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After not speaking for months, House Speaker Joe Straus and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick from the Texas Senate sat down to hear each other’s special session…
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A real race for speaker of the Texas House starts as a rumor — the same sort of talk that marks a false start. And like a lot of things in the…
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Legislation to reform school funding is “dead.” That’s what Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said in a statement late Wednesday.The biggest rift over the school…
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Lawmakers in the Texas Senate have passed a two-year budget that would require local property owners to pay a bigger chunk of the public education tab.…
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From Texas Standard: The Texas Legislature’s two houses have about nine weeks to approve a balanced two-year budget. But disagreement over accounting ...
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Texans from across the state are at the State Capitol in Austin today telling lawmakers how they feel about the Texas Privacy Act, better known as the…
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Tuesday afternoon, members in the Texas House of Representatives opened the legislative session by unanimously reelecting Rep. Joe Straus as House…
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When the Texas Legislature gaveled in Tuesday, state representatives unanimously re-elected Rep. Joe Straus to his fifth term as Speaker of the House. In…
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Beginning Thursday the State of Texas will cut the amount it pays to therapists who treat some of the state’s most vulnerable children. Families are now…
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Texas House Speaker Joe Straus says the State of Texas should not have to spend as much on border security in the next budget because incoming President…