Texas Legislature eyes proposals to give state AG more power
The bill attempts to restore the attorney general’s power to prosecute election laws. Citing state law and the Texas ...
Matthew McConaughey and other stars push Senate to make Texas next film haven
The Texas Senate Committee on Finance heard testimony from special guest Matthew McConaughey on Senate Bill 22, which would ...
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Texas Senate passes bill to fund safer railroad crossings after Houston ISD student’s death
Senate Bill 1555, co-authored by a Houston Democrat and East Texas Republican, would create a $350 million grant program to ...
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Texas Senate bill looks to answer how much help school districts need to install seatbelts on buses
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — A bill in the Texas Senate will require school ... the TEA will share each district’s report to the legislature,” Menéndez explained. Menéndez said this will give ...
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Billions more for tax relief and border security under budget approved by Texas Senate
The Texas Senate signed off Tuesday on a $336 billion spending plan for the next two years that would use the state's overflowing coffers to boost teacher pay, establish a school voucher program ...
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Texas Senate approves bill changing how schools select library books
The Texas Senate has passed a bill that would give ... Under SB 13, each school district would also be required to have local advisory councils — with parents of students in the district making ...
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Texas Senate passes bill to put Ten Commandments in public school classrooms
The Texas Senate on Wednesday evening passed a bill ... In 2019’s Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, for instance, the court ruled in favor of a Washington state football coach, Joe Kennedy ...