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Texas House members caught using new method to vote for no-shows
Several Texas House members appear to have a new vote strategy—using extend-o-sticks to reach the buttons to indicate their ...
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Texas lawmakers debating DEI ban in K-12 schools ask: Do students benefit from teachers who look like them?
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“A gift to our mothers”: Moms could drive solo in car pool lanes under Texas House bill
The bill originally allowed pregnant women to drive in HOV lanes, to be consistent with Texas abortion laws, but legislators ...
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Texas House sends bill that could increase cost of gender transition health care to governor's desk
The Texas House voted 87-58 to approve Senate Bill 1257 on Monday. The measure requires health care providers who provide ...
After a sometimes graphic debate, Texas House advances bill limiting kids’ access to sexually explicit books in libraries
The bill would bar those under 18 from checking out books with sexually explicit material without parental permission.
Texas House OKs bill to expand medical marijuana provisions
A hefty expansion to the state’s narrow medical marijuana program won overwhelming approval in the Texas House on Monday, ...
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Bill requiring Texas hospitals to report the citizenship status of patients killed in House
It is unclear whether the House bill could come back as an amendment to another measure before the legislative session ends ...