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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 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 ...
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Texas lawmakers advance separate plans to eliminate STAAR test, adjust A-F system
With less than three weeks remaining in the regular legislative session, Texas lawmakers are working on competing legislation ...
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.
‘A gift to our mothers’: Moms could drive solo in car pool lanes under Texas House bill
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Texas House passes bill expanding compassionate use of medical cannabis
House Bill 46 is expected to pass the lower chamber Tuesday. It reached the floor ahead of the House rewrite of Senate Bill 3 ...
Hopes high for Texas bill seeking highway signs for Dallas Koreatown, Richardson Chinatown
Dallas Koreatown and Richardson Chinatown could get highway exit signs under a bill authored by Democratic state Rep. Rafael ...
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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, ...
Texas House panel approves bail restrictions sought by Gov. Greg Abbott
A bipartisan deal to restrict bail is headed to the House floor after clearing a key committee Monday night with Democratic ...