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Texas Senate Passes School Finance Plan, Remove Sales Tax Swap Provision
AUSTIN, TX - After nearly eight hours of debate and votes on about 70 amendments, the Senate passed House Bill 3, the chief school...
Summer is Coming: where is the Texas Legislature on Texans' top priorities?
Texas has less than a month left until sine die, the final day of the regular session of the Texas Legislature which falls on...
Reform Austin Explains: Special Sessions of the Texas Legislature
Starting on the second Tuesday of January in every odd-numbered year, the Texas Legislature holds what is called a Regular Session to consider legislation...
How First-Term Legislators Are Using Instagram
Ninth in an ongoing series
Over the past two weeks, Reform Austin has compared the social media use of freshmen Texas Legislators. This week we...
Paid Sick Leave Ban Gets Contentious Hearing in the House
AUSTIN, TX - Following nearly 7 hours of contentious testimony, the House Committee on State Affairs left pending an anti-sick leave bill by Senator Brandon...
SB2 Passes the Texas House
AUSTIN, TX - After several weeks of postponing debate and waiting for the Senate to pass their plan, the Texas House passed a sweeping...
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...
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...
Senate Education Committee Holds First Hearing on School Finance
AUSTIN, TX - The Senate laid out the framework for its plan to address school finance reform and public education funding during its first...
HOW FIRST-TERM LEGISLATORS USE TWITTER TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR CONSITUENTS
Eighth in an ongoing series
Last week, we compared how the freshmen use their social media platforms, specifically Facebook, to communicate with their constituents.
This week,...
