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This Week in Texas at the Capitol: Speaker Burrows, key senators, and first-term lawmaker speak out
This Week in Texas. ABC13 talks to Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows and breaks down the session's key issues with state senators.
Texas lawmaker aiming to end twice-yearly clock changes
If lawmakers pass the proposed items, voters would decide whether or not to end clock changes during the November election.
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Texas countywide voting bill would allow fewer polling sites
Bill 985 would revise a 2023 law that raised the minimum number of voting locations. County election officials say they’ve ...
Is the Texas Lottery a conduit for money laundering? Some state senators say yes
When you play a game in the Texas Lottery do you realize you could be participating in a money laundering scheme?
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Texas proposal would ease polling place requirements for countywide voting
Texas lawmakers heard arguments on revising a law that made it difficult for counties that offer countywide voting to ...
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The Texas Senate wants more — and smaller — starter homes in new neighborhoods
The goal of the new legislation is to help drive down the cost of housing so that more Texans can afford homes.
Texas lawmakers want to cut your property taxes — here’s how they might do it.
The Texas House and Senate have introduced proposals to enact new property tax cuts, setting up a duel over how to best distribute $3.5 billion of the state’s surplus to homeowners and businesses. A ...
Texas senators threaten no new university funding until schools fully comply with DEI ban
The senators' letter to Texas boards of regents comes after requests to restore $400 million in universities funds that are ...
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Republican senators threaten not to boost Texas public universities’ funding over DEI ban
Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, sent a letter this week to public university leaders telling them university funds would not ...
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How property taxes and school funding are linked in Texas
This legislative session, Texas lawmakers are hoping to lower property taxes and increase funding for the state’s public ...
Despite legislative ban, Texas public universities still implementing DEI policies
Despite a state legislative ban, Texas public universities are still implementing so-called diversity, equity and inclusion ...