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Texas House majority signs on to new bill restricting the use of bathrooms in public buildings by transgender people
House Bill 239, which echoes a bathroom bill that failed in 2017, includes new provisions for shelters and prisons.
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Debate on House’s school voucher bill centers on a question: Should wealthy Texans be included?
In a hearing on House Bill 3, Republicans argued the program should be open to all students while Democrats criticized ...
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Feds are opening more detention centers in Texas as Trump administration steps up deportations
The feds are adding thousands of beds to hold families in Texas, which reportedly holds the most immigrants of any state at ...
Committee leaves ‘school choice’ bill as pending, did not vote to send legislation to Texas House
On Tuesday morning, the Texas House Committee on Public Education are meeting in front of a dozens of public education ...
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Texas Senate panel moves to cut minimum residential lot sizes in large cities
Senate Bill 15 would authorize property owners in large Texas cities to construct single-family homes on lots as small as 1,400 square feet without approval from local officials.
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Texas House Republicans get an earful from the opposition on proposed school voucher program
If passed, the legislation would create a program where parents could use state tax dollars toward sending their kids to ...
Family miraculously avoids being inside Belton, Texas home during explosion
BELTON, Texas (KWTX) - A Belton, Texas family lost their home and most of their belongings in what they said was an explosion ...
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In Texas, private firms cash in on property tax late fees, piling debt onto struggling homeowners
Texans who fall behind on their property taxes face one of the most punitive systems in the nation, where private collection ...
Man bailed out of jail kills dad with dumbbell next day, TX cops say. He’s convicted
The killing happened a day after he bonded out of jail following the stabbing of a police K-9, Texas authorities say.
Lawmaker panel debates family income for vouchers in lengthy hearing
The Texas House Committee on Public Education debated a school choice voucher bill and if public school dollars can be used for private and home schools.
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Rep. Sylvester Turner lie in state in Hall of the Texas House
Late U.S. Representative Sylvester Turner will lie in state in the Hall of the House of Representatives after the Texas House passed a resolution.
'Transformational': Texas Senate Bill 568 would overhaul special education funding
The bill "will lead to stunningly better outcomes for a number of our 775,000 school children with disabilities," the ...