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Marisa Pérez-Díaz, District 3 member on the Texas State Board of Education says the new Democratic majority on the SBOE creates an opportunity to reconsider curriculum standards that critics say were historically inaccurate, pro-Christian and downplayed the contributions of minority communities to the story of Texas.
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The governor and lieutenant governor are sworn in a week after most Texas lawmakers — giving exiting Republicans a window of leverage. -
Power to appoint business court judges will soon be in the hands of the incoming governor-elect Gina Hinojosa, who vowed to reclaim power from big business. -
The Brooks Development Authority has issued a notice of default to a developer over planned ICE office leases, giving the company 60 days to respond. -
Lieutenant Gov.-elect Vikki Goodwin says senators will help shape the agenda as she prepares to lead a chamber that remains under Republican control. -
In the Texas Democratic sweep on Election Day, the Texas State Board of Education flipped. For years the SBOE has been ground zero in the culture war by issuing directives to public schools to teach a curriculum that pushed a pro-Christian right point of view, denying climate change and twisting history. We are joined by the South Texas SBOE representative Marisa Perez Diaz to hear about her plans in the new blue SBOE. -
San Antonio state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer says a Democratic majority in the Texas House of Representatives will give bills that long stalled during the Republican majority a hearing and a vote. But to get Democratic bills to the governor’s desk, Democrats will have to work with a Senate still controlled by Republicans. -
Texas Democrats are preparing an ambitious legislative agenda following their historic victories in the Nov. 3 election, with proposals to expand healthcare, raise wages, make voting easier and repeal the state's private school voucher program.
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Days after flipping a deep-red congressional district, Democrat Katy Padilla Stout is taking heat for joining a club of Capitol Hill’s most progressive members. -
The Trump administration filed an emergency relief request with the high court earlier in October asking for the construction to continue while a lawsuit over the plan moves forward. -
Outgoing Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says he supports Republican state senators changing the rules to strip powers from his Democratic successor after losing his reelection bid by nearly 600,000 votes.
