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Texas farmers could have greater access to low-interest loans under a bill the Senate is considering

If approved, the legislation would expand one of the state's most popular loan programs with even lower interest rates.

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Texas students say K-12 DEI ban and other anti-LGBTQ+ bills threaten their safety, voice and mental health

Students are concerned the legislation could silence supportive teachers, dismantle safe spaces, lead to overenforcement and prevent honest conversations about identity.

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Texas poised to ask voters to approve $3 billion to study dementia

The measure was briefly delayed by Democrats’ efforts to block the voucher program, but eventually passed with bipartisan support.

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Texas lawmakers want to exempt police from deadly conduct charges

Local prosecutors have used the charge to punish police accused of misconduct. Legislation that would prevent that is advancing through the Legislature.

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In booming Central Texas, wastewater is polluting rivers and streams

A bill in the Legislature would protect the last 21 pristine watersheds in Texas. But for years, previous attempts have been defeated by powerful homebuilders.

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Can Texas lawmakers agree on how to spend billions to save the state's water supply?

The Texas House took its first step toward revising a priority Senate bill last week. The changes were lauded by the state’s water community.

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Experts cast doubt on state’s report that undocumented immigrants cost Texas hospitals $122M in a month

Policy experts say undocumented immigrants' cost to hospitals is a small fraction of the total cost from uninsured Texans.

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Texas universities say Trump administration restored immigration status of some international students

More than 250 students in Texas had their status revoked in recent weeks. Despite the reversal, federal attorneys say they’re developing policies to resume terminations.

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Texas House Republicans flex their might after Democrats threaten legislative priorities

After Republicans and Democrats fight over the budget and constitutional amendments, GOP members stake out a new battlefield.

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Requiring voters to prove citizenship spurs concern that eligible Texans won’t be able to cast ballots

Democrats and other critics say Texas legislation threatens to keep citizens who can’t easily access the right documents from voting.

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Texas lawmakers consider barring counties from mailing unsolicited voter registration forms

Voting rights advocates worry that legislation approved by House and Senate committees could make it harder to get more people on the rolls.

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Immigration crackdown: Know your rights at the U.S. border and other ports of entry

What immigrants and citizens should know about federal agents’ power to question and search people at airports and the border.

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Courier’s lawsuit seeks to block Texas Lottery from banning its services

Lotto.com’s suit, which was filed Thursday, comes less than a week before the state agency votes to ban the third-party services.

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Private school vouchers head to Abbott’s desk to become law

The program will officially launch at the start of the 2026-27 school year.

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Texas may officially recognize Gulf of America change after Senate gives first OK

Senate Bill 1717 would require the name of Gulf of Mexico to be changed in every official reference made by a state agency, resolution, rule or publication.

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Texas school districts got their first A-F grades in five years. See how your school did here.

The Texas Education Agency released the 2022-23 school year ratings on Thursday after a 19-month legal battle over how those ratings are calculated.

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1 in 5 Texas schools got a D or F rating under new performance standards

Failing grades for districts were made public for the first time since 2019. They showed schools with the poorest students were more likely to get a low score.

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Starbase, the SpaceX site, is likely Texas’ next city. What happens next?

City leaders, who will be elected in May, will have just a short window to decide what services to provide, like police or fire, and how to tax residents.

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Bill to create dementia research institute approved in House, but could face $3 billion funding hurdle

Some Republicans have bristled at the hefty cost of the bill, and Democrats could reject the funding for it over the school voucher dispute.

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Abbott signs first bill of session into law, creating a Texas DOGE

The first bill to reach Abbott’s desk this session creates a regulation-cutting state agency under the purview of the governor. It was passed with bipartisan supermajorities.

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Financial hardships shutter East Texas hospital 14 months after reopening

Residents in Trinity County will now have to travel 30 miles to access the closest hospital.

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School districts stay quiet as lawmakers push to limit when they can sue the state

School leaders have privately criticized a bill that would make it harder to contest their performance ratings in court. But they did not testify against it to avoid lawmakers’ ire.

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Texas inmate executed for murder of ex-classmate

Moises Mendoza, who was convicted in 2005 of killing a Farmersville woman, became the third inmate Texas has put to death this year.

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In act of forgiveness, woman hugs the El Paso Walmart mass shooter who killed her brother

A day after the shooter pleaded guilty to killing 23 people and wounding 22 others, Yolanda Tinajero gave the judge an unusual request.

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Texas may study the impact of immigration again, but focus only on costs

The only time the state conducted such an assessment two decades ago, it found that undocumented Texans contributed more to the state’s economy than they cost the state.

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