Lack...
This week Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted about the success rural communities have experienced with vaccine distribution stating, “Rural Texas counties lead the country in...
Redistricting Hearing Casts More Doubts on Census Data
The Senate Special Committee on Redistricting met on Tuesday morning with a focus on South Texas. Senators touched mainly on the accuracy of Census...
First Redistricting Hearing Focuses on Census Challenges and West Texas
The Senate Special Committee on Redistricting met Monday to discuss redistricting with a regional focus on West Texas. It is the first in a...
Texas Senate Committee on Redistricting Meets This Week
The Legislature's redistricting process formally resumes this week with the first set of virtual hearings each day with a regional focus.
Monday, January 25,...
