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Texas House Approves Crackdown on THC Products Following Push From Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick
The issue has been one of Patrick’s top priorities for the session.
Texas House Advances Legislation to Block Local Abortion Travel Funding
In recent years, some cities have funneled tax dollars to nonprofit organizations that help women pay for abortions outside of Texas.
House Lawmakers Pass Measure Creating the Texas Grid Security Commission
Under the measure, commissioners would deliver annual reports on threats to the state’s electrical grid and recommend resiliency standards.
Effort To Remove the Marvin Nichols Reservoir Project From State Water Plan Dies in House
The Marvin Nichols project would engulf nearly 70,000 acres in East Texas.
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State Reps. Sign Proclamation to Defend Texans’ Medical Freedom
State Rep. Steve Toth (R–The Woodlands) is the latest to join a number of representatives who have signed a pledge to stop the government from mandating medical actions and retaliating against citizens who exercise freedom of choice. In a prior interview, Texans for...
Texas Arrests ‘Ballot Chaser’ for Multiple Election Fraud Felonies
A Bexar County political operative who boasted on hidden camera about her mail-ballot harvesting prowess has been arrested and charged with multiple voting fraud felonies. On Wednesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Rachel Rodriguez (identified in...
House Votes to Keep Office Budgets the Same
Article updated with Senate office budget decrease. On the second day of the legislative session, the Texas House of Representatives voted against a proposal paving the way for an increase in office budgets for legislators. They instead voted to maintain their office...
SCOTUS Denies Democrats’ Suit to Force Universal Vote-by-Mail
Texas Democrats lost another attempt to undermine state voting laws in the courts. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition filed by the Texas Democrat Party asking the Court to review the party’s lawsuit seeking to force the state to allow everyone to vote...
Proposed House Rules Would Make it Harder to Get Record Votes
With the Texas Legislature now sworn in, the Texas House is set to consider a new rule change that would make it more difficult for citizens to know how their representative votes. Currently, the Texas House rules allow any single member to call for a “record vote,”...
Commission Recommends Ending Partisan Judicial Elections
A commission created by the state Legislature has recommended ending partisan judicial elections, although they are split on the solution. The Texas Commission on Judicial Selection was created in 2019 by the 86th Legislature. The commission was charged “to study and...
Texas AG: Capitol ‘Must Be Open and Accessible to the Public’
AUSTIN — As the Texas Legislature convenes to make important decisions for citizens across the state, the Texas attorney general has issued a statement clarifying that citizens should have access to their state government during the critical session. On Tuesday,...
Phelan Elected Speaker as Texas Legislature Kicks Off Session
The 87th Legislative Session kicked off on Tuesday at the Texas Capitol, as lawmakers in both chambers gaveled in to begin their 140-day session. The first act of the newly sworn-in Texas House of Representatives? To officially elect State Rep. Dade Phelan...
Peacock: It’s Time to Cut the Texas Budget
In 2019, the Texas Legislature appropriated a total of $258 billion, a 24 percent increase over what it appropriated in 2017. Looking at it a different way, the $248 billion the Legislature appropriated in 2019 for the current biennium was an increase of $32 billion,...