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Majority of Democrats in the Texas Senate walk out ahead of chamber’s vote on redistricting bill
The Texas Senate’s packed floor session Tuesday wasn’t without its own political drama. Early on, nine of the chamber’s Democrats walked out to protest the same Republican-backed plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts that prompted the House quorum break earlier this month.
Republican lawmakers in Texas have opened a new front in their efforts to crack down on abortion, this time with a bill that ...
Another key bill the Senate passed was SB 6, Protecting Unborn Children, filed by Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Tyler, which prohibits ...
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Texas state Senate passes new Republican drawn congressional map as House Dems remain on the lam
Texas Senate approves Republican-drawn redistricting maps in 19-2 vote as nine Democrats walk out in protest while House Democrats remain out of state.
The Texas Senate voted 19-2 along party lines on Tuesday to approve a congressional redistricting map that is identical to a ...
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Gov. Greg Abbott would pick new leadership for Harris County flood-control district under Texas bill
State Rep. Dennis Paul filed a bill to pull the county's flood control district under a board appointed mainly by Texas Gov.
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Texas Senate passes bill to ban THC — again
The Senate’s decision signals another potential standoff with Gov. Greg Abbott, who vetoed a similar ban earlier this year as ...
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SB2 would require Texas counties to build siren warning systems. Now the bill is moving forward.
SB2 would give a state agency the ability to tell counties to build siren systems. It would also create a new fund to pay for those systems.
The Senate’s decision signals another potential standoff with Gov. Greg Abbott, who vetoed a similar ban earlier this year as ...
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Texas Senate approves bill swapping STAAR exam for three shorter tests
The tests would be administered at the beginning, middle and end of the school year. But the proposal’s fate is unclear with the House in limbo over a redistricting fight.
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