Senate to Make Last-Ditch Push to Pass Children’s Health Bill
The chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee is planning to file a last-ditch effort...
UT Students Lobby Against Bills Threatening In-State Tuition For Undocumented Texans
A group of University of Texas students took their fight for the future of undocumented students straight...
Advocates Warn Texas Bill Would Funnel More Children Into Adult Prisons
A bill that just passed the Texas Senate is drawing fierce criticism from youth justice advocates, who warn it would worsen conditions for incarcerated...
Trump To Endorse Dustin Burrows For Texas House Speaker, Abbott Told GOP Caucus
Gov. Greg Abbott told members of the Texas House Republican Caucus that President Donald Trump will endorse Rep. Dustin Burrows not only for re-election...
Canned Cocktails At Your Local Store? Texas Senate Bill 2225 Could Make It Happen
Texas lawmakers are pushing for a significant change in how alcohol is sold at grocery and convenience...
House Conservatives Kill Democratic Calendar Items
A band of the Texas House’s most conservative lawmakers on Friday united to kill the vast majority...
Texas Legislation Proposes Permanent Secrecy For Officer Misconduct Files
The Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) is sounding the alarm over House Bill 2486, calling it a “dangerous expansion of police secrecy” that threatens...
Republicans Killed 43 Democratic Voucher Amendments. See What They Opposed.
The Texas House of Representatives on April 17 voted to create a private school voucher program after...
Senate Concurs On Voucher Changes, Sending Bill To Abbott
The Texas Senate on Thursday afternoon concurred with the House’s changes to its private school voucher bill,...
House Democrats Delay Constitutional Amendment After Voucher Vote
After House Republicans last week passed a statewide private school voucher program, Democrats in the lower chamber...
