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The Texas House on Aug. 1 approved House Bill 20, legislation appropriating $212.7 million from the “rainy day” reserve fund to help defray rising healthcare costs for retired school employees.
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By ED STERLING, State Capital Highlights |
8/9/17 07:13 PM
City governments, particularly those led by Democrats, are to blame for problems nationwide, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said during a nationally televised interview Friday.
"People are happy …
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By SHANNON NAJMABADI, The Texas Tribune |
8/4/17 04:00 PM
Thousands of advocates have flooded the federal government with comments this week, weighing in on whether it should reverse an Obama-era decision to strip Texas of millions in federal funding for a …
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By EMMA PLATOFF, The Texas Tribune |
8/4/17 02:02 PM
The Texas House on Friday passed a package of bills that would put $1.8 billion into public schools and and help out struggling small, rural school districts.
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By ALIYYA SWABY, The Texas Tribune |
8/4/17 02:00 PM
The Texas House gave tentative approval Thursday to a measure that would partially reverse a controversial cut to disabled children’s therapy services that was ordered by the 2015 …
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By KIRBY WILSON and SHANNON NAJMABADI, The Texas Tribune |
8/4/17 01:00 PM
Last week, amid a flurry of votes on more than a dozen other issues, the Texas Senate passed its main measure addressing Gov. Greg Abbott's call to reform the laws related to property taxes.
On …
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By BRANDON FORMBY, KIRBY WILSON and ALIYYA SWABY, The Texas Tribune |
8/3/17 02:00 PM
Not a single bill had been agreed to by the state House and Senate as of July 28, exactly 10 days into the 30-day special session of the Texas Legislature.
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By ED STERLING, Texas Press Association |
8/3/17 11:05 AM
When David Hatcher got a blood test at his oncologist's office two summers ago, the doctor spelled out his results decisively: “The bad news is you’ve got leukemia. The good news: It’s the kind …
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By ALIYYA SWABY, The Texas Tribune |
8/3/17 11:00 AM
For about a year starting in June 2016, the practice of affirmative action in Texas university admissions seemed secure. The University of Texas at Austin won a U.S. Supreme Court case on the …
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By MATTHEW WATKINS, The Texas Tribune |
8/2/17 12:30 PM
Though he tries to avoid restrooms “at all costs,” high school student Jason Foster says they’re sometimes unavoidable at school. Leander Independent School District requires students to …
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By ALEXA URA, The Texas Tribune |
7/31/17 06:00 AM
For Octavio Armendariz, using the bathroom while he’s home is no big deal. When the autistic eight-year-old is out in public with his mom, it’s a different story …
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ALEX SAMUELS, The Texas Tribune |
7/28/17 07:50 PM
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry says he backs President Donald Trump’s move to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military …
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JIM MALEWITZ, The Texas Tribune |
7/28/17 01:56 PM
The efforts of U.S. Senate Republicans to repeal former President Obama's 2010 health care law collapsed early Friday morning, thanks to a shocking defection from U.S. Sen. John McCain …
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ABBY LIVINGSTON, The Texas Tribune |
7/28/17 06:59 AM
The 85th Texas Legislature convened at the Capitol on July 18 for its first called session, the main purpose being for lawmakers to extend the life of certain state agencies scheduled for termination, and then to proceed to other matters.
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By ED STERLING, Texas Press Association |
7/27/17 12:00 AM
The Texas Senate on Wednesday gave tentative approval to a measure that pre-empts local ordinances on drivers’ mobile phone usage, effectively rolling back safety laws in the 45 Texas cities where …
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EMMA PLATOFF, The Texas Tribune |
7/26/17 04:24 PM
No filibuster was going to kill annexation reform in the Texas Senate this time around. The Senate on Wednesday tentatively passed Senate Bill 6, which would allow residents of areas up for …
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KIRBY WILSON, The Texas Tribune |
7/26/17 01:50 PM
The Texas Senate on Tuesday approved legislation to give teachers bonuses and to improve retired teachers' health benefits — but only after the bill's author removed a controversial provision …
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ALIYYA SWABY, The Texas Tribune |
7/25/17 07:30 PM
The Texas Senate late Tuesday night preliminarily approved legislation that would end the state's practice of collecting membership dues for certain public employees who are members of labor unions …
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CASSANDRA POLLOCK, The Texas Tribune |
7/25/17 04:44 PM
The Texas Senate tentatively passed legislation Monday to subsidize private school tuition and a bill to study the system for funding public schools...
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ALIYYA SWABY, The Texas Tribune |
7/24/17 05:44 PM
A Texas GOP congressman says if the three female Republican senators who oppose a bill repealing Obamacare were men from South Texas, he might challenge them to a duel.
"The fact …
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ABBY LIVINGSTON, The Texas Tribune |
7/24/17 02:20 PM