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Detransition Coverage Bill Clears Texas House, Heads to Governor’s Desk
Insurance providers would be required to cover any adverse medical effects or complications related to a gender mutilation procedure, as well as care for those who seek to detransition.
AG Paxton Secures Record $1.375B Data Privacy Settlement With Google
The settlement follows a Texas lawsuit accusing the tech giant of violating state privacy laws.
Texas House Moves To Restore AG’s Power To Prosecute Election Crimes
The bill comes in response to a 2021 decision by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
Democrat Judge Temporarily Limits Texas Lottery’s Ban on Ticket Resellers
The judge ruled Lotto.com was exempt from the Lottery Commission’s new rule that shutters ticket resellers in the state as litigation continues.
State Archive
Border Invasion: How Texas Can Stop It
As the Biden administration’s open-border policies create chaos on the southwest border, some state lawmakers have advocated for a strategy that would sidestep the federal government to address the problem. State Sen. Bob Hall (R–Edgewood) recently interviewed Ken...
Republican House Members on Democrat Committee Chairs
Democrat committee chairmen have a history of killing conservative legislation in Texas. Now, the Texas GOP has made banning Democrat chairs in the Texas House and Senate a legislative priority for 2023. In March, Republican voters were presented with a series of...
Democrats File Bills to Increase the Minimum Wage
An enormous amount of bills have already been filed in the Texas House and Senate, as lawmakers were able to begin prefiling bills for the 88th Legislative Session on Monday. Despite record levels of inflation, State Rep. Ron Reynolds (D–Missouri City) has already...
Texas State Rep.-elect Files Legislation to ‘Buy Down’ Property Taxes
On Monday, the Texas Legislature began its bill prefiling period, and newly elected Republican State Rep. Ellen Troxclair wasted no time in filing her first bills as an incoming representative. Troxclair’s House Bill 629 works to provide property tax relief to Texans....
Texas Lawmakers Work to Combat Border Invasion
On Tuesday, a federal judge issued an order blocking federal authorities from using a Trump-era public health rule in Title 42 to quickly expel those attempting illegal border crossings as President Joe Biden’s open-border policies continue incentivizing such...
Everything Is Bigger in Texas—Including Property Taxes
Property taxes in Texas are some of the highest in the country, according to a recent report from the Huffines Liberty Foundation. The Huffines Liberty Foundation, led by former state senator and gubernatorial candidate Don Huffines, determined that Texas ranks fourth...
Texas Lawmakers Want to Secure the Power Grid
This week on The Salcedo Storm Podcast, Texas State Rep. Tony Tinderholt (R–Arlington) and Texas State Sen. Bob Hall (R–Edgewood) explained the dangers of leaving the power grid in its current state. The 2021 Texas “Snowmageddon,” Winter Storm Uri, showed Texans just...
Legislation to Ban Taxpayer-funded Lobbying Filed in the Texas Senate
On Monday, Senator-elect Mayes Middleton (R–Wallisville) filed Senate Bill 175, which would prohibit public funds from being used to hire registered lobbyists. If the Legislature bans the practice, school districts and cities will be barred from spending taxpayer...
Gov. Greg Abbott Invokes Invasion Clauses But Changes Nothing
On Tuesday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced his invocation of the Invasion Clauses of the U.S. and Texas constitutions as the invasion on the Texas-Mexico border worsens, but he refused to outright declare an invasion and return illegal border-crossers to Mexico....