Flood information

Flood information law will let home buyers be prepared

Flood information required by new Texas law. Following the devastation of Hurricane Harvey and Tropical Storm Imelda Texas has been wrestling with the best...

Texas Democrats Want Confederate Memorials Removed from Capitol

Eight Texas Democratic lawmakers want seven memorials to the Confederacy and Confederate leaders removed from Texas’ Capitol grounds.  A letter sent Monday to state Sen....

Another Paxton Whistleblower Fired; One Talks to the Media

For the second time this week, there is word of a firing of one of the whistleblowers in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office.  Blake...

Texas Rent Relief Program Closing Application Portal on Friday

Late Wednesday, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) announced they will close the application portal for the Texas Rent Relief Program...

House Passes Concealed Carry at Polls for Election Judges

The Texas House on Thursday passed a bill that would allow election judges and voting clerks to...

The Driver Responsibility Program may soon be dead. But reform is unlikely for a...

After years of fighting, criminal justice reformers are on track to score a major victory this session: the death of a widely reviled program...

Bills propose to shut down regulations on short-term rental companies such as Airbnb

Texas lawmakers are trying again to supersede regulations for short-term home rentals passed in recent years by cities such as Austin. Austin has one of...

Moderate Republicans Are a Fading Breed

It’s no secret that the Republican Party in Texas has veered sharply right in the last decade. As a new set of midterms loom,...

Ken Paxton Supports GOP Effort to Close Texas Primaries

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is supporting the Republican Party of Texas in its federal lawsuit seeking...

A Senate Bill Would Expand Performance Bonuses For Teachers. Here’s How.

Today the Senate Education Committee will discuss a wide-ranging teacher pay bill that would expand performance bonuses for public teachers, preschool free for their...
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